Opposition to orca tagging gathers pace: http://snipurl.com/221vpgh Christine@BC 04 Feb 2012 12:14:20 PST Jon, I was so sorry to read of your loss. You and Inish were here when I first starting hanging around OL. Thankyou for helping create the warm atmosphere that welcomed a newbie. Take care of yourself and your family. Towhee@Port Angeles 03 Feb 2012 16:51:00 PST I wasn't where I had sound, and was seeing the tweets. So happy to be home in time to hear the last calls. Thankyou OL, hi to everyone. Towhee@Port Angeles 03 Feb 2012 16:48:07 PST Amazing, sitting on the ferry from Tsawassen to Swartz Bay, listening to orcas calling, small ears perking up around us! Paul & Helena@OL@Alert Bay 03 Feb 2012 15:29:23 PST MUSIC TO MY EARS! ITS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I HEARD ORCAS :-) CHRISTINE@Santa Rosa, CA 03 Feb 2012 15:09:23 PST Awesome calls and I am so happy to hear them :) Who exactly is there? All of the A5s? Thank you very much :) My condolence to you, Jon. I am sorry to hear of your loss. Lenya@Germany 03 Feb 2012 14:53:15 PST What a special treat it is to hear these lovely A5 calls - we have our first snow in this part of Germany and the orcas are visiting the Hanson Island area - wonderful! Wishing you all a lovely and safe weekend! :-)) Leona@Germany 03 Feb 2012 14:47:21 PST Hearing calls twice in one day! Makes me feel like summer. I saw on Orca Network's FB page there was a report of the I11's in Clayoquot Sound this morning. Jeff@Cleveland, OH 03 Feb 2012 14:23:26 PST And they wonder what the fuss is all about! http://www.vancouversun.com/supertanker+hull+crack+raises+concern+increased+traffic+coast/6087898/story.html Helena @alert Bay 02 Feb 2012 09:27:04 PST Bopped around dfo/SARA trying to find a way to provide "public input" but it looks like you have to physically attend the meetings. I emailed asking for it to be added to their online public input consultations document page. Will wait to see what happens with that request. The first one is tonight from 6:00 to 9:00pm, Victoria, BC February 2, 2012 Maritime Museum of BC osmia@early morning Okanagan 02 Feb 2012 05:15:26 PST Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has invited the public to participate in consultations on the development of the Northern and Southern Resident Killer Whale Action Plan. They are interested in your feedback as they develop and prioritize actions in support of recovery of Resident Killer Whale populations in Canadian Pacific waters. Victoria - February 2nd, Vancouver, BC - February 9th and Port Hardy - February 23rd For more info go to: http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/consultation/sara-lep/index-eng.htm Marie & Leah@OL@HI 01 Feb 2012 11:32:06 PST "Arctic Killer Whale Menu Finally Revealed" http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/01/killer-whale-menu-finally-reveal.html Marie@OL@HI 31 Jan 2012 16:57:48 PST Please take a look at this article, re: mobilizing canadians who disagree with tarsands development. http://www.greenmuze.com/blogs/guest-bloggers/4402-its-time-to-fight-back-by-bill-mckibben-.html James@Alert Bay 30 Jan 2012 09:30:43 PST Yes GREAT video...will certainly be watching it more than once. Thanks folks! kathy@nanaimo, bc 30 Jan 2012 08:21:42 PST "Dolphins reported talking whale in their sleep", http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/01/dolphins-reported-talking-whale-in-their-sleep/ allan@crawsnest 30 Jan 2012 02:23:43 PST Wonderful video, thanks Leah&Marie and everyone at OL! annika@seattle 29 Jan 2012 19:40:39 PST ibid lane. funny, just thinking of you a few ago. love. Good ole Inish! hats and alls... :) brent@king, nc 29 Jan 2012 14:44:36 PST I love you Inish, I love you Jon. I love you Orca-Lab. brent@king.nc 29 Jan 2012 14:41:39 PST A look back at 2011 through the eyes of OrcaLab and a tribute to everyone involved in caring for our 'wild' friends. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38zLoUcTXV4 Leah&Marie@OL@HI 29 Jan 2012 11:52:40 PST Condolences to you Jon, and to your family. I am so very sorry to hear of your loss! annika@seattle 29 Jan 2012 02:36:44 PST Thank you Paul and Helena for your most kind words. Rose Anne (Inish) loved the Orcas and treasured our visit and your hospitality in 2005. Perhaps some day I will be able to return to Johnstone Strait and see those magnificent whales. Jon@Ocean Grove, NJ 28 Jan 2012 19:28:28 PST We're so sad to hear about Rose Anne (Inish)'s passing, and want to extend our heartfelt condolences to Jon and her family & friends, many of whom are part of the Orca-live community. We are smaller without you, dear Inish, and very thankful for your presence among us. Paul & Helena@OL@Alert Bay 28 Jan 2012 11:42:24 PST I am so sorry to hear one of our group has passed on. Jon please accept my heartfelt condolences. I met Inish at a reunion in 2005 and she made everyone love her.I had hoped that you both would return some day. Our OL group will never forget Inish:) Sharon@Sooke 27 Jan 2012 23:12:29 PST Hello my friends. I have not been here for quite some time but I would like to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your kind words about Rose Anne (Inish). She passed suddenly early yesterday morning, the 26th after a very long illness. We made some very good friends here and I know that she would be pleased to be remembered so fondly. Again, my heartfelt thanks for your kind thoughts. Jon Jon@NJ 27 Jan 2012 17:20:04 PST So sorry to hear of Roses passing, my thoughts go out to you all. Cantab@NZ 27 Jan 2012 14:32:57 PST My deepest sympathy to Jon and the family...I remember "reading" Inish often over the years. I know she will be very missed by everyone here too! Leona@Germany 27 Jan 2012 12:52:10 PST Have wandered OL's way as I am remembering meeting Rose Anne (RA, Inish!) here that September, 2001. The first time I ever came here was on 9 11. I couldn't go to work as my building was in the bull's eye with NDHQ and the Parliament Bldgs, in ol' Otterwa. And we had just got high speed. I had never really surfed till that night. And I found here in about 20 minutes LOL. And I ended up body surfing with Inish on beloved Ocean Grove Beach :) It was such a great experience coming here back then (not to belittle the enduring presence!) with the pretty much continuous audio and video. 'Em were the days eh? With the video :) Though late at night when so many of us met up here, the awesome audio was what was keeping us all ears :) Thank you OrcaLive for all you have done and continue to do, for so many. And I get such a warm fuzzy thinkin' OL and Inish at the same time! Lane@Otterwa 27 Jan 2012 02:52:20 PST My fondest thoughts Jon... Inish often felt like my 'partner in crime' when we conversed... we seemed to share that irreverence for overbearing authority.. and didn't suffer fools gladly... I know you'll miss her, I will miss her, as will many from this community.. I'll be thinking of you both... allan@crawsnest 26 Jan 2012 23:23:56 PST Hearing what appears to be humpbacks on Arctic audio. A few Belugas possibly too. Very cool. Carlie@Canada 26 Jan 2012 23:00:27 PST Hi Kathy - I was recalling the few days I was fortunate enough to sail on the Naiad with her and Jon. He will miss her greatly. Thoughts are with you, Jon. Beryl@Kamloops BC 26 Jan 2012 21:05:13 PST I'm feeling so sad tonight, thinking of Jon and my heartis full of memories of Rose Anne. I recall when I first came to this site RA Mendes was posting reports of the tragedy of the twin towers. She would climb to her roof where she could see the smoke and report in to us what was going on. I thought she was a young hispanic man :-) Turned out to be our beloved podner Innish. What a dear lady, our lives were enriched for knowing her. Take care Jon, love is being sent your way. kathy@nanaimo bc 26 Jan 2012 19:26:14 PST "Blowing Smoke on Salmon": http://www.pacificfreepress.com/news/1-/10770-smoke-mirrors-and-the-salmon-farm-disparagement-trial-of-don-staniford.html osmia@laughing and crying at the same time 26 Jan 2012 18:35:14 PST I think the whole idea of Citizen Science is the best! And I myself, fail miserably in the follow through aspect required for these projects, but really tip my hat to all those who follow through. Encouraging, exciting update on whale.fm A quote "Whale.FM already has produced the equivalent of years of cataloguing work by scientists in just a couple of months." from this article: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/at-scientific-american/2012/01/25/citizen-scientists-study-whale-songs-years-of-work-done-in-months/ osmia@admittedly, only listened to a few 26 Jan 2012 18:12:21 PST Inconvenience excused Hanson Island. Ya'll be safe dry and warm and loved. b@nc 26 Jan 2012 18:08:27 PST Lenya@Germany re: orca birth, that was observed on September 20, 1980 in Johnstone Strait. Have a great day/night! --- hum, 1980, 09-20-80. Haven't a clue. Google the date, As for what I were a doing, ... let's see, um, remember better than 09-20-2011! :) b@nc Wow, last century. seems like just a few ago (years). Ask thr 3 hermanoes. 26 Jan 2012 17:42:54 PST I cannot read German but this is what I found while looking for more info on Paul & Helena's link below: http://www.awi.de/de/aktuelles_und_presse/hintergrund/palaoa_wie_klingt_das_suedpolarmeer/ osmia@haven't had a heck of a lot of winter this winter and it feels like spring is sprung 26 Jan 2012 17:32:41 PST Live from under Antarctic ice! http://icecast.awi.de:8000/PALAOA.MP3.m3u Paul & Helena@OL@Alert Bay 26 Jan 2012 08:09:59 PST New website: Voice of the Orcas. This was created by former marine mammal trainers who have had a change of mind and heart regarding whale and dolphin captivity. http://bit.ly/xOGliF Jeff@Cleveland, OH 26 Jan 2012 08:07:29 PST http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Americans+approve+tagging+endangered+killer+whales/6049558/story.html Helena@Alert Bay 25 Jan 2012 08:49:09 PST Soooo sad :( Found this through a tweet by orcawild on Twitter, "Speeding powerboat hits orca": http://www.hawkesbaytoday.co.nz/news/speeding-powerboat-hits-orca/1247540/ osmia@heavy wet snowfall, next closest thing to rain in the Okanagan 24 Jan 2012 18:52:50 PST Not a good year so far. Stranded dolphins at Cape Cod http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/science/earth/influx-of-dolphins-stranded-on-cape-cod-perplexes-rescuers.html Stranded pilot whales New Zealand http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2012-01/24/content_14491450.htm Sally@London (hoping you are safe, dry and warm over there) 24 Jan 2012 01:23:17 PST Grand and informative post and incredible photography in the slideshow, "Fins Verses Feathers ? Transient Killer Whales Harass Rhinoceros Auklets": http://themarinedetective.com/2012/01/15/fins-verses-feathers-transient-killer-whales-harass-rhinoceros-auklets/ osmia@guessing our very short and small spell of winter is over as 14 day forecast gets steadily warmer and calls for rain instead of snow in the Okanagan 23 Jan 2012 18:43:55 PST "Dozens of rare, "offshore" killer whales moved across miles of Orange County coastline Thursday, delighting whale watchers and sending researchers scrambling to identify this normally elusive group of orcas.": http://www.ocregister.com/news/-336591--.html osmia@thinking, I have not seen this posted yet 23 Jan 2012 18:05:48 PST Just want to mention my new video which expresses my feelings concerning the slaughter of dolphins in Japan: http://youtu.be/B4SZMmHkdkI Doris@Germany www.doris-t.de 23 Jan 2012 04:40:05 PST ..about 5 more minutes on the biscuits, second batch in 20. Everybody welcomed! :) brent@king.nc.usa 22 Jan 2012 05:42:11 PST Scroll down for the pics, http://blog.seattlepi.com/candacewhiting/2012/01/21/rare-sighting-of-a-pod-of-elusive-snorcas-sundays-on-the-lighter-side/ allan@crawsnest 21 Jan 2012 23:37:45 PST Good evening Olers and all on Hanson Island. I have been asked about the 2012 reunion dates and since we haven't picked a time yet this is an opportunity to suggest a date. Norma from Delta has suggested the first or second week in Sept. and I know this is a good time for all our European friends and also a good time to see whales. Please let me know your wishes either here or email me at dmcphail@shaw.ca:) Sharon@Sooke 21 Jan 2012 18:44:52 PST Food for thought while the wind howls at Hanson Island: http://www.abc.net.au/environment/articles/2012/01/16/3406990.htm Paul & Helena@OL@Alert Bay 20 Jan 2012 17:56:36 PST 2nd presenter - long winded, dithering, convoluted, occasional burst of clarity, technical, stilted, lots of references to visuals (which I cannot see! as I am only able to listen), segued to co-presenter. OVER?! Shucks! I think they should not have given 2nd & co-presenter so much time and let us hear others! osmia@so disappointed. Wondering if others have listened/heard earlier broadcasts? 18 Jan 2012 19:40:42 PST 1st presenter ROCKED! osmia@http://gatewaypanel.review-examen.gc.ca/clf-nsi/prtcptngprcss/hrng-eng.html 18 Jan 2012 18:35:27 PST