| No calls but orcas nearby Jim and Mary reported 6 Bigg's orca heading west off TC at 0830 this morning. The group consisted of 1 large male, 1 young male, 3 females and a calf. Leah 30 Jun 2012 11:11:04 PDT |
 | The Pass is thick with fog this morning and visibility is 0. There were chatty dolphins early this morning, but it is very quiet right now. Leah 30 Jun 2012 08:16:11 PDT |
| No calls but orcas nearby Jeff and crew on the Lukwa were able to positively ID A11 in QCS today. There were 3 others there as well, most likely A56 & A97. Springer had been traveling with this group at Cetacelab last week, so she may very well account for the 4th orca today! They all turned back to the west. Leah 29 Jun 2012 21:02:54 PDT |
|  No calls but orcas nearby Lukwa relayed orcas rubbing at Bere Pt. around 1030 this morning. Gordie originally reported 3 orcas in QCS a bit further to the east. Sounds as though we have some NR's around!! In the meantime a humpback is traveling north in Blackney Pass. The internet has been spotty since late last night and we are trying to get to the bottom of it. You may experience audio turning on and off. Leah & Kristen 29 Jun 2012 10:47:32 PDT |
| KC traveled back and forth in Blackney Pass for a couple of hours this afternoon. Small groups of Dall's porpoise could also be seen in the Pass throughout the entire day. Various song birds have been out in full force around the Lab lately. Now we're just waiting on some orca vocalizations! Leah & Kristen 26 Jun 2012 17:57:34 PDT |
| 25+ dolphins could be seen porpoising and leaping tight to shore at Compton Isl. about 15 minutes ago. It appeared as though they were chasing fish. Leah 26 Jun 2012 11:03:22 PDT |
| No calls but orcas nearby The whales Jackie saw were going west! Helena 25 Jun 2012 10:16:35 PDT |
| No calls but orcas nearby Jackie just reported that there is a group of orcas passing Port McNeill. No direction or numbers yet. Helena 25 Jun 2012 09:34:36 PDT |
| A humpback appears to be foraging off Parson Island at the moment. The blows linger above the waters surface in the still air as s/he slowly heads north. Beautiful, sunny morning here! Leah 25 Jun 2012 08:54:25 PDT |
| Good news from CetaceaLab. They saw Springer the other day travelling with the A11s. They thought she looked great and was even sporting a new nick at the base of her fin. Thank you! Janie and Hermann for this great report. They have also seen the A8s and some of the Rs so the orca season seems to be shaping up. Leah,Kristen,Paul & Helena 24 Jun 2012 22:16:19 PDT |
| Yogi, (BCY0409), just headed out of view to the south in Blackney Pass. Leah 24 Jun 2012 13:55:29 PDT |
| Performing maintenance Sorry everyone we have a problem with one of our network radios and will be down for the rest of the night. We hope to be back soon. Thanks for your patience! OrcaLab 22 Jun 2012 19:58:23 PDT |
| Twister plus one are moving south through Blackney Pass. There is also a small group of dolphins in the pass. Helena,Leah,Paul & Kristen 22 Jun 2012 12:38:46 PDT |
| Twister plus one are moving south through Blackney Pass. There is also a small group of dolphins in the pass. Helena,Leah,Paul & Kristen 22 Jun 2012 12:38:45 PDT |
| Yesterday's humpback list from Jackie: Twister,KC, Nick and Stripe and Moonstar (pretty name!), no Arial. Thanks Jackie! Helena 20 Jun 2012 13:18:48 PDT |
| No calls but orcas nearby With a humpback heading north in Blackney and a small group of Dalls porpoise two tranisent orcas (? T20/21) are heading slowly south along Parson Island. Helena 20 Jun 2012 09:51:32 PDT |
| Humpback update: 5 humpbacks in the area - 4 in Johnstone Strait, LC,Nick,Stripe and one unidentified now and Twister in Blackney Pass. Thanks to Jackie for keeping us up to scratch. The sun is shining today! Helena 19 Jun 2012 16:43:46 PDT |
| Two humpbacks in Blackney Pass this morning. Earlier Jackie reported that KC was definitely there and she wondered if the 2nd humpback might be Ariel who was KC's companion (and sibling) in Campbell River last week. Helena & Paul back at OrcaLab 19 Jun 2012 11:32:20 PDT |
| Sorry, we have an internet connection problem, trying to solve it now. Hope to be back soon, but it may take some time. Thanks for your patience. Paul & Helena 16 Jun 2012 18:50:11 PDT |
|  No orcas present. Not exactly sure what the problem was last night, but we're streaming live audio again... thanks Leah! Paul & Helena 16 Jun 2012 08:45:43 PDT |
| Performing maintenance Sorry, we are experiencing bad weather in the area and this may have caused the audio to fail. Hopefully we will be back up soon. Thank you for your patience. Helena & Paul & Leah 15 Jun 2012 23:07:05 PDT |
| No calls but orcas nearby Bill and Donna reported 3 transient/Bigg's orcas heading west off Port Hardy airport this morning. Thanks to Jackie for passing this along. Leah 15 Jun 2012 08:07:12 PDT |
|  Distant calls audible. Dolphins: It sounds like there are quite a few dolphins in Robson Bight this morning. Leah 15 Jun 2012 07:50:55 PDT |
| Distant calls audible. Dolphins: Faint vocalizations can be heard in Johnstone Strait with the odd, loud call close to the Critical Point hydrophone. Leah 14 Jun 2012 20:45:08 PDT |
|  Superb sounds!! Dolphins: Are vocalising in Robson Bight! Leah 14 Jun 2012 10:22:08 PDT |
| Distant calls audible. About 100+ dolphins traveled north, quite quickly, at 8am this morning. They could then be heard vocalizing very faintly in Blackfish Sound. Nice calm morning here in Blackney Pass. Leah 14 Jun 2012 08:59:29 PDT |
| Distant calls audible. Dolphins: 75+ dolphins traveled south in Blackney Pass about and hour ago. They were moving fast leaping and porpoising along the way. They can now faintly be heard in Johnstone Strait. Leah 13 Jun 2012 20:51:31 PDT |
|  Boat noise There are dolphins vocalizing and echolocating in Robson Bight. Leah 13 Jun 2012 15:58:52 PDT |
| Humpacks and dolphins: Jackie reported that Slash was at White Cliff while 2 other HB's were at CP yesterday afternoon. At 10:30 in the evening the dolphins began chatting on and off until ~1 am this morning. At the moment there are 2 HB's slowly making their way to the north off Parson Bay. Leah 13 Jun 2012 09:20:08 PDT |
| A humpback just headed out of view to the north. Further behind, also mid pass were 4+ Dall's porpoise traveling in the same direction. Meanwhile, 5+ dolphins headed to the south mid pass. Leah & Jackie 11 Jun 2012 10:25:07 PDT |
| Superb sounds!! Humpback!!!! There is a humpback and dolphins vocalising on Flower Island. WoW, s/he is still going! We had Twister in Blackney between 7-9pm today. Could it be him/her?? Leah & Jackie 11 Jun 2012 02:16:45 PDT |
