Sunday, March 07, 2010

Gs in Barkley Sound

Ken Balcomb of the Center for Whale Research relayed a report he heard from Quintin Winks of Port Alberni, who reported a sighting of orcas off Barkley Sound on March 7th by Peter Mieras of Rendevous Diving. Graeme Ellis of Canada's Dept. of Fisheries & Oceans identified them as G pod, Northern Resident Orcas.

We received a few more details from Peter Mieras about this sighting:
This sighting was a pod of 26+ Killer Whales of G pod, Northern Residents. Graeme Ellis ID'ed one as G39.