No calls but orcas nearby
Another update from Jared Towers. :at 5pm the A34s were off the Port Hardy airport. At that time the A30s were already east bound near Blinkhorn. Jared also told us that A73 was in Camaano Sound a week ago with A11 & A56. She was looking well.
Helena
26 Aug 2012 18:27:06 PDT

No calls but orcas nearby The A30s are continuing east. At 5:25pm they were passing Kaikash Creek and by 5:9pm they were 1/2 way between Kaikash and Izumi Rock. Helena 26 Aug 2012 18:22:54 PDT

Distant calls audible. We can offer another update : Jared Towers reports the A23s,A25s and the A35s are off Scarlett Point (this means the report of the A25s being east will need to be revised). The I15s Jared further reports are off Round Island (near Port Hardy) and the T109s are in Goletas Channel - lots of residents and lots of Bigg's orcas too! The T2Cs carried on west and crossed into mid strait before disappearing. The A30s have continued west along the Vancouver Island shore and T 11 and T11A were recently visiting Alert Bay. Helena 26 Aug 2012 18:20:39 PDT

Distant calls audible. We can offer another update : Jared Towers reports the A23s,A25s and the A35s are off Scarlett Point (this means the report of the A25s being east will need to be revised). The I15s Jared further reports are off Round Island (near Port Hardy) and the T109s are in Goletas Channel - lots of residents and lots of Bigg's orcas too! The T2Cs carried on west and crossed into mid strait before disappearing. The A30s have continued west along the Vancouver Island shore and T 11 and T11A were recently visiting Alert Bay. Helena 26 Aug 2012 16:19:55 PDT

Distant calls audible. The A30s are westbound west of Kaikash Creek. The T2Cs are past the entrance of Blackney Pass continuing west also. Almost parallel to each other! Helena 26 Aug 2012 15:47:52 PDT

No calls but orcas nearby Ww started the day with Gordie saying "whales all over the place" - couldn't be truer. The A30s are westbound they left the Reserve at the Western Boundary at 2:30pm. They had foraged in the Bight. The T2Cs are westbound on the other side and at 2:06pm they passed under the Cliff. Meanwhile T11 and T11A are east bound from Haddington Island (west of Alert Bay). The A8s and A25s are ares coming west at Ripple Pt (further east in Johnstone Strait. The A34s and the I15s have already travelled past Malcolm Island. No word of them turning around. No one knows where the A23s are and there are incoming groups from Port Hardy as of 2pm. Whew! Humpbacks everywhere too! Helena 26 Aug 2012 14:53:57 PDT

Orcas near mics. The A30s have returned to the east end of the Reserve. Helena 26 Aug 2012 13:25:30 PDT

No calls but orcas nearby Most of the orcas in the Strait in the early hours of this day left via Blackney Pass around 4:30am. One of the A1 groups has remained, most recently being heard on the rubbing beaches hydrophone and possibly heading east. Helena 26 Aug 2012 07:29:33 PDT

Multiple pod calls audible. The whole scene has shifted more to the entrance of Blackney Pass but still in Johnstone Strait. Helena 26 Aug 2012 04:22:21 PDT

Multiple pod calls audible. The A30s and the I15s are there to greet the incoming A34s after all! Helena 26 Aug 2012 04:20:36 PDT

Multiple pod calls audible. The A30s and the I15s are there to greet the incoming A34s after all! Helena 26 Aug 2012 01:24:04 PDT

Superb sounds!! Here is good news! The A34s have come back! They rushed through Blackney Pass at 12:15am and began calling soon after arriving in the Strait. They have kept calling through the boat noise - the Alaskan fishing fleet has been going through since yesterday. Tomorrow we may find out if A12 is with these guys. We lost track of the A30s and the I15s when they were opposite the Reserve earlier yesterday evening. Helena 26 Aug 2012 01:16:34 PDT