Brown Pelican (Photo too) and lots of Cetacean Sightings

Wow! Another great, unusual sighting for this area! A Brown Pelican and photo for proof! There have also been a lot of Cetacean sightings. We have a very active area what with Sea Otters, Pelican, Orca, Humpback Whales, Pacific White Sided Dolphins, Dall’s and Harbour Porpoise, what’s next, a penguin? There have been turtles around, and based on what we’re seeing, it may not be a bad idea to keep a good look out for them. Penguins, well, not so much, but you never know!

Happy July 4^th Independence Day to our American Friends!

8 am Orca reported just South of the Red Can Buoy (Cape Mudge) heading South from a fishing guide "Ritchie Rich" friend.

9:30 am 3 Orca in Deepwater Bay,Discovery Passage. First report from Tommy, Inlet Transporter-(Scotty found them.)

9 am Orca by McMullen Point from a transport buddy. Just milling.

10:23 am Orca update: 2 groups combined near Eagle’s Cove and are now Southbound against the tide. There’s 9 or 10 total – Scotty, Kurt and Jen are on scene.

2 pm (approx) Left Orcas incl. T100’s close to the Vancouver Island side 2 miles south of Eagle’s Cove.

2:15 pm Orca right in front of Campbell River heading South very quickly. Large porpoising and splashes.

3:18 pm Orca by Red Can Buoy off Cape Mudge Southbound.

6:13 pm 12 Orca, T100’s, T101 & T102, plus the T86A’s are splashing and breaching 2 1/2 miles off Vancouver Island headed South-East towards Savary Island.

5:30 pm 4-6 orcas sighted 2 km N. Of Grant Reefs, off Savary Island buoy going west right now.

6:44 pm 5 Orca off Savary IslandSouthbound about mid channel between Vancouver Island and Savary.

6:51 pm 2 Big Male Orcas just below Sentry Shoal heading North-West very quickly. We just sat down to dinner on our deck – great treat.

7:45 pm There are more Orca lots of splashes on either side of Sentry Shoal from our view. Mostly they appear to be on the Savary side of Sentry Shoaland heading North-West out of our view.

A friend told me that she watched 2 adult orcas and 2 babies in front of the Westview viewpoint(Powell River) to nunnery Tuesday at 1400hours. She said they were playing and breaching, and when speedboats arrived, they moved off toward Texada. At about 1545 I picked up some blows beside the light at Blubber Bay, (Texada Island) but I lost them without ever really seeing a fin.

9 am 2 Humpbacks 3 cables (a cable is 1/10 th of a nautical mile – SM) off the Green Can Buoy (Cape Mudge) heading East.

7:15 pm One Humpback Whale just off the North-West corner of Mitlenatch Island, not doing much of anything. It appears to be a non-fluker (opinion: could be ‘Crescent’ who doesn’t show the bottom of his/her tail flukes very often and was in the area yesterday when Nick did get a rare fluke photo. – SM)

1:26 pm 100+ PWS Dolphins by Horn Point, Dent Rapids.

1:56 pm Couple of hundred PWS Dolphins spread out by the entrance to Hole in the Wall. Nice.

2:30 pm (approx) There were a few Dolphins splashing about, just off the Powell River Harbour.

Time?? The Transient (Bigg’s) Orca photo Garry sent in, shows a Dall’s Porpoise dorsal beside the Orca. Transients are known to eat Dall’s Porpoise and perhaps with the various splashing, the little Dall’s wasn’t even noted as being there and being considered as lunch.

12:43 pm 2-3 Harbour Porpoiseslowly cruising North along shoreline by Willow Point near Simms Creek.