No orcas present. A windy and chilly day here on Hanson Island. No word or sign of the A5s since they continued east past the rubbing beaches. Sadly our hydrophones keeping going offline due to lack of sunlight for the solar panels. Hopefully we'll get some sun in the next few days in case they decide to come back our way.  David & Brittney 16 Nov 2015 12:01:36 PST

No orcas present. The A23s and A25s went past the rubbing beach, headed out to mid strait and continued east. We followed on the camera until they were incredibly distant and the light began to fade. Only a few calls s they passed over the beaches. Lovely day here! A thanks to Jared Towers who first saw the A5s from his house in Alert Bay this morning. Given how quiet the A23/25s are being it is so welcome to have eyes on the ocean! Helena, David and Brittney 14 Nov 2015 15:25:53 PST No calls but orcas nearby the A5's are on the rubbing beaches! http://explore.org (rubbing beach) 0 retweets 0 likes  david & Brittney 14 Nov 2015 13:34:50 PST Superb sounds!! We just started hearing calls on CRPT! There's some boat noise but we can hear them just fine. Brittney and David 14 Nov 2015 10:59:22 PST No calls but orcas nearby We've finally located the A5's on the Cracroft camera! No calls yet. http://explore.org/live-cams/player/orcalab-cracroft-point-surface Brittney and David 14 Nov 2015 10:36:33 PST No calls but orcas nearby The A5s are in Johnstone Strait headed east along Vancouver Island toward the Reserve. On CP camera, www.explore.org Helena, David and Brittney 14 Nov 2015 10:35:14 PST No calls but orcas nearby Jared Towers reported seeing orcas south of Hanson Island possibly heading east. No calls or OL visual of them yet Brittney and David 14 Nov 2015 09:50:11 PST

No orcas present. Windy day here after the serene calm day yesterday. The A23s/A25s were vocal until about 11am at which time they were distant on the Critical Point (Robson Bight) hydrophone. Even though the above camera link is not working you can see the cameras at work on www.explore.org (OrcaLab Base). We took the underwater camera out yesterday in advance of the winter storms. Helena, Paul, David and Brittney 10 Nov 2015 13:50:36 PST

Superb sounds!! We're listening to some nice calls on Critical Point right now! Hopefully they'll stick around for awhile  Brittney and David 09 Nov 2015 21:33:35 PST No calls but orcas nearby Today, Corky's family were seen in Johnstone Strait!. Roger McDonell saw them first heading west along the Hanson Island shore. Jackie Hildering out to survey the humpbacks found them off Telegraph Cove with the help of Jim Borrowman before 3pm. They had been socializing and turned east. You can see pictures on Jackie Hildering's FB page. Jackie found the humpbacks Quartz and Ripple in Blackney Pass and the Lab also added Guardian, who they had seen earlier, to the list. Quite the day especially with the recent Sea World buzz. The A23s and A25s were silent as far as we could tell. Helena  09 Nov 2015 20:09:48 PST No orcas present. Its a quiet morning here at the lab but we've seen some humpbacks lunge feeding and the sea lions are still hauled out down the way! Brittney 09 Nov 2015 10:27:29 PST

No orcas present. It's been a quiet few days on the orca front since we saw them while installing batteries at CP. A couple of humpbacks continue to hang around though! A beautiful morning here at the lab, enjoy it with us here: http://explore.org/live-cams/player/orcalab-base David & Brittney 08 Nov 2015 08:14:12 PST

Superb sounds!! We're hearing some beautiful humpback vocalizations off of Critical Point tonight!  Brittney 06 Nov 2015 20:42:28 PST

No calls but orcas nearby Paul just reported seeing Orcas off of Cracroft Point! They're heading east and we've got them on the camera now. No calls yet Brittney   05 Nov 2015 09:36:30 PST

No orcas present. We have two humpbacks hanging out in from on the lab this afternoon! They seem to be resting so hopefully they'll stick around for a little while.  Brittney   03 Nov 2015 14:21:24 PST

Superb sounds!! Some really nice calls on Critical Point. Sounds like Biggs. David 02 Nov 2015 14:07:06 PST

No calls but orcas nearby Group of Biggs cruising the sea lion haul out. www.explore.org (OrcaLab base) Helena & Paul 01 Nov 2015 17:17:57 PST