Orca Network report:
5-7 transients heading North in the Strait of Georgia - off Georgina Point. There was one adult male, several females and one calf. They were travelling in a group and then spread out, with 2 animals trailing behind (hence I am not entirely sure of the number. No positive ID on them, my photos are from the wrong side..... but I have some pretty clear ones, so I will send them to John Ford and Graeme Ellis to see if they can id them. I will check later if I can id them once downloaded. None of the females looked to have any very visible nicks, but that is just from observation from the small LCD screen on my camera, will have to check them out on the screen.
Ellen
Steveston Seabreeze Adventures, Richmond
Sunday, June 04, 2006
4 June 2006, Cetaceanlab reports:
We had a report of 2 humpback whales traveling close to our home so we quickly packed the camera, put on rain gear and out the door. We decided that one of us would go out in the boat and the other would stay behind and listen for calls on the hydrophone. I was just leaving the bay in our boat and I could hear Hermann yelling “STOP STOP” I thought there must be something wrong with the boat so shut down immediately. Then I saw this 6 foot black dorsal break the stillness of the water, to follow a female orca, most likely mother and son. Slowly I traveled towards them. They were very relaxed and I was able to get a few excellent ID pictures. Turned out to be 2 transient orcas, T11 and T11A. After following them for a short time I saw 2 more blows, at least 20 feet high so had to be the humpbacks reported earl;ier. Traveled towards them and within minutes recognized these 2 large resident whales. They have been in this area , always together, for weeks now. Then another report on the radio, a family of orcas traveling down Whale channel. This group turned out to be a family of resident orcas, the A42s. They were traveling so close to shore and very quiet, not a single call.
We had a report of 2 humpback whales traveling close to our home so we quickly packed the camera, put on rain gear and out the door. We decided that one of us would go out in the boat and the other would stay behind and listen for calls on the hydrophone. I was just leaving the bay in our boat and I could hear Hermann yelling “STOP STOP” I thought there must be something wrong with the boat so shut down immediately. Then I saw this 6 foot black dorsal break the stillness of the water, to follow a female orca, most likely mother and son. Slowly I traveled towards them. They were very relaxed and I was able to get a few excellent ID pictures. Turned out to be 2 transient orcas, T11 and T11A. After following them for a short time I saw 2 more blows, at least 20 feet high so had to be the humpbacks reported earl;ier. Traveled towards them and within minutes recognized these 2 large resident whales. They have been in this area , always together, for weeks now. Then another report on the radio, a family of orcas traveling down Whale channel. This group turned out to be a family of resident orcas, the A42s. They were traveling so close to shore and very quiet, not a single call.
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