Powell River Transient Orca, Dolphins and Porpoise

Transient Orca, Pacific White Sided Dolphins and Dall’s Porpoise Reports. The Transients known as the T02’s with the young calf split off from some of the others and finally made it back in front of Powell River. The Dolphins were keeping their distance from where Orca were reported, and the Dall’s were busy foraging.

4:12 pm Orca including one male with a very large dorsal are slowly Northbound in front of our place. (Westview, Powell River)

4:30 pm Getting out on the water quickly with neighbour Steve Grover, we found the 5 Transient Orca, the T02’s on some food just off the Powell Rivermill. They ate with seagulls picking up leftover bits then headed slowly towards the SW tip of Harwood. For a while they looked like they were going to go to Rebecca Rocks, but finally picked up the pace to around 4 knots exiting the area half way between the two heading NW towards Sentry Shoal. We thought the big male possibly reappeared with the rest between Rebecca and Harwood. We could only confirm 4 animals including the calf as they travelled by Harwood.

1:15 pm Hi Susan, Just had a report from our neighbor in Willow Point, Campbell River that he saw 5 or so Orcas heading North near the Cape Mudge Lighthouse. He saw them about 45 mins ago. We’re going for a drive to see if we can catch up to them somewhere for photographs 🙂

Later: No, we didn’t see them 🙁 Drove up to Brown’s Bay for the afternoon hoping to see them, but no such luck. Also, we originally thought our neighbor saw the orcas from his house, but they were in fact seen from Painter’s Lodge, heading North. Cheers,

11:26 am 8 to 12 Transient Orcaby Orange Point, Campbell River southbound. They’re the T101’s spread out by the river and Quathiaski Cove hunting. Stayed with them till 12:08 pm by the red can buoy. They split up; the T02’s with the young calf heading down along the Vancouver Island side and the T101’s heading mid strait angling towards Mitlenatch Island at around 8 to 10 knots. (Pretty fast – SM)

8:30 pm Looks like some of the Orca turned and are heading Northward by Cape Mudge and back up by Campbell River.

11:26 am Pacific White Sided Dolphins in Lewis Channel; no direction. By 12:51 they were by Evans Bay, across from Cortez Island.

11:22 am 20 Dall’s PorpoiseWestbound in Nodales Channel.

3 pm About 6 Dall’s Porpoise at Hall Point by Frederick Arm just foraging

 

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