Monday , June 6, 2010
Good morning from the Float House in Discovery Harbour Marina
We are back up and running and I have finally found some time to get to the computer. What a spring it has been !
While the weather in May and the first part of June has not been that special, the wildlife has! We have been seeing lots of Black Bear as well as Humpbacks over the past 4 or 5 weeks. Today we found a large Humpback "bubble feeding" on the slicks of pink krill that have been flushing back and forth in the large tides we have been experiencing. (pic attached) The Krill season is short in this area and we were very fortunate to get this opportunity today.
A bonus for the evening were the 2 Transient Orca that surfaced about 5 minutes before we were to enter the marina. These 2 female orca were heading north slowly, following the ebb tide at about 7:30 pm. One of them seem to have a fresh nick in the back (middle) of her dorsal fin. We could find her in our ID book and unfortunately didn't get a good picture either.
If you are north of Campbell River this morning, heads up ! They are coming your way.
Cheers
Hurricane Jack
Campbell River Whale Watching
Good morning from the Float House in Discovery Harbour Marina
We are back up and running and I have finally found some time to get to the computer. What a spring it has been !
While the weather in May and the first part of June has not been that special, the wildlife has! We have been seeing lots of Black Bear as well as Humpbacks over the past 4 or 5 weeks. Today we found a large Humpback "bubble feeding" on the slicks of pink krill that have been flushing back and forth in the large tides we have been experiencing. (pic attached) The Krill season is short in this area and we were very fortunate to get this opportunity today.
A bonus for the evening were the 2 Transient Orca that surfaced about 5 minutes before we were to enter the marina. These 2 female orca were heading north slowly, following the ebb tide at about 7:30 pm. One of them seem to have a fresh nick in the back (middle) of her dorsal fin. We could find her in our ID book and unfortunately didn't get a good picture either.
If you are north of Campbell River this morning, heads up ! They are coming your way.
Cheers
Hurricane Jack
Campbell River Whale Watching
Wow How exciting is that.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the update look forward to reading the blog.
Liz