1000 Pacific White Sided Dolphins, Transient Bigg’s Killer Whales, Humpbacks, Minke, Dall’s and Harbour Porpoise

Just when you wonder where the Transient Bigg’s Orca got to, they pop up. Pacific White Sided Dolphins are in huge numbers, giving way for many reports. They’ve mostly managed to stay clear of the Bigg’s Orca. A few Humpback Whales are now being noticed working their way South in the inside waters. I would expect us to have more reports of these Southbound Humpbacks transiting our inside waters over the next while.

For those interested in my winter Hummingbirds, the first of my winter Anna’s Hummingbirds have arrived back to the feeder.

There is a link below to a video clip of a group of around 20 Transient Bigg’s Killer Whales attacking a small Blue Whale. The harsh realities of nature.

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September 27:

2:44 pm 3 to 5 Orca milling about in Race Passage just below Kelsey Bay.

September 26:

9:43 am 2 or 3 Bigg’s Orca Southbound by Eagle’s Cove / McMullen Point, Discovery Pass. T123’s I believe.

4 pm T10’s are now in front of Campbell River mill Northbound.

September 26:

10:38 am Orca are now at Brown’s Bay running 6 knots Southbound.

September 26:

12:47 pm Killer Whales Southbound by April Point. (T123’s)

September 26:

1 pm 4 – 5 Orca 1.5 miles off Mitlenatch Island Northbound towards the fishing hump.

September 26:

1:02 pm 3 Orca Northbound at Mittlenatch Island. (T10’s)

1:42 pm T10 / T10B and T10C still Northbound between red and green can buoys off Francisco Point, bottom of Quadra Island.

2:10 pm 2 Orca Southbound by the Cape Mudge Village.

September 26:

1:42 pm Orca just popped up between Mary Point, Cortez Island and Sarah Point, above Lund. They’re going in towards Desolation Sound. (These are in addition to the above Orca – SM)

September 26:

2:29 pm 3 or 4 Orca doing long dives by Myrtle Rocks / Albion Point area of Powell River. First they headed North then they suddenly turned and headed South. One big male and a young one. (Again, these are in addition to the above Orca – SM)

September 26:

2:37 pm 6 or 7 Orca off Cape Mudge now. PWS Dolphins are Southbound by McMullen Point.

September 26:

2:45 pm Two Orca travelling East between Black Pt (Albion) and Myrtle Pt. …@ bottom of Fleury/ Whalen Rds, Powell River. Only surfaced and dived…just boogying on eastward.

September 26:

6:03 pm T10’s still Northbound by Separation Head with PWS Dolphins still at the North end of Deepwater Bay foraging. Last on scene with them.

September 21:

9 am 6 Orca at Francisco Point by the red can buoy heading North.

9:17 am The 6 Orca are heading mid channel up Sutil Channel to Hoskyns. Looks like the T02C’s.

September 21:

11:18 am The Orca are right on the Cortez Island ferry route, mid-channel. Lots of breaching and activity now; a couple of frisky males. The whole group joined up, rested for 3 minutes, then became very active.

September 21:

12:18 pm Killer Whales grouped up and moving into Hoskyn Channel.

September 21:

2 pm Sounds like (radio chatter) 8 Transients Southbound from Hoskyn Channel

September 21:

2:19 pm Orca now at Viner Point, Read Island Eastbound.

September 21:

4:48 pm T101A and T102 – that’s all I saw. The guests saw 2 more Orca they said. Left T101A / T102 headed from Penn Islands to Bullock Bluff at 4:40 pm

September 21:

7:39 pm 4 Orca Northbound by ferry pilings – they only came up once on the Campbell River side of the channel.

September 25:

Between 2 and 2:30 pm Orcas were spotted coming north on Stuart Channel. Came between Round Island and the shore line. Heading toward Dodds Narrows.

September 27:

9:00 am. One Humpback, flipper slapping. Mid way between Myrtle Rocks and Black Point towards Texada shore.

September 27:

1:44 pm Humpback Whale feeding close to shore by Hickey Point, lower Johnstone Strait.

September 26:

10:38 am Humpback Whale between Donegal Head, Malcolm Island and Twin Islets. Doing 7 minute dives.

In general, there’s lots of Humpbacks still in the Blackfish Sound area still.

Sept 25/26:

Humpback whale reportedly off Saltery Bay.

September 26:

9:09 am Minke Whale feeding at the entrance to Wells Passage.

September 27:

8:20 am 300 PWS Dolphins by Deepwater Bay, Discovery Pass.

9:24 am Couple hundred Dolphins just North of Seymour Narrows.

September 27:

9:26 am 100+ PWS Dolphins foraging at Seymour Narrows.

2:03 pm 200+ PWS Dolphins Northbound by Kanish Bay.

September 27:

5:14 pm Hundreds of PWS Dolphins – Chatham Point to Greensea Bay area of Discovery Pass.

September 27:

10:06 am Hundreds of PWS Dolphins South of Kanish Bay Southbound on the Vancouver Island side of Discovery Pass.

4:27 pm Dolphins still across from Deepwater Bay Northbound now.

September 27:

3:23 pm 200 PWS Dolphins Southbound by Moriarty Point on Vancouver Island side. They’re back and forth and angling towards Okisollo Channel at 3:45 pm

September 26:

9:43 am Reports of PWS Dolphins spread out in the Denham Bay area.

September 26:

12:47 pm Large group of PWS Dolphins now Southbound in Denham Bay; reportedly.

September 26:

12:47 pm 500+ PWS Dolphins by Horn Point, just above the Yuculta Rapids.

2:29 pm PWS Dolphins are headed West down Nodales Channel.

September 26:

1:21 pm 110 PWS Dolphins in Kanish Bay and a couple of Hundred spread between Kanish Bay to Eagle’s Cove, Discovery Pass.

September 26:

4:44 pm 100+ PWS Dolphins 2 miles North of Separation Head on the Quadra Island side of Discovery Pass.

September 25:

7:59 am Hundreds of PWS Dolphins in Seymour Narrows Northbound.

September 25:

10:42 am PWS Dolphins in front of Okisollo Channel heading North towards Greensea Bay. They’re jumping everywhere!

11:30 am There’s a 5 mile spread of PWS Dolphins!

September 25:

4:23 pm PWS Dolphins in Thurston Bay, Nodales Channel.

September 25:

5:32 pm 80 PWS Dolphins by Cinque Islands, at the mouth of Okisollo Channel.

September 24:

9:30 am 25 PWS Dolphins between Kanish Bay to Brown’s Bay, Discovery Pass.

3 pm 350+ PWS Dolphins by Kanish Vay.

September 24:

10:20 am 40-50 PWS Dolphins foraging in Vancouver Bay area of Bute Inlet.

4:49 pm 1001 PWS Dolphins in Discovery Pass again! 4 miles of Dolphins… it’s pretty amazing.

September 23:

9 am Large group of PWS Dolphins foraging by Denham Bay…Hundreds!

10:38 am Massive group of PWS Dolphins by Greensea Bay spread across Discovery Passage.

September 23:

9:56 am 15 PWS Dolphins and one juvenile Steller Sealion together at Rendezvous Islands, foraging/sleeping.

4:24 pm 400-600 PWS Dolphins spread out over 4 to 5 miles in Discovery Passage.

5 pm I bet there’s over 1000 PWS Dolphins all told. My whole crew thinks so too. They’re actually spread from Plumper Bay all the way to Eagle’s Cove in Discovery.

September 23:

12:27 pm Many PWS Dolphins spread between Kanish Bay and Brown’s Bay in Discovery Pass.

September 23:

2:12 pm Lots of PWS Dolphins at Dent Islands.

September 23:

2:12 pm About 80 or so PWS Dolphins wake riding a pleasure craft past Powell River. Could see them still Northbound between Atrevida Reef and Dinner Rock.

September 23:

150 PWS Dolphins by Deepwater Bay, Discovery Passage.

September 22:

9 am 6 PWS Dolphins just North of Campbell River.

9 am A big bunch of PWS Dolphins in Kanish Bay.

September 22:

10:54 am Group of around 50-ish PWS Dolphins West of Yorke Island Eastbound towards Kelsey Bay.

3:07 pm 100 PWS Dolphins just South of Chatham Point.

September 22:

3:44 pm Many heaps of PWS Dolphins by Cinque Islands heading towards Campbell River.

September 22:

4:22 pm Yes, Hundreds, perhaps even 1000! PWS Dolphins spread out from Greensea Bay to Chatham Point.

September 21:

9:17 am We just left the pod of 130 – 150 PWS Dolphins foraging off Walcan in Discovery Pass.

September 21:

5:30 pm Dolphins at Deepwater Bay Southbound.

September 21:

7 pm About 75 PWS Dolphins and 50 Steller Sea Lions are having an enormous festival of mammalian mirth at Jimmy Judd Island, Gillard Pass, leaping and playing together!

September 21:

7:39 pm 100-ish PWS Dolphins milling by Steep Island, Discovery Pass.

September 26:

10:10 am 1 Dall’s Porpoise by Johnstone Bluff, Bute Inlet.

September 23:

3:30 pm 10 Dall’s Porpoise at Vancouver Bay, Bute Inlet.

This gang of Transient Bigg’s Killer Whales are doing their best to drown and feed on a smaller Blue Whale. So much for the idea that they don’t attack the larger whales!