Transient Bigg’s Orca have been seen spreading out as have their food sources such as sea lions. Although we usually have the T002Cs around the Lund and Okeover Inlet area, another family pod the T023s seem to have taken over the area for now. Others, not all individually identified and could even be a few…
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With Gray Whales, Humpbacks and even Fin Whales being seen on the west coast of Vancouver Island, our inside waters are starting to see some activity which has not been seen in many years. The Sperm Whale, first spotted in Blackfish Sound, managed to sneak down Georgia Strait and was spotted around Nanaimo, third hand…
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Transient Bigg’s were spending a lot of time hunting sea lions by Comox and Hornby Island during the herring fishery with some others on the hunt on the West Coast of Vancouver Island where the Grey Whales have made there way back into our coastal waters in numbers. Grey (or Gray) Whales most frequently travel…
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A few of the Transient Bigg’s Orca that had moved out a while ago seem to have gathered together. The family pods called, T002Cs, T086As, T077s, T101s and the lone T087 were all seen passing Powell River. With the sea lions grouped up to feed by the herring fishery on the Vancouver Island side of…
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A WOW moment to hear that a Sperm Whale in our inner waters again, and below the top of Vancouver Island! Dept. of Fisheries confirmed the sighting of this lone whale foraging in the Blackfish Sound area for about a week. The last DFO sighting recorded was in 1984. Sperm Whales are extremely deep divers…
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The Northern Resident Killer Whales of the family pod known as the A42’s have been spending a lot of time on the move between the Gibsons area along the Sunshine Coast of BC to Powell River, then back again. That’s over 100 km in a day! They even spent some time rubbing on one of…
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Transient Bigg’s and some Unidentified Orca sightings top this report. Although we believe the unidentified Killer Whales may be Bigg’s also, we could not confirm in time for this short report. Although they were closer to shore, they were difficult to see in the lumpy seas. Most Humpback Whales seem to be in other areas…
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It’s great to know that Pacific White Sided Dolphins have returned in some numbers into our inside waters. They frequently have a tendency to travel afield during the Autumn months then reappear right around this time concentrating on feeding more than play. Orca reports have included some Transient Bigg’s and A42s of the Northern Resident…
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