Captain Brian on the 'Achiever' was with 12 plus transient killer whales on his way north.  The whales were at Chatham Point (about 25 miles north of Campbell River at the point where Johnstone Strait and Discovery Passage meet).  Brian and his crew managed to ID the T2C's and T23's.  Great report!

On April 9, 2008, the construction workers that are building 'The Cottage at the Cove' vacation rental were having lunch on the front porch and saw 4 killer whales right in front of Beaver Cove!  They have also observed lots of bald eagles feeding along the front of Telegraph Cove in the tide rip!

Every year mid March the Rufus Hummingbirds return to Telegraph Cove.  This year it has been cooler than normal and the hummingbirds are a little late, but have now returned!  Telegraph Cove has over 1,000 hummingbirds that buzz around until early July.  In 2007 the Rufus hummingbirds consummed 240 kg of sugar! 

A couple of days ago, Dr. John Ford had a report of the T20's and T21's headed northwest from the Nanaimo area.  Today, we saw two killer whales right in front of Telegraph Cove headed north west.  Possibly the same transients reported earlier by Dr. Ford.  What a nice way to begin the week!

Captain Jim is working on the Gikumi in Nanaimo, and he had a whale call in the harbour.  He went out and found nine transient orca's.  ID'd were T18's; T19's and the T20.  Telegraph Cove Marina reported possibly transients heading into Beaver Cove (just next to Telegraph Cove).

On January 27th our Head Naturalist Jackie Hildering was heading out on a scubadiving trip when she spotted a group of Orca.  Jackie quickly recognized that these were transient orca and was able to identify three of a group of at least 8 orca as T170, T171 staying close and T54.  Other animals later ID included T054 and T058 and T140 and T140B.

This was a very exciting sighting as getting a chance to view these orca this close inshore and be able to photograph them is pretty rare.  To our knowledge T170 and T171 have never been seen this far inshore before. 

Check back for more updates in the near future!

There has not been too much happening on the water.  Lots of bird activity around Telegraph Cove....Pacific loons by the hundreds.  Wind and rain.  Telegraph Cove is quiet these days   

Captain Jim was on the water with some great folks from Adobe.  They found the A36's; A8's and the G17's.  Not only did they see Orca, but also 2 humpback whales, 100 plus Steller sea lions and lots of sea birds.  Pacific loons are in the Johnstone Strait area by the 100's.