Orcas near mics. We heard the HB calls around 1730. We haven't heard s/he for a while. Now we are hearing close Pacific white-sided dolphins. Sounds like they are in the Bight. Very chatty! OL crew 30 Jun 2014 18:17:24 PDT

Distant calls audible. We are thinking that the A36s carried on to the west in Johnstone Strait and then went out through Weynton Pass as they are now calling in Blackfish Sound. Helena 26 Jun 2014 17:51:45 PDT Orcas near mics. Nice calls from the A36s as they approach the entrance to Blackney Pass mid strait. Helena 26 Jun 2014 13:14:53 PDT Orcas hunting fish. We just started to here echo location off Robson Bight. Perhaps, the A36 brothers are on their way westward. Lovely morning, we just had a close visit from several Dalls porpoise. Nice start to the day! Helena 26 Jun 2014 09:50:19 PDT No orcas present. We lost track of the A36 brothers just after midnight. At that time we believe the last calls were off the east end of the Ecological Reserve. It was an amazing day. Wonderful to see Plumper (A37) particularly as there has been some concern over his health. What will happen today - has the season started? Or are the brothers here for a quick tour to see how things are in this part of the coast? Helena  26 Jun 2014 08:15:47 PDT

Orcas near mics. The A36 brothers are still calling, not very often. Some of the calls seem closer to to Robson Bight every so often. Helena 25 Jun 2014 20:58:02 PDT Orcas near mics. The A36s sound closer now to Robson Bight. Helena 25 Jun 2014 19:48:44 PDT Distant calls audible. The brothers are in Johnstone Strait along with a couple of humpbacks as well. Helena 25 Jun 2014 18:02:39 PDT Superb sounds!! Despite that boat noise the A36s are calling. They have cleared our view headed for home - Johnstone Strait! A37 was quite a bit behind A46 but looking ok. A46 stopped in Blackney turned, called and waited a bit before moving ahead. We soon saw A37 closer to our side following. Helena 25 Jun 2014 16:54:09 PDT Distant calls audible. Just beginning to call now! Helena 25 Jun 2014 16:07:18 PDT No calls but orcas nearby A37 is swimming a couple of kilometres behind his brother, still waiting,  Helena 25 Jun 2014 15:43:30 PDT No calls but orcas nearby We are waiting to see if A46 comes in to view from Blackfish Sound. Camera is on:http://orcalab.click2stream.com/ Helena 25 Jun 2014 15:18:41 PDT

No orcas present. A quick correction on our humpback list: Freckles not yet accounted for. Thanks Jackie for the follow up. Helena  21 Jun 2014 07:24:56 PDT

Distant calls audible. The orcas have moved into Blackfish Sound. Apparently there is a lot of breaching. Larry Roy and the Lukwa are on scene. Helena in Alert Bay 20 Jun 2014 14:38:19 PDT Orcas near mics. Molly has been hearing Bigg's calls off the Local Left hydrophone. On Wednesday Jared identified the T124s off Bold Head at 4:14pm. Helena in Alert Bay 20 Jun 2014 14:02:44 PDT

No orcas present. Our internet woes seem to have been corrected for now, fingers crossed. Meanwhile, the humpback continue to use Blackney Pass. It has been great to see so many familiar whales return for another season! The list includes: KC, Freckles,Inukshuk, Chunky,Stripe, Arial, Sqiggles, Black Pearl, Guardian. We also heard from Cetacealab that the A30s were recently seen. Hermann took a picture of A72 (Bend) with a young baby alongside. This is very exciting. Can't wait for the season to start. Meanwhile, Angela has been keeping us up to date with reports of sightings of orcas off the Port Hardy/northern Vancouver Island area. It seems that there has been quite a few repeated sightings. The weather has been sunny but very windy of late - summer not too far away now! We welcomed Molly to OrcaLab a couple days ago. Helena  17 Jun 2014 08:17:21 PDT

Performing maintenance We think our internet connection is working again (still needs work) so we are resuming audio streaming. Fingers crossed it continues! Paul 15 Jun 2014 14:13:39 PDT