No orcas present. After busy night it has been a quiet day. We have several humpbacks as our company in Blackney Pass. We are trying to ID them! Momoko 29 Jul 2015 16:46:59 PDT No calls but orcas nearby Busy night! It seemed like the A34s/A46/A23s/A25s were going to stay same area whole night. But around 4:30am all of them started to travel to the west. They arrived in the entrance to Blackney Pass around 4:45am then entered Blackney around 5am. They were pretty chatty when they were in Blackney Pass. We could hear some breaching and tail or pectoral slapping sounds. The blows cleared into Blackfish Sound around 5:20am. They made calls when they entered Blackfish Sound. But now they are quiet. Whew! Momoko 29 Jul 2015 05:50:02 PDT Orcas near mics. Nice night now the the tug has come through! But before it did here is a summary of what we think has been going on. The beautiful A34/A46 calls in Blackfish Sound ceased for a while as they ( A34s/A46) travelled through Blackney Pass to the south at 12:30am. They picked up their calls once they got into Johnstone Strait. This continued until the A23s and A25s came up from the east around 1:20am. The A23s/A25s continued their calling even through the worst of the boat noise but the A34s were silent to us. Now both groups, as they "come together", are both calling. And we have taken most of the boat noise out of the recording! Helena & Julien 29 Jul 2015 02:42:18 PDT