Cover Image: Humpback putting on an amazing show! Kurt Staples, Eagle Eye Adventures Some more of the Northern Resident Orca population have made their way into the top of Johnstone Strait They still have not ventured very far down the Strait. While the Southern Resident pods are staying well to the south in Puget Sound…
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Cover Image: Humpback breaching off of Steep Island Jos Krynen, Eagle Eye Adventures The Northern Resident Orca are still staying up at the top end of Johnstone Strait, but the Transient Bigg’s are certainly on the move through various channels and into inlets.Humpback Whales are still frequenting Mitlenatch Island and the inlets just up from…
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Cover Image: Bigg’s heading north towards the Powell River Mill Michelle Pennell, Powell River, BC T073B the lone male Bigg’s Orca that had stayed in Comox Harbour for a couple of weeks has finally moved out with a bit of help by playing Orca sounds outside the harbour to coax him out. While he was…
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Cover Image: Humpback in front of Powell River with trap line in mouth may still be entangled Susan MacKay, Wild Ocean Whale Society Concern rises over Transient Bigg’s T073B’s behaviour and the number of boats and other vessels in the Comox Harbour. Although he appears healthy, this is highly unusual to have an Orca stay…
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Cover Image: Humpback fluking off of Bullock Bluff Kurt Staples, Eagle Eye Adventures Bigg’s Orca in Comox, Whales Finally Along Mainland SideUnusual to have T073B alone and inside Comox Harbour hunting for days on end. He arrived with his siblings, who then left him to hunt seals off the river. The fact he stayed in…
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Cover Image: Humpback breaching close to Francisco Point Jos Krynen, Eagle Eye Adventures More of the Northern Resident (fish eating) Killer Whale populations are back into the upper Johnstone Strait and Broughtons areas, so the fish are starting to come in as well. The Transient Bigg’s (meat eating) Orca have been passing through areas of…
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Cover Image: Humpback Whale up close and personal! Jos Krynen, Eagle Eye Adventures The A30 family of the Northern Resident Orca population came into the upper Johnstone Strait, while a few family pods of the Transient Bigg’s Orca appear to be pushing the Pacific White Sided Dolphins father into inlets and Johnstone Strait.Humpback Whales, on…
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Cover Image: Humpback, BCY0057 Niagara, fluking off of South Rendezvous Island Kurt Staples, Eagle Eye Adventures The A23’s, Northern Resident Killer Whales, have returned to the upper Johnstone Strait and Broughtons area. Reports of salmon starting to showing up a bit more, they are following the food. We also had one report of unidentified Killer…
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Cover Image: Pacific White Sided Dolphins putting on a show! Jos Krynen, Eagle Eye Adventures A couple more family pods of Transient Bigg’s Orca passed throught the Georgia Strait heading up into Johnstone Strait where some Northern Resident Orca made a great appearance.Humpback Whales seem to be everywhere along the Vancouver Island side of Georgia…
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Cover Image: Pacific White Sided Dolphins heading south off of the Walkem Islands Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys Whale and Grizzly Bear Tours A few Transient Bigg’s Orca pods have been seen transitting through our upper Georgia Strait regions mostly heading northward. Just after publishing how our ‘resident’ Transient Bigg’s the T002C’s were always in our…
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Cover Image: Humpback showing off off of Quadra Island Kurt Staples, Eagle Eye Adventures It’s estimated that we have somewhere in the neighbourhood of 40 Humpbacks already in the upper Georgia Strait and local inlets at this time. And there are more arriving. We find it unusual that there is no food for them close…
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Cover Image: Bigg’s, T002s, heading south past Squirrel Cove Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys Whale and Grizzly Bear Tours Humpbacks have been having a great time popping out of the water non-stop. These shows don’t usually last too long, but we have been hearing that some have breached many times over providing opportunity to actually capture…
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Cover Image: Humpback Whale breaching between Penn Islands and Von Donop Inlet Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys Whale and Grizzly Bear Tours Humpback Whales have been returning in numbers offering up some impressive shows. But, boaters seriously need to take more care! There was yet another vessel strike of a Humpback Whale on the 20th. Not…
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