Bigg’s Killer Whales, Humpback, Dolphins & Dall’s Porpoise

Of Course! The Bigg’s (Transient) Orca had to contradict what had just become the norm. They showed themselves two days in a row, then disappeared. Some Dall’s porpoise were mistaken for Orca, an easy mistake for people unfamiliar with the miniature ‘black and whites’. Humpback Whale and Pacific White Sided Dolphins complete the sightings. The Orca are due again tomorrow, so keep your eyes open…..

6:30 am 6 Transient OrcaSouthbound at the Cape Mudge Village plus more Orca Northbound at Salmon Point, just South of Cape Mudge on the Vancouver Island side.

9:11 am 4 – 5 Orca by fishing boats just North of the Comox ferry terminal. Slowly angling South. (description was of T020 and T021 – SM)

Around 12:25 pm Orca Southbound by Comox Ferry Terminal. Tenacious 3 with them.

9:30 pm Orca seen Northbound at the Cape Mudge Village.

7:40 pm Humpback WhaleNorthbound at Campbell River ferry terminal. (there’s a chance this whale is Arial who has not shown up elsewhere over the past few days- SM)

11:18 am About a dozen PWS Dolphins in Nodales.

After 1 pm 50 or so PWS Dolphins in Nodales Channel Eastbound. It was just a nice group. Left them at 2:25 pm.

2:47 pm 200 + Lags (PWS Dolphins) at Bullock Bluff North tip of Cortez Island.

11:30 am PWS Dolphins at Lawrence Point in Bute Inlet. No direction. Really sluggish maybe full bellies.

11:30 am Report of 3 Orca by Kanish Bay in Discovery Passage- They turned out to be Dall’s Porpoise. Aaron, Campbell River Whale Watching confirmed Dall’s Porpoise. (These small cetaceans have the same colouring as killer whales and to the unfamiliar, are easy to confuse with Orca – SM)