Orcas near mics. The A30s are still in Robson Bight, and are calling on the Critical Point hydrophone OrcaLab 04 Sep 2016 22:09:44 PDT Superb sounds!! We are currently listening to the A30s on Critical Point. They were seen earlier this evening at Beaver Cove - they have apparently travelled east since then and are approaching the bight. Nice calls with little boat noise at the moment! Megan and Kim 04 Sep 2016 19:40:28 PDT The T101s continued east past main rubbing beach and out of our camera view. Marie reported that the A30s turned at Blinkhorn and are almost at Telegraph Cove now.  OrcaLab 04 Sep 2016 16:44:34 PDT Distant calls audible. The A30s came back via Weynton Pass and Wayne on the Lukwa let us know when they entered. After they did so they headed across to the Blinkhorn area. Meanwhile, the T101s, who had come in via Blackney Pass continued east past CP, the Cliff and just now the rubbing beaches. A huge group of dolphins who were off Robson Bight earlier when the Bigg's entered Johnstone Strait had turned and quickly charged eastward. Unfortunately, a pleasure boat went in pursuit. This boat was very bad around the dolphins, chasing at high speed, changing direction etc. The Wardens had talked with the boat but they were unresponsive. The boat came back to opposite Robson Bight where they found the T101s and followed them. The Wardens talked with them again and this time they were more respectful of the whales and the people. The sun just came out! Orcalab 04 Sep 2016 15:09:02 PDT No calls but orcas nearby The Gizmo let us know that the Bigg's orcas are coming east in Blackfish Sound and the Naiad told us just now that the A30s are passing Lizard Point headed back into the area. Orcalab 04 Sep 2016 12:04:51 PDT No calls but orcas nearby The Gizmo let us know that the Bigg's orcas are coming east in Blackfish Sound and the Naiad told us just now that the A30s are passing Lizard Point headed back into the area. Orcalab 04 Sep 2016 12:04:30 PDT No orcas present. This morning the radio came to life with a report of a group of Bigg's orcas near the Pearse Reefs. Later Wayne on the Lukwa added to AJ's initial report by identifying them as the T101s. We heard the Bigg's may have got involved in a kill before moving on toward the Plumper Islands. Orcalab 04 Sep 2016 11:45:15 PDT No orcas present. Pretty quiet night. This morning sea lions are hauling out on the Parson Island rock, no one on this side yet. Orcalab 04 Sep 2016 07:02:24 PDT

Orcas near mics. We think the group of dolphins we saw on the rubbing beach camera east of the Reserve earlier this evening just before 6pm made it all the way to CP by 9:35 pm and then turned into Blackney where we can hear them now under a very starry sky. Orcalab 03 Sep 2016 22:29:17 PDT Orcas near mics. Listening to a humpback in Blackfish Sound making a few vocals - sounding a bit thoughtful! Orcalab 03 Sep 2016 17:13:11 PDT No calls but orcas nearby At 3:52pm the Bigg's orcas were off Weynton Island, heading west. Sounds like they are now going north towards Plumper Islands in Weynton Passage. OrcaLab 03 Sep 2016 16:15:08 PDT No calls but orcas nearby Sounds like the Bigg's orcas are continuing along the Hanson Island shore to the west. Meanwhile, almost an hour ago we heard a report via Marie that the Naiad Explorer found the A30s with others in the Pine Island area. Noticed that the Noordam also reported orca near Nigel Island around the same time. Thanks for the reports everyone! Also, there were plenty of dolphins around today. A group of 200 or so came into the entrance way of Blackney Pass and exited up Baronet Passage. Unfortunately, they attracted a lot of attention from several boats who were not always following the guidelines - really we need real regulations!! Orcalab 03 Sep 2016 15:11:08 PDT No calls but orcas nearby We got a report that three orcas were off Boat Bay at 1:12pm. They kept going to the west. At 1:54pm they were off Pig ranch. Now we caught them on the Cracroft Point camera. Looks like they are off Baron Reef. No identification yet. OrcaLab 03 Sep 2016 14:39:19 PDT No orcas present. We haven't heard any orcas overnight. Not sure where they are. We are waiting.  Tomoko 03 Sep 2016 11:36:40 PDT

No orcas present. We are not sure where the A30s ended up last night. They were last seen around 18:44 near The entrance of Blackney pass. No calls heard after that. Right now we are hearing Pacific white-sided dolphin calls on Local Left hydrophone.  Tomoko 02 Sep 2016 03:31:41 PDT

No calls but orcas nearby At 14:15 we were hearing the A30s on our Rubbing Beach hydrophone and saw them on Rubbing Beach camera. And at 16:15 We heard echolocation on Critical Point. Possible A30s coming back from the east. Last we saw them heading west on our Robson Bight camera.  Linda, Myriam, Kat 01 Sep 2016 17:06:14 PDT The A30s passed Critical Point and headed east. Lind, Myriam, Kat 01 Sep 2016 14:05:46 PDT Orcas near mics. The A30s are in the Bight. Orcalab 01 Sep 2016 13:12:38 PDT No calls but orcas nearby The 'Naiad' reports that the A30s are heading east on the Vancouver Island shoreline at Little Kaikash across from Cracroft Point.   OrcaLab 01 Sep 2016 10:49:33 PDT Distant calls audible. We caught them on the Cracroft Point surface camera. Looks like they are between Kaikash and Little Kaikash, very close to Vancouver Island side. Now we are hearing them on the Cracroft Point and Parson Island hydrophone. OrcaLab 01 Sep 2016 08:02:15 PDT Distant calls audible. Sounds like the A30s kept going to the west from Robson Bight. We started picking up them on the Cracroft Point hydrophone. OrcaLab 01 Sep 2016 07:11:11 PDT Distant calls audible. The A30s are heading back west towards Robson Bight. We can now hear them on our Critical Point hydrophone.  OrcaLab 01 Sep 2016 06:02:15 PDT Distant calls audible. Sounds like the A30s are back from the east. We are hearing very distant calls on rubbing beach hydrophone.  Tomoko 01 Sep 2016 04:00:16 PDT