Distant calls audible.

There are groups (As) heading toward the east end of the Ecological Reserve. hey are coming up from the east.
Helena
31 Aug 2010 04:28:43 PDT

Multiple pod calls audible.

Sounds like many of the groups have come back from the east. The I15s have also come back into Johnstone Strait.
Helena
31 Aug 2010 05:23:48 PDT

Multiple pod calls audible.

A parade of orcas has passed northwards through Blackney Pass. They included the A36s with A12, the A34s, G17s, G31s, G29s, I15s & G2s. Many of the groups are now in Blackfish Sound, & we're listening to them on the Flower Island hydrophone. We think the A30s, A5s, Cs, & possibly I11s are still in Johnstone Strait.
Helena
31 Aug 2010 08:55:33 PDT

No orcas present.

Whew! A very exciting day with over 100 whales passing through the area this morning. To summarize: Last night the I15s came into Blackney Pass and back to Johnstone Strait by 3:30am via Weynton Pass, just in time for the groups coming west toward the Ecological Reserve who became audible to us around 4am. A steady progression then ensued with the C10s and C6s along with the I11s first to pass the entrance to Blackney Pass around 7am. A12 and the A36s then led part of the "parade" past the Lab starting from 7:21am. An hour later, the A34s had followed A12 & the A36s, then the G17s, G29s,G31s,I15s and G12s. They caried on through Blackfish Sound, past Donegal Head and west along the "backside" of Malcolm Island. The Cs and the I11s went west to Pearse Pass and turned west into Cormorant Channel. As these groups were continuing on their respective paths, the A30s, A5s and possibly I68 formed the rear and chose to go through the more conventional route out through Weynton Pass and across the western end of Blackfish Sound. Since all this began the tide has turned and is now in flood.
Helena
31 Aug 2010 12:23:45 PDT