Tuesday, January 16, 2018






Superb sounds!!

Nice Biggs Orcas calling on Flower Island right now!

Lisa
16 Jan 2018 06:42:39 PST

Thursday, January 11, 2018



Superb sounds!!

Biggs Orcas on Flower Island hydrophone right now!

Lisa
11 Jan 2018 20:40:52 PST

Wednesday, January 10, 2018





Distant calls audible.

It has been quite the day as all the A5s were together in Johnstone Strait. The A42s were seen along with the A23s and A25s. We had suspected that the A42s had made it back around the end of December but this was the first visual confirmation thanks to the efforts of Jared Towers. All the A42s look well and of course their pod mates, the A23s and A25s have been seen off and on through December and January. 

Helena & Lisa
10 Jan 2018 19:23:40 PST



Distant calls audible.

We are now hearing resting calls, N3's, on CP with close echoes to PI

Lisa
10 Jan 2018 19:15:42 PST



Distant calls audible.

The A5's are vocal on CP right now! 

Lisa
10 Jan 2018 10:16:42 PST

Monday, January 08, 2018






Distant calls audible.

Now very faint calls from A5s on CP

Lisa
08 Jan 2018 19:50:48 PST



Distant calls audible.

Now we are hearing distant resting calls at CP

Lisa
08 Jan 2018 17:35:40 PST



No calls but orcas nearby

Lisa is following a group of Bigg's orcas on the Orcalab cam as they head south in Blackney Pass: Orca Cam - live streaming video of wild Orcas | Explore.org Watch Orcas socialize and hunt in their natural habitat with our live Orca camera based in British Columbia. Learn Orca facts and share your snapshots. EXPLORE.ORG 

OrcaLab
08 Jan 2018 12:56:24 PST



Distant calls audible.

Distant Orca calls on Flower Island

Lisa
08 Jan 2018 08:08:17 PST

Saturday, January 06, 2018



Distant calls audible.

The A5's appeared on PI last evening at 20:40 and then disappeared within 10min on CP with with sporadic resting calls

Lisa
06 Jan 2018 09:41:22 PST

Wednesday, January 03, 2018






Superb sounds!!

Big's orcas in Blackfish Sound!

OrcaLab
03 Jan 2018 20:15:28 PST

Saturday, December 30, 2017



Superb sounds!!

The A23s and A25s have become clearly vocal. They apparently had a long rub at Kazumi and are off the entrance to Blackney Pass again.

Helena & Lisa
30 Dec 2017 14:55:01 PST



No calls but orcas nearby

We have located them thanks to Jared Towers. They are on the Parson Rock cam: http://explore.org/live-cams/player/orcalab-parson-island off the entrance to Blackney Pass on the vancouver Island side.

Helena
30 Dec 2017 11:42:42 PST



No calls but orcas nearby

We are waiting to see if the A23s and A25s come into range of the CP camera. We had a repot from Elizabeth Zwamborn that they entered Johnstone Strait and are heading east. Clear sunny days, so fingers crossed. You can help us keep track by going to : https://explore.org/livecams/orcas/orcalab-cracroft-point-surface

Helena, Lisa and Paul
30 Dec 2017 10:41:29 PST

Thursday, December 28, 2017





It has been a very nice Orca holidays too this last week. At around four in the afternoon on the 23'rd we started hearing faint calls from the I15's of the G-clan approaching from the north, and some five hours later we heard A5's approaching CP before fading off again. Then suddenly after three days of Orca silence the I15's (I27, I4 and I65 Matrilines) appeared in Blackney Pass entrance at ten in the morning on the 26'th and passed by with the outflowing tide heading north in utter silence. Then the next day on the 27'th the A5's (A23 & A25 matrilines) did exactly the same ting at the same time, also in silence. Such a joy to see them again

Lisa
28 Dec 2017 19:48:10 PST

Saturday, December 23, 2017





Distant calls audible.

A clan Orcas slowly approaching CP hydrophone right now

Lisa
23 Dec 2017 21:51:35 PST



Distant calls audible.

G-clan resident Orcas slowly coming closer on Flower Island hydrophone

Lisa
23 Dec 2017 16:30:55 PST

Tuesday, December 05, 2017






Superb sounds!!

Nice humpback song on Flower Island right now! 

Lisa
05 Dec 2017 22:30:51 PST