No orcas present. So happy to confirm that the humpback first seen on April 25th turns out to be a familiar favourite "Guardian". She was here again tonight in Blackney Pass. OrcaLab 28 Apr 2019 22:10:53 PDT

No calls but orcas nearby Orcas heading north in Blackney Pass, now off White Beach Pass, probably Bigg's. Scroll back on Explore.org to se them! OL crew 27 Apr 2019 21:02:24 PDT

No orcas present.

Today the T55s went west past Alert Bay. Just before this, we heard Bigg's calls on the Robson Bight hydrophone but did not locate them on the camera. The T23s also went west past Alert Bay yesterday. Nice to have some activity again.
Helena
19 Apr 2019 21:40:01 PDT

No calls but orcas nearby A group of 4 Bigg's orcas is heading south in Blackney Pass, towards Johnstone Strait. 2 adult females 1 juvenile 1 baby, No calls. Helena 12 Mar 2019 12:05:43 PDT

Distant calls audible. Bigg's orca calls in Blackfish Sound, getting quite distant now with increasing boat noise. Helena 11 Mar 2019 00:36:47 PDT

No calls but orcas nearby Today was a nice calm day, a little bit warmer than it has been of late, and a day when Alex Morton saw Bigg's orcas in Weynton Passage at 12:32 and alerted Jared Towers who identified the T49As and T68 and T68A. Later, in Johnstone Strait they headed east from Blinkhorn and were off the Western Boundary of the Ecological Reserve by 3:15pm. We found T49A1 on the Robson Bight camera (Jared ID) at 4:12pm. The rest were further east with Jared off the Main Beach still heading east. We found them briefly on the camera. They were not vocal. Yesterday, T10 with T10C were also heading east in Johnstone Strait around 7pm. Today we said good-bye to Lisa Larsson, her winter at OrcaLab over. Thank you, Lisa for all your hard work, passion for the whales and ocean, safe trip home. Helena 10 Mar 2019 18:57:07 PDT

Bigg Bonanza day! We were just heading out to do some camera maintenance when we first met with T019s, T055s, T087 and T124A2s travelling together heading east down Johnstone Strait. Then a couple of hours later the T60s passed by us while at CP heading north into Blackney Pass. Thanks to Jared Towers for the ID's Orcalab 17 Feb 2019 22:31:22 PST

Orcas near mics. Nice close Biggs Orca on Critical Point hydrophone right now  Lisa 15 Feb 2019 04:24:48 PST

Distant calls audible. Nice distant Biggs Orca calling and whistling on Critical Point hydrophone just now Lisa 31 Jan 2019 03:36:06 PST

Superb sounds!! Some G clan residents just passed by OrcaLab to the north quickly, and are now on Flower Island hydrophone Lisa 27 Jan 2019 12:25:26 PST

Distant calls audible. Distant Biggs Orca on Parson Island hydrophone just now Lisa  25 Jan 2019 20:33:42 PST No calls but orcas nearby At least three Orcas went south past OrcaLab silently just a moment ago, and at 13:00 one group of Orcas were seen by Blinkhorn heading east, while Gary and Tasli ID’ed the T060’s in Johnstone Strait heading towards Pearse Passage. Lisa  25 Jan 2019 16:14:17 PST

Superb sounds!! Bigg's orcas in Blackfish Sound! OrcaLab 19 Jan 2019 10:51:56 PST

Superb sounds!! Bigg's orcas very vocal off Cracroft Point.  OrcaLab 14 Jan 2019 20:47:41 PST

No orcas present. We promised we would get back to the story of the "G" clan whales on January 6th. Lisa began the recording at 10:46am after hearing calls in Johnstone Strait. The day before the I15s had been vocal in Blackfish Sound but as all the Johnstone Strait hydrophones were temporarily down we were unable to follow the whales acoustically who came in via Weynton Passage. Gary and Tasli made an effort to find the whales and Lisa hurried over to CP to swap batteries. No one saw the whales. The the next day (January 6) Lisa heard G clan calls in the Strait on the CP hydrophone and because of the day before thought they must be the I15s heading west on the far shore. She quickly notified everyone. At 11:40 the whales were opposite Blackney Pass. Gary and Tasli watched from Alert Bay as the whales approached Blinkhorn around 12:40pm and decided to head out. The weather was gorgeous. Lisa continued to record. They found the whales spread out off Telegraph Cove and went to work taking identification photos. By this time we suspected that we were actually listening to at least the I31s. It turned out to be the I33s (of the I31s) and delightfully, some of the G12s who are less frequent visitors. Gary and Tasli continued to follow the whales, the Lab continued to record. Surprisingly the CP hydrophone seemed to have a really good range hearing all the way to the western side of Weynton Passage shy of the Pearse Islands. We continue to hear them to 2pm. Gary notified everyone that the whales were taking the less used route towards Alert Bay. This was a treat and Janie, Paul and Helena watched their now resting line from the comfort of homes on the hill as they passed the Alert Bay corner. Gary and Tasli left them around 2:34. But the whales passed closely enough for Robin to take several wonderful pictures and for others to watch from the Government dock. The whales continued west toward Port McNeill. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this story, especially; to Gary and Tasli who made the effort to get the IDs and then go back home and share some of their fantastic photos after determining the individuals involved; and to Lisa who managed the recording and the day before made the effort to get the CP hydrophone working again! One last note: Gary happily reported that there was a new baby. It certainly was the best post script ever. OrcaLab 09 Jan 2019 10:20:04 PST

No calls but orcas nearby This morning around 8am some G clan calls were heard on Flower Island, and Helena could identify them to be the I15’s! Pings were then last heard to the east around 2pm Lisa 05 Jan 2019 15:18:12 PST

Superb sounds!! Close Bigg's calls on Flower Island! OL crew 02 Jan 2019 18:28:12 PST Orcas near mics. Biggs Orcas calling on Flower Island hydrophone right now  Lisa 02 Jan 2019 18:26:14 PST

Today at noon to greet this new 2019, some of the A5’s were heard as they swam past CP eastwards to Robson Bight. They were last heard echolocating around 2pm. Also, yesterday three unidentified Orcas passed by OrcaLab heading into Johnstone Strait without making any calls, two males and one female. Lisa 01 Jan 2019 23:17:22 PST

We are hearing clear, but distant A34 Orca calls on CP Janie 06 Dec 2018 18:07:52 PST

Distant calls audible. A34s in the Strait still. OrcaLab 04 Dec 2018 13:14:13 PST