Cetecealab reports
A Dream came trough

The other day we were talking about how wonderful it would be to listen to R-Clan Orcas on our hydrophones, since we never had the chance to do so in the last three years of us being here. That dream came suddenly true yesterday afternoon. In the late morning we overheard a VHF conversation about a large group of Orcas heading north towards Whale Channel. We went out to see them and saw different groups of whales just "running" towards the North. They had to deal with a lot of sport fishing boats at the entrance to Whale Channel, but soon after they entered, there were no more "aluminum mosquitos" around them. We dropped the hydrophone over the side of our boat and then the excitement began. We were listening to a R-Clan Orca concert and within the Rs also were the A30s with their distinct N47. The water was very calm, the whales spread themselves out through the whole channel and paraded to the North. We only got a few IDs of them, but enough to make us think that all of the R5s were present. We saw for sure R22,R29,R25 and the A30s. At one point we thought we heard A4 calls too but we have to review our tape to be positive. It was an amazing parade of about 30 whales visiting this area, and for us a dream that became true.