No orcas present.

Last night I was just about to write an update when there were calls heard in Blackfish Sound. It turned out to be the A12s. Just before 9pm when the A30s,A11s and some of the A5s turned back to the east off Hanson Island, the A12s continued out through Weynton Pass. The A30s & Co continued going east toward the Reserve where they may have encountered the rest of the A5 groups along with the A24s. All these groups then conntinued east past the Reserve and were out of our range by 1am. We believe the A12s kept moving west into Queen Charlotte Strait.
Helena
01 Aug 2006 07:30:41 PDT

No orcas present.

The A12s have spent the day in Queen Charlotte Strait. They eventually began to move back toward the east just about the time reports reached us that there is a large group of orcas incoming from further west. The A30s,A4s and A5s are still in the eastern part of Johnstone Strait.
Helena
01 Aug 2006 16:19:19 PDT

additional note:

hi Bruce, When we talk about the "A4s" and "A5s" it may be one of two situations - either, it is because we hear A4 or A5 calls but cannot immediately dicriminate which matrilines are present; or, it may be because we understand that all matrilines of the pod(s) are present. For example, last night we think that we heard the A11s (both the A11 & A35 groups) as well as the A24s so we used the pod designation for convenience. Last night there was a split in the A1 pod when the A12s and the A30s went different directions so we mentioned both to help clarify the situation. I hope this helps.
Helena@Hanson I
01 Aug 2006 18:41:12 PDT