Leaping Humpback Whales in Blackfish Sound; Northern Resident, Transient Orca and Pacific White Sided Dolphins in the Robson Bight Ecological Reserve at the same time….interesting mix! A Minke Whale and some Dall’s Porpoises. Another busy, wonderful day on the water. Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC Northern Resident Orca August 8: 8:30 am The SV…
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Northern Resident Orcas of the A23 and A24 Matrilines in Johnstone Strait, with reports of more Orca coming in from the top of Vancouver Island. A few Humpback Whale reports and some Pacific White Sided Dolphins and Dall’s Porpoises. Transient Orca are still in the wind, or should I say big ocean. HOT OFF THE…
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Northern Resident Orca were in Queen Charlotte Strait while the Humpback Whales are slowly coming into the lower inside waters. Transient Orca are seemingly absent, but are probably just in one of the inlets. Pacific White Sided Dolphins and a Minke round out this somewhat windy but sunny day. There are no reports from below…
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Here’s another catch up report, so it’s a long one. There’s been a great deal of Whale, Dolphin and Porpoise activity mostly in the upper Johnstone Strait area. There must be some whales in the South, along the Sunshine Coast, but reports are not reaching me. You can email your sightings to me at: susan@whalesanddolphinsbc.com…
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Being just above Johnstone Strait has hampered the up to date Blog posts. I apologize for the delay. There are so many Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises in and around this area right now that it’s difficult to keep accurate records without stopping every few minutes, which I have not been able to do as often…
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Corrections to Garry’s July 28, 2011 reports and my apologies to him and everyone for getting it wrong. As I mentioned my memory is definitely shorter than was necessary to remember the information till I could get to pen and paper. Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphin BC Hi Susan. You made a few errors on…
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Reports for the past two days include Resident Orca, Transient Orca, Pacific White Sided Dolphins, Dall’s Porpoises, Minke Whales, and Humpback Whales. My apologies for omissions in the reports. I was caught without pen and paper or too busy on numerous occasions and although my memory is good, it seems too short. Susan MacKay, Whales…
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Sightings today include Northern Resident Orca, Humpback Whales and Pacific White Sided Dolphins as well as a couple of Dall’s Porpoises. Most of the activity mid to the top of Johnstone Strait since the Transient Orca have done their disappearing act again. Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC Humpback Whales: July 26: 10:15 am 3…
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It never rains, but it pours. For a while it was difficult to know which way to look from all the Whale and Dolphin activity. In a period of ten minutes on the water in Blackfish Sound, as we headed to check out some Northern Resident Orca, we had seen a Minke Whale, a Humpback…
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Another busy day with Whales spread out along the coast. Glad to have Orca Network reports again after an unscheduled hiatus. The Southern Residents are in and around Puget Sound. The Northern Resident Orca quietly made their way up from Nodales Channel and into Blackfish Sound. All the Northern Resident Orca remained in or above…
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More Resident Orca, Dolphins, Porpoises, Humpback and a Minke today. Although I understand the winds had picked up down around Campbell River today, it was wonderfully calm and sunny today at the top of Johnstone Strait. Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC July 21: Northern Resident Orcas 11:40 am 3 Orcas identified as A12 and…
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Northern Resident Orca finally coming into the inside waters of the upper Johnstone Strait area as well as some around Campbell River. The Transient Orca are still around the upper Georgia Strait and Campbell River area too. Some Pacific White Sided Dolphins, Dall’s Porpoises and Humpback Whales reports as well. Things are picking up in…
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From Transient Orca to Resident Orca, Pacific White Sided Dolphins and a Dall’s Porpoise. Quite the full day with the various tours having long runs and lots of sightings! Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC July 19: Transient Orca: 8:20 am First report of Orca at Cape Mudge light, passed through Garry, Aboriginal Journeys sent…
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Transient Orca still around the area, as well as a Humpback Whale report. Although it was raining pretty hard at times, the seas were calm. Still doesn’t feel like summer though. Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC July 16: 11:30 am Report of Transient Orca by Rebecca Spit, Quadra Island. Relayed by Garry, Aboriginal Journeys…
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Great to have reports coming in while being out on the water as well as being able to keep up the Blog from the boat. Today’s report includes a small pod of Transient Orca and more Harbour and Dall’s Porpoises than have been reported for a while. There’s a large, 100+, group of Pacific White…
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Reports of Transient Orca still around, some Harbour Porpoises, Pacific White Sided Dolphins and a couple of photos of a Humpback and Orca – not together. Quite the Dolphin / Orca story below that needs follow up. There’s a great photo contest put on by the Living Oceans Society, a non-profit dedicated to ocean conservation…
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Transient Orca, Pacific White Sided Dolphins, a Humpback Whale and a couple of Dalls Porpoises in our area while Southern Resident Orca still making appearances in the San Juans and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC July 12: Around 1:30 pm 10 Transient Orca were found in Hoskyn Channel…
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A couple of groups of Transient (meat eating) Orca have been hanging around in the Powell River to Campbell River area often using Baker Passage and the shoals around Savary Island. The occasional group of Pacific White Sided Dolphins manage to move quickly through the area, but there seem to be fewer than usual pods.Susan…
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Another great day to be on the water. Reports include one large Humpback Whale and around twelve Transient Orca. Farther South there was a Superpod of Southern Resident Orca by Active Pass and farther North-West there were reports of Northern Residents making an appearance in Johnstone Strait.Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC July 8:8:47 am…
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With the sea state a bit lumpy with white caps in many areas, finding the Orca today was tough. A lone Humpback whale stayed mostly in one general area today allowing the tours to have a good look. No Dolphins or Porpoises today.Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BCJuly 7:5:30 pm Lone Humpback Whale was left…
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The Orcas were found today! Three groups of Transient Orca including T170 one new to the area, or at least never spotted and confirmed around here before. See photo below. Humpback Whales have been coming down Johnstone Strait through Seymour Narrows then turning back up the Strait.Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC July 6: Today…
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The Orca have still remained elusive around here. Tours again tried in vain to locate them even with one sightings report. There were, however Harbour and Dall’s Porpoise and Pacific White Sided Dolphins sightings locally. Other than the Southern Resident Orca known as J, K and L Pods being farther south and over around Tofino,…
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I hope everyone had a great Canada Day! Today’s weather improved greatly over yesterday’s winds and the need for warmer clothing – where’s Summer? Reports include elusive Orca sightings, Pacific White Sided Dolphins, Harbour Porpoises, a couple of Humpback Whales and some noteworthy Sea Lions.Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC July 2: 9:45 am Report…
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From so much activity to so few sightings. Although I skipped yesterdays few reports which are included below, today’s are just as few. I’ve had a few comments and discussions regarding the Pacific White Sided Dolphin strandings, and DFO’s Marine Mammal Response Network is asking for any photos to ascertain if the scratches that were…
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Top NEWS story today was the stranding of 4 Pacific White Sided Dolphins in Oyster Bay just South of Campbell River. Was it the two groups of Transient (meat eating) Killer Whales that were in the area that chased them ashore? Short discussion follows the end of the usual sightings reports. Timely reminder that if…
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Today’s sightings reports are all about Pacific White Sided Dolphins and Transient Orca. It is quite difficult to go back to work when Orca are breaching, spy hopping and tail slapping right in front of me! Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC Transient Orca Reports: June 27: Around 3 pm the winds had suddenly picked…
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Lots of Transient Orca are in the neighbourhood – interspersed with Pacific White Sided Dolphins today. J and K Pod of Southern Resident Orca are still in Puget Sound and the Humpbacks seem to have gone North West. Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC June26: Transient Orca Reports throughout the day: 4:30 pm 8 of…
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This morning’s reports started with a very broken radio transmissions about Whales….crackle, crackle….Spit…crackle. You get the picture. The Spit part will make sense when you read the reports farther down.Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC June 25:6:22 pm Two Humpback Whales and possibly a third were spotted again close in front of the Rona store…
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Locally we had the same two Humpback Whales and a couple of groups of Pacific White Sided Dolphins. The Transient Orca were elusive again after their appearance yesterday – tomorrow they can be expected to make another appearance.Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC June 24:10:20 am Around 20 to 30 Pacific White Sided Dolphins slowly…
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Busy day today with Humpback Whales, searching for those elusive Transient Orca, just to find that I, with a couple of friends on board, went right past them, and Pacific White Sided Dolphins in a couple of locations. The weather was mixed with gorgeous sunshine and calm seas intermixed with the occasional shower, wind, downpour…
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