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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Cover Image: Humpback Whale breaching between Raza Island and Rendezvous Islands Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys Whale and Grizzly Bear Tours Over the past few years, we have had an exponential increase in whale activity in the inner waters of the Georgia Strait. There are shifts that are very obvious through our reports as well as…
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Cover Image: Bigg’s Killer Whales heading southwest by Rebecca Spit Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys Whale and Grizzly Bear Tours Although Transient Biggs are being seen up and down the regions, the Humpback Whales are being noted for breaching as they return in numbers to our central and upper Georgia Strait. Neither of these two species…
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Cover Image: Humpback Whale breaching off of Vancouver Island Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys Whale and Grizzly Bear Tours Bigg’s T077A has been joining up with some of the other Transient Bigg’s in the upper Georgia Strait, presumably for mating purposes. He’s also been seen roaming around on his own, similar to what T087 was doing…
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Cover Image: Transient Bigg’s Killer Whale spyhopping near Welcome Bay at Texada Island Stan Novotny, Eagle Eye Adventures Bigg’s T002Cs and T023s are still travelling and hunting together. Some Pacific White Sided Dolphins had been hiding out in Cortez Bay for a bit and the Orca checked out the entrance for them. Others had gone…
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Cover Image: A Sea Otters couple cuddling off Cortez Reef Jos Krynen, Eagle Eye Adventures The number of Transient Biggs Orca in our inside waters remains high with a number of family pods still joining up in their travels, play and feeding.We’re pleased to say that our well known “local” Humpback BCY 0291, know as…
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Cover Image: Transient Bigg’s Killer Whales, T002Cs, heading south at the Penn Islands Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys Whale and Grizzly Bear Tours A number of Transient Bigg’s Orca pods have been mixing it up. Spring is in the air and many family pods get together to mix up the gene pool as well as cooperatively…
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Cover Image: Gray Whale milling about around Roberts Creek and Davis Bay Geordie Harrower, Sechelt, BC Every year we are seeing a greater variety and number of ‘regular’ visitors in our inside waters. A grey Whale has once again claimed the area off Davis Bay and Roberts Creek area to feed. They are a treat…
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