California Transient Orca Around
Sightings of California Transient Orca from the Victoria area is the only report over the last few days since the last update. We have seen California Transients by Powell River as they cruised up Georgia Strait last year. They made their way to the top of Vancouver Island and farther North. These are Transient "Bigg’s" Killer Whales that are most often seen in California, hence the name. Keep a lookout, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see them along the Sunshine Coast.
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Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC
Transient Orca – Bigg’s Killer Whales
November 28:
Transient T18s and California transient Ca 172 were sighted near Victoria BC Canada. I ran into California female Ca 172 in 2011 alongside other Southern transients.
Josh McInnes
Josh McInnes
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Click on the above link for details.
Links in the News:
The story behind the new "Bigg’s" name for Transients:
Endangered Species:
White Humpback Whale off Norway:
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ORCA NETWORK: November 24: California transient (Bigg's) killer whale CA172 was seen with another female and a juvenile on November 24, by Mark Malleson (Prince of Whales);
"November 24: Transients CA172 with another female and juvenile were traveling quickly west bound in the middle of the Juan de Fuca Strait. I previously documented CA172 in the same region in December 2010 with 6 -8 other individuals. Mark Malleson, Prince of Whales"
file:///C:/DOCUME~1/David/LOCALS~1/Temp/eud41.htm
http://whalesanddolphinsofbc.blogspot.com/2012/11/california-transien-orca-around.html?spref=fb
CORRECTION TO PREVIOUSLY POSTED SIGHTING REPORT: This CA T sighting was NOT on November 28; however, the T18s WERE sighted on November 28.
Thanks for that correction and detailed update. Really appreciated. Susan
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