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[Dave]

No word of a lie.  It was a calf orca.  Three witnesses.

By itself? in the river?

[Damien]

Yes, alone, in the river.  Right where the river bends sharply at the golf course and there are the large boats moored.   I called it in to the DFO mammal line;

 http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/contact/emergency-urgence-eng.htm
Call if you see an injured, harassed, abandoned marine mammal (e.g., seal, whale)
Pacific: 1-800-465-4336

[Dave]

OK.  For a while there I thought you had been into Rieber's secret stash, the stuff he smokes out at Mill Lake

[clarki]

That's interesting. In mid Sept a fishing buddy texted me that a friend of his had seen a dolphin while kayaking in the Nic. If she saw a Pacific white sided dolphin, then that may also explain your sighting. Unless you are 100% sure that it was an orca.

[Dave]

Clarki, this makes a lot of sense.  Seeing a calf orca away from it's family grouping is extremely rare; seeing an orca of any age in a river the size of the Nic is even more so.

[Damien]

Sorry for the thread hijack.  It went like this (re:dolphin)

" oh, shitty, another seal"

....few minutes go by after thinking to myself

"boy the last time it surfaced, it sure looked like a dorsal fin out of the corner of my eye"

then

"holy cupcakes!  it WAS a dorsal fin as I see it surface close by -  Never thought i'd see a dolphin in here!!!

wondering, is this a PWD or a Harbour Porpoise

to

"WHOLY EFFING cupcakes IT IS AN ORCA RIGHT BESIDE US!!!"

[Rieber]

OK.  For a while there I thought you had been into Rieber's secret stash, the stuff he smokes out at Mill Lake

Just because I live in Abbotsford, I'll have you know that I don't and won't smoke the Electric Lettuce or anything else for that matter.

Besides, I don't need that stuff to remember what hasn't even happened yet. 

If I ever see an Orca at Mill Lake - I'll pack it in - I'll be done with fishing. Even on the Ocean, I think I would have a tough time going back out if I had an Orca come up right near my little boat. That must have been a serious adrenaline rush seeing that calf.

[Dave]

Just because I live in Abbotsford, I'll have you know that I don't and won't smoke the Electric Lettuce or anything else for that matter.

Besides, I don't need that stuff to remember what hasn't even happened yet. 

If I ever see an Orca at Mill Lake - I'll pack it in - I'll be done with fishing. Even on the Ocean, I think I would have a tough time going back out if I had an Orca come up right near my little boat. That must have been a serious adrenaline rush seeing that calf.

All meant in fun Pat ... but you know that

[Rieber]

All meant in fun Pat ... but you know that

It's all good. I'm open to a little jab here and there as it makes this internet thing kind of fun.