Cetacean Sightings and Links to Feb. 8, 2014
Whales are around, but it’s a big ocean out there. Orca have made appearances with the most notable being the Transient Bigg’s Killer Whales attacking Pacific White Sided Dolphins in Nanaimo Harbour. A couple of links to reports of the Transient Bigg’s Killer Whales in Nanaimo and a Humpback Whale report from Mexico. A few people are looking and spotting them. Keep your eyes open and remember to report them!
There are many things in the works with Wild Ocean Whale Society (WOWs). Updates on these may appear to be slow, but they are coming, as are some updates to pages on the main web site.
Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC
Every sighting report is valuable
Have you seen a whale, dolphin or porpoise?
Humpback Whale, Mexico
February 7, 2014
Michael Stewart, Powell River
UNIDENTIFIED KILLER WHALES
February 7:
6:00 pm: Matt says there are Orca in the Ragged Islands (Copeland Islands) just outside of Lund on the northern Sunshine Coast. Sounded like there are three of them including one baby; dolphin size!
Gordie Coles, Savary Island / Lund
February 6:
11:50 am: Two Orca heading east below Whalen/Fleury Rds (East of Myrtle Point towards Black(Albion) Point) Very large dorsal. (At first glance thought one was a sailboarder.) One slightly larger than the other, both making shallow dives until just before going out of sight.
Perk Persea, Perseas Dive, Powell River.
February 2:
8:06 am: Good morning! Looks like they’re back (Orca)! Moving south and approaching Grief Point right in front of the Seaspan Tug, if you’re looking. Looks like 7 – 8 of them (not the right numbers for the A8/42’s SM). Just a quick look though…gotta keep to schedule!
Geord Dunstan, Texada Water Taxi, Stubbs Island Whale Watching.
February 2:
9:00 am: I can see 3 or 4 Orca in a small pod close to Texada Island, just passing. I heard them before I saw them. They’re moving quickly.
Bill Taylor, Powell River
February 2:
10:15 am: Orca – no numbers – on the south side of Savary Island, westbound towards Indian Point from the Meadows.
Rick Thaddeus, Savary Island
February 2:
Apparently some Orca went by here yesterday, around 4pm or so, southbound. It was on a FaceBook page. Did you hear or know about it?
Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys Whale and Grizzly Bear Tours.
Humpback Whale, Mexico
February 7, 2014
Michael Stewart, Powell River
TRANSIENT BIGG’S KILLER WHALES & PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS
February 3:
5:30 pm:
Large groups of Pacific White Sided Dolphins and Orca reported in Departure Bay, (B.C Ferries Terminal, Nanaimo.) Reported by a friend of mine.
Aaron Webber, Campbell River Whale Watching.
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SPLASHES – ORCA OR DOLPHINS?
February 3:
Late afternoon: I did my usual scan and was intrigued by some huge splashes. My initial thought was that it was a boat, but the seas weren’t that bad to create the huge splashes (no boat spotted). There were no cetacean reports, and I can’t confirm species, but all indications was that these splashes were either from Orca or Pacific White Sided Dolphins. I had heard rumours of Orca by Trail Islands, Sechelt and then the Transient Bigg’s hunting Dolphins in Nanaimo, so the assumption is that these animals were in flight mode or were Orca in chase rushing up Malaspina Strait and North-West past Harwood Island.
Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC
HUMPBACK WHALES
Humpback Whale, Mexico
February 7, 2014
Michael Stewart, Powell River
February 7:
Report from Mexico: I got some good humpback pictures for you this time, hope you can ID them. There was a baby with 2adults, we stopped an watched them for almost an hour. The baby jumped out of the water ahead of the adults over and over.
Michael Stewart, Powell River on holiday in Mexico
LINKS IN THE NEWS
February 3:
10:00am:
Onlookers who happened to be in Nanaimo on February 3rdwitnessed a rare confrontation between a group of eight or nine Transient Bigg’s Killer whales and a pod of approximately 100 Pacific White Sided Dolphins. The whales herded the dolphins into the shallow waters of a cove at Newcastle Island in Departure Bay where they were able to trap and kill two of them in full view of ferry passengers and onlookers from shore! (Lynne Cracknell) Here are links to the video on that story:
Humpback Whale, Mexico
February 7, 2014
Michael Stewart, Powell River
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That's really cute. And a real dolphin would really be very be a fascinating sight to see too. It would be perfect to dolphins oban watching in Scotland for that case.
I filmed a pod of killer whales in ladysmith Feb 14 at 9 am
I was just filming the ships and clouds for a time lapse video,I did not know I even filmed them until I got home and was editing,They were 2 -3 miles away from me, Here is the location of sighting 48.977288,-123.778166
Video,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boq1IPOXT44
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