11 August Orcalab reports:
02:21 PDT Orcas rubbing on the shore bottom.
The big group of the whales are slowly going east. A4s are at the Rubbing beach.
03:03 PDT Superb sounds!!
The Rs are back in the Bight.
04:38 PDT Superb sounds!!
We are listening to the Rs on CP hydrophone...Sounds like they're leaving here already. The A12s are with them.
06:54 PDT No calls but orcas nearby
What a night! The Rs have gone quieter now after retreating back to Johnstone Strait after briefly entering part way into Blackney Pass. We believe the A4s and the A5s and possibly the Cs continued to the east around 2am. We are sure there was a lot of movement during the night and it was a treat to hear the rare R visitors.
10:18 PDT No orcas present.
We have figured out some of the whale activity from the night based on additional reports from the boats this morning. Groups have turned up to the west & east of us. The A4s/A5s and Cs probably went east as we thought. It seems like the A12s have joined them after seeing the Rs off to the west. Most of the Rs are not that far away at the moment but just out of range of the hydrophone network. They were located in the fog just to the west of Hanson Island, off Weynton Passage about an hour ago. They (the R5s & Ws) appear to be continuing west.
12:54 PDT No orcas present.
Further to the last note the Rs & Ws passed the Pearse Reefs and headed for Donegal Head. They are now travelling west (with the tide) in Queen Charlotte Strait. The tide turns in two hours.
17:13 PDT No calls but orcas nearby
There is a large group of transients heading into the Strait after passing Alert Bay a while earlier. The Rs and Ws continued to the west.
02:21 PDT Orcas rubbing on the shore bottom.
The big group of the whales are slowly going east. A4s are at the Rubbing beach.
03:03 PDT Superb sounds!!
The Rs are back in the Bight.
04:38 PDT Superb sounds!!
We are listening to the Rs on CP hydrophone...Sounds like they're leaving here already. The A12s are with them.
06:54 PDT No calls but orcas nearby
What a night! The Rs have gone quieter now after retreating back to Johnstone Strait after briefly entering part way into Blackney Pass. We believe the A4s and the A5s and possibly the Cs continued to the east around 2am. We are sure there was a lot of movement during the night and it was a treat to hear the rare R visitors.
10:18 PDT No orcas present.
We have figured out some of the whale activity from the night based on additional reports from the boats this morning. Groups have turned up to the west & east of us. The A4s/A5s and Cs probably went east as we thought. It seems like the A12s have joined them after seeing the Rs off to the west. Most of the Rs are not that far away at the moment but just out of range of the hydrophone network. They were located in the fog just to the west of Hanson Island, off Weynton Passage about an hour ago. They (the R5s & Ws) appear to be continuing west.
12:54 PDT No orcas present.
Further to the last note the Rs & Ws passed the Pearse Reefs and headed for Donegal Head. They are now travelling west (with the tide) in Queen Charlotte Strait. The tide turns in two hours.
17:13 PDT No calls but orcas nearby
There is a large group of transients heading into the Strait after passing Alert Bay a while earlier. The Rs and Ws continued to the west.
posted by Jan at 5:13 PM
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