htWow! The Transient (meat eating) Killer Whales are everywhere – and in large numbers. From the large group cruising the outskirts of Desolation Sound to the one that were in Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet the other day making an appearance in the Washington State San Juan Islands. Not many reports of anything else though.Susan MacKay –…
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Down in South Harbour, I don’t have as good radio reception, especially at low tide behind the high rock breakwater, so couldn’t hear if any of the boats found the Orca noted below. I did take the skiff out for a short while to drop the hydrophone and scan the waters – just in case.…
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Yesterday’s report didn’t get out to everyone – I’m afraid it may have been my late posting in hopes of having the photos to include with it. Today you should receive both yesterday’s and today’s postings including AJ’s photos, at once. I do apologize for the confusion and the very long subscription report. If you…
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What a busy day! Unfortunately I never got out there, but the Whale watching and Nature tours had a great show in the rain and lumpy Georgia Strait all day today. Read on:Susan MacKay Whales and Dolphins BC May 10:7:30 am Coming out of Frederick Arm (just above Desolation Sound) 20 to 25 Orca moving…
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The weather here was absolutely perfect for spotting whales, calm and sunny, but there wasn’t a single blow seen from my vantage point. The only item from the immediate Powell River area was hearing the California Sea Lions barking when a tug got too close to their haul-out on the hulks breakwater. My location is…
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Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers out there! May 7:At 6:15 pm I received a call from John and Joan T. asking if I could see the Orca. Well, I had just set the binoculars back down, because although I thought I saw something, I couldn’t find anything. After the call I did locate them.…
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Today there were more sightings of Transient (meat eating Killer Whales. Seems like the Transients are working their way around the islands from Desolation Sound down to the US border. Today’s reports were forwarded through Aaron of Campbell River Whale Watching below.Susan MacKay Whales and Dolphins BC May 6:Orca (no numbers I’m afraid) by Sonora…
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What a great day! Orcas, some possibly from G-Pod and Transients as well. As for something different, I have included information on a contest that could win someone a great cruise. Look for it below the Sightings Reports. Please note that for some unknown reason, my yesterday’s post did not go out to subscribers. It…
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I received a huge surprise this morning when I heard about a Northern Resident Pod of Orca known as “G Pod” reported in Washington State May 1st. The report may be off by a couple of days, but my first thought was “What were they doing down there!” This is something quite unusual, but it…
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May 2:My scanning the waters has been intermittent and brief. I thought I saw some blows and movement a couple of times, but not having the time to watch for too long, could not confirm what animals, if any. Even a call to a neighbour to look from a different vantage point did not produce…
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April 30:A few blows and a back of what appeared to be a Humpback Whale slowly moving in a Northerly / North-West direction in mid strait between Sliammon (just north of Powell River) and Harwood. I watched between 10 and 10:30 am then spotted it again, a short distance North, close to Atrevida Reef around…
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April 29:AJ was out on the water today running a water taxi from Campbell River. We spoke a few times during the day with hopes that someone would locate the Orca, thought to be Transient (meat eating) Killer Whales he spotted early in the morning. All my scanning the waters around Powell River produced only…
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With all the excitement of having Northern Resident Killer Whales in our area the other day, I did forget to post the updates from farther south. I also apologize to Roger Jennings who kindly contributed the A Pod photos. In case some of you didn’t catch it, I called him Peter….well, it was a newsworthy…
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More Orca sightings today. The weather wasn’t quite as nice as the other day, but the water was calm. The big surprise is that these whales are from the A5 pod of Northern Resdient (fish eating) Orca. We haven’t seen them around for a while so it’s quite exciting. After the last report, I kept…
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April 23:Reports of Orca Southbound in Lewis Channel just below Teakerne Arm around 11am. They slowly moved down the channel to just above the Copeland Islands, locally known as the Ragged Islands.The weather was almost summer-like, and flat calm water to boot! The Campbell River Whale Watching tour caught up with them around 12:30;m between…
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Transient Orcas this morning at 8:20am by Powell River, only two were visible at any time with the big male being either T054 or T093. It was difficult to tell for sure – they were not staying on the surface very long. They did cruise by some sea lions, and were on a head on…
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April 20:Around 4:30 pm I spotted a blow close to the Texada Island side of Harwood Island. After rushing upstairs for the binoculars and staring out at the water for a while, I determined I was seeing things. That is, until I saw another blow by the reef off of Blubber Bay, where the Texada…
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Guess my intermittent sightings of blows was something! We’ve had Orcas spotted in the Powell River to Vancouver Island area for a number of days. We mostly seem to spot them when they appear to be going in a southerly direction, but I do believe they turn around and are some of the same ones…
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April 18 – No reports today, but again I thought I saw a blow during one of my scans of the ocean….keep looking, they’re out there.There are many Transient (meat eating) Killer Whales along our coast right now. They do seem to be everywhere from the US to well into Johnstone Strait. April 17 –…
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There is a slight change to the email updates which are now going out very late at night so that I can include any evening reports of the day and it will be in your email InBox first thing in the morning before heading out on the water. April 16 – I swear I saw…
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Report in from an Anonymous follower: April 13 – My fiance saw about 100-150 dolphins just outside of Gibsons BC yesterday April 13/2011. Unfortunately I did not receive any information on direction of travel or time of day. April 13 – No other reports from around the Powell River area and no idea where those…
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Apr. 12 – 4 to 6 Killer Whales, probably from the same group of Transients the other day, were spotted between Rebecca Rocks closer to Harwood Island and heading out towards Vivian Island around 5:30pm. Their breaching and splashing gave their position away. From John and Joan From Steve, about his April 11 photo of…
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April 11 – After the report of 5 to 6 Orca coming in my direction yesterday around 12:30 pm, I quickly got a few things organized and headed out to find them with a neighbour. We spotted them rounding Grief Point and were surprised to see so many blows. There were around 16 of them…
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April 11 – Just in…at 12:30 pm 5 to 6 Killer Whales spotted just South of Powell River close to Myrtle Rocks headed Northward. April 11 – 9 am 4 Dolphins or Porpoises spotted by Myrtle Rocks slowly headed in a Northbound direction towards Powell River. Hello Susan;I thought I’d take this opportunity to tell…
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April 8 – “After I talked to you on Friday evening, we spotted a pod of whales harassing a sea lion, just off the government dock on Savary. We stayed with them from 7 pm until dark, and they spent the whole time circling, bumping and smacking a single sea lion. The sea lion was…
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This is the first sighting of Killer Whales or Orca in the area since January. It’s been a long time for them to have stayed away. We can only hope that this sighting report is start of more frequent sightings again. The report came in last night, so I couldn’t even try to find them…
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These two sightings updates below just came in this evening – things are definitely heating up in the sightings department: For a third Killer Whale update comment that is attached to the bottom of yesterday’s post, click here. “Good Day.While flying from Port Hardy to Campbell River today (6 April 2011), 1:20pm, I spotting a…
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I was so excited! Finally I spotted some activity in front of Powell River. Reaching for the binoculars to get a better look, I found myself looking at a couple of sea lions with a few birds. Although they are great animals to watch, my heart sank a bit since there still have not been…
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Mar 28 – This morning I received a report of a couple of Dalls Porpoises just above Desolation Sound around Raza Island. Sounds like they were just foraging for food. The past two days, there are reports of two types of Orca / Killer Whales in the upper Johnstone Strait area. Transient (meat eating) Orca…
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I can finally say we have some Pacific White Sided Dolphins returning to the area! Although it was a second hand report and received only last evening, Some ( I didn’t get any numbers) Pacific White Sided Dolphins joined up with the Comox ferry on one of it’s afternoon runs to Powell River to wake…
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