April 7th, 2011
Campbell River Whale Watching first tour of the year!

In bright sunshine and with 6 energetic guests, we headed out on our first tour of the year. With reports of Orca the previous day we were optimistic that they may still be around. Sea Lions dominated our tour and they seem to be feeding or resting in every back-eddy as we traveled up Discovery Passage. The Island of Jimmy Judd near Stuart Island, had the largest number, close to 40 large Stellar Sea Lions resting in the sunshine. (picture) (also check our Face book site for video of these big boys) .

After a short stop at Stuart Island Community dock for coffee & hot chocolate (picture), we headed out to Thurston Bay in the hope of finding Black Bear feeding on the beach at low tide. Unfortunately we didn't see any Bears on this tour in fact I was very surprised that Spring has been somewhat delayed in the Sonora Island area. (compared to Campbell River) The grassy areas in the river estuaries were still brown in colour, showing no signs of new growth, not even skunk cabbage! What we need is a few more days of back to back warm weather to give everything a kick start.

Looking forward to a great spring season and the warmer weather to come.

Cheers

Hurricane Jack
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