No orcas present.
Lovely morning, a humpback startled us as its breath cracked the morning's stillness close to Hanson Island. Afterwards, a sea lion offshore enjoyed breakfast. No further word so far on the Ls.
Helena
31 May 2009 09:22:36 PDT
No orcas present.
This afternoon, "Twister", the rescued humpback passed through Blackney Pass with another humpback. Thanks to Jackie Hildering for the confirmation. Also, CetaceaLab has had visits by the A4s,Hs, Gs and C10s during the last week.
Helena
31 May 2009 18:21:07 PDT
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
L pod
No orcas present.
More news: the DFO received photos of the whales off Port Hardy last night: L41,L77,L79,L12,L22,L89 were identified. They were reported heading east. No reports today.
Helena
30 May 2009 16:07:17 PDT
More news: the DFO received photos of the whales off Port Hardy last night: L41,L77,L79,L12,L22,L89 were identified. They were reported heading east. No reports today.
Helena
30 May 2009 16:07:17 PDT
Friday, May 29, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
No orcas present.
I forgot to mention that there has been at least one humpback in Blackney Pass during the last couple of days. The humpback who was rescured is known as "Twister". Twister is a familiar humpback to this area. The crew who rescued Twister were overjoyed that the rescue went so well!
Helena
23 May 2009 12:11:31 PDT
I forgot to mention that there has been at least one humpback in Blackney Pass during the last couple of days. The humpback who was rescured is known as "Twister". Twister is a familiar humpback to this area. The crew who rescued Twister were overjoyed that the rescue went so well!
Helena
23 May 2009 12:11:31 PDT
Sunday, May 17, 2009
T18s
No calls but orcas nearby
A report from StraightWatch at 11am: a small group of transients are heading west into Robson Bight. Also at 8:15am this morning there was at least one humpback in Blackney Pass travelling south along Parson Island.
Helena
17 May 2009 11:20:20 PDT
Distant calls audible.
Transient call in Johnstone Strait. At least 3 transients (one male) were seen travelling west from Robson Bight mid strait.
Helena
17 May 2009 11:51:07 PDT
No calls but orcas nearby
Straitwatch reports that the 4 transients have been identified by Jared Towers as the T18s. They are continuing west mid strait past Kaikash creek. Straitwatch also reports that the humpback who was in Johnstone Strait has turned back toward Blackney Pass entrance.
Helena
17 May 2009 12:18:48 PDT
No calls but orcas nearby
Jared now reports the T18s are actually turning into Blackney Pass!
Helena
17 May 2009 12:22:02 PDT
The T18s travelled north through Blackney Pass. They are now in Blackfish Sound. T19 B stopped for a while and circled around, looking like he was interested in something but as the final pair approached he continued off to the west. It turns out that there were two humpbacks and as the transients turned into Blackney they were only 200 meters apart, to no consequence. A few sea lions were in the water as the transients passed through.
Helena
17 May 2009 13:08:18 PDT
A report from StraightWatch at 11am: a small group of transients are heading west into Robson Bight. Also at 8:15am this morning there was at least one humpback in Blackney Pass travelling south along Parson Island.
Helena
17 May 2009 11:20:20 PDT
Distant calls audible.
Transient call in Johnstone Strait. At least 3 transients (one male) were seen travelling west from Robson Bight mid strait.
Helena
17 May 2009 11:51:07 PDT
No calls but orcas nearby
Straitwatch reports that the 4 transients have been identified by Jared Towers as the T18s. They are continuing west mid strait past Kaikash creek. Straitwatch also reports that the humpback who was in Johnstone Strait has turned back toward Blackney Pass entrance.
Helena
17 May 2009 12:18:48 PDT
No calls but orcas nearby
Jared now reports the T18s are actually turning into Blackney Pass!
Helena
17 May 2009 12:22:02 PDT
The T18s travelled north through Blackney Pass. They are now in Blackfish Sound. T19 B stopped for a while and circled around, looking like he was interested in something but as the final pair approached he continued off to the west. It turns out that there were two humpbacks and as the transients turned into Blackney they were only 200 meters apart, to no consequence. A few sea lions were in the water as the transients passed through.
Helena
17 May 2009 13:08:18 PDT
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
T100s
No calls but orcas nearby
This is a bit late but this afternoon as we headed into town to vote a small group of orcas crossed our path in Weynton Pass. The whales were headed to Johnstone Strait where they eventually headed east. We didn't really stop but Jim Borrowman was able to get some IDs and is pretty sure it was the T100s. Earlier in the day, there were orcas in Robson Bight again. This has been a fairly busy transient month so far.
Helena
12 May 2009 22:57:52 PDT
This is a bit late but this afternoon as we headed into town to vote a small group of orcas crossed our path in Weynton Pass. The whales were headed to Johnstone Strait where they eventually headed east. We didn't really stop but Jim Borrowman was able to get some IDs and is pretty sure it was the T100s. Earlier in the day, there were orcas in Robson Bight again. This has been a fairly busy transient month so far.
Helena
12 May 2009 22:57:52 PDT
Thursday, May 07, 2009
No calls but orcas nearby
We were just informed that there are 5 orcas in Robson Bight heading east.
Helena
07 May 2009 13:23:04 PDT
From the audience:
Just a note....5 orcas southbound past Cape Mudge on Quadra Island at 1200 today
Haywire@c.r. bc
08 May 2009 13:01:18 PDT
Thanks Haywire, wonder if these were the same as here yesterday.
Helena@Hanson Island
08 May 2009 13:44:51 PDT
Could be.......out with the flood. too far away to confirm but the male looked alot like T-19b....
Haywire@c.r. bc
08 May 2009 13:56:08 PDT
We were just informed that there are 5 orcas in Robson Bight heading east.
Helena
07 May 2009 13:23:04 PDT
From the audience:
Just a note....5 orcas southbound past Cape Mudge on Quadra Island at 1200 today
Haywire@c.r. bc
08 May 2009 13:01:18 PDT
Thanks Haywire, wonder if these were the same as here yesterday.
Helena@Hanson Island
08 May 2009 13:44:51 PDT
Could be.......out with the flood. too far away to confirm but the male looked alot like T-19b....
Haywire@c.r. bc
08 May 2009 13:56:08 PDT
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
No orcas present.
We have not had any activity lately, although, there have been a couple of transient orca sightings and briefly we even heard a sea lion on the hydrophone. We have been streaming and will continue to do so. We also had our first humpback (quite small) in Blackney Pas the other day.
Helena
06 May 2009 21:37:34 PDT
We have not had any activity lately, although, there have been a couple of transient orca sightings and briefly we even heard a sea lion on the hydrophone. We have been streaming and will continue to do so. We also had our first humpback (quite small) in Blackney Pas the other day.
Helena
06 May 2009 21:37:34 PDT
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