Orca: ‘Several orcas -not sure on the numbers) passed by the north side and the south side of the Reserve this morning. As is typically the case, they were pursued by a flock of 10-15 whale watching boats. Many of these boats sped through the outskirts of the Reserve to reach the whales and then returned later to view other animals within the Reserve. At one point, at least 5 boats surrounded a Steller sea lion on the eastern point of West Race.’, ‘adam’, ’14:53:53 ,
Tag Archives: Orca
Orcas again
-113, ‘2010-06-26’, ‘Orca’, 3, ‘Three, I presume transient, orcas swam W -> E through the main passage between Middle Rock and Great Race at 1730, then turned south as they exited the Reserve.’, ‘adam’, ’17:38:53 ,
Orca
-102, ‘2010-06-02’, ‘Orca’, 2, ‘Two transient orcas were spotted this morning travelling westwards between Great Race and Middle Race. A number of whale watching boats were in pursuit.’, ‘adam’, ’14:45:33 ,
Census and orca
Orca: 2
Two transient orcas were spotted this morning travelling westwards between Great Race and Middle Race. A number of whale watching boats were in pursuit.
Elephant Seal: 3
Misery has been hauled up behind the boathouse for several days now, while Bertha is beside the fuel hose container. A small, young elly is NW of the Science House. She has a green tag that reads 4252 in her flipper.
Sad to report our first neck ring sighting this year. A juvenile California sea lion was hauled out with a group of ~9 other sea lions; its neck was constricted and lacerated by a ring of marine garbage. Given the numbers of California sea lions spotted here so far this season, this sighting fits the 1-2% entanglement rate observed here last fall.
Orcas
-101, ‘2010-06-01’, ‘Orca’, 2, ‘Two transient orcas were spotted last evening swimming west to east through Race Passage, possibly feeding.’, ‘Adam’, ’09:09:20 ,
Transient Orca heading east
Orca: 2
Two transient orcas were spotted last evening swimming west to east through Race Passage, possibly feeding.Human Interaction
There were 3 visitors to the island today.( Ryan Murphy)
Large Orca group go through the reserve
Orca; ‘A large group of orcas came through the reserve today traveling W to E. They all passed between Middle and Great Race and then fanned out once outside the reserve. I recognized the dorsal fin of one bull and assume this is the same group of transients that was here earlier in the month.’, ‘Ryan’, ’08:33:36 ,
Orca through Race Passage
Orca: 3, ‘A group of orcas were followed through Race Passage traveling E to W.’, ‘Ryan’,
Orcas outside
‘Orca’, 10, ‘There is something particularly special about sitting down at the kitchen table and literally hearing the whales outside. I ”ve been on the water before and heard the the heavy exhalations of a whale before spotting it, but to be on land inside a building is something else entirely. The group of 10 or more orcas were traveling N along the E edge of the reserve towards Victoria. There were two adult bulls, one with a very tattered dorsal fin. They were quite active, with some whales doing back flips and swimming upside down, flopping their tails on the surface.’,
‘Ryan’, ’14:31:09 ,
Transient orcas through the reserve.
Orca: 5, ‘The group of transients that has been in the area over the weekend came by the reserve in a near carbon copy of their Sunday route. The large male breached once while in the SE end of the reserve and 2-3 times S of the reserve. The group spent about 20 minutes criss-crossing around SE rocks in apparent feeding behaviour -tail slaps, etc.).’, ‘Ryan’, ’11:45:23 ,
Elephant Seal’, 7, ‘5 females were seen hauled out on Middle Rocks; they ranged from small juveniles to large adults. They join the 2 small females here on Great Race.’, ‘Ryan’, ’16:04:03 ,