05 September 2007, Orcalab reports:

Multiple pod calls audible.

Groups are streaming off to the west: First the Rs (they stayed on the Johnstone Strait side going west) and then the A36s with the I15s (who just went north in Blackney Pass and into Blackfish Sound). An I31 and/ or I11 group is currently approaching the entrance to Blackney Pass on the Johnstone Strait side. All this and a touch of northeern lights too. We have not heard any A4,A5, A12 or A30 calls yet.
Helena
05 Sep 2007 02:39:11 PDT

04 September 2007, Orcalab reports:

Superb sounds!!

We have "new" visitors! Just now other members of G clan, including the G17s, are vocal on the Critical Point system. We are still working out how they might have come in.
Helena
04 Sep 2007 21:46:02 PDT

Superb sounds!!

The timing is lovely! The Rs are back from the east, just in time, to intersect with the new arrivals.
Helena
04 Sep 2007 21:57:06 PDT

Superb sounds!!

We are scratching our heads a bit. All the calls, including those of the G17s, sound like they are east of CP and closer to Critical Point. How and when did they actually come in? And what direction are they going? The Rs took over the conversation once they rounded Critical Point and after a short period of quieter calls, they have both got going once again.
Helena
04 Sep 2007 22:22:16 PDT

Distant calls audible.

After the exchange between the Rs and the Gs near the Reserve, the Rs have moved west to the entrance of Blackney Pass. They are a bit spread out. We are not sure just what happened to the Gs. They are a bit of a mystery still.
Helena
04 Sep 2007 23:53:24 PDT

03 September 2007, Orcalab reports:

Distant calls audible.

We're beginning to hear distant "R" clan calls on the Flower Island hydrophone, as they head quickly towards Johnstone Strait from Queen Charlotte Strait. Begind them are some of the I31s. & meeting them are the A36s, I15s & A12s, who turned back to the west in mid Blackfish a short while ago. This is shaping up to be quite a social day!
Helena
03 Sep 2007 12:47:39 PDT

Multiple pod calls audible.

It looks like all of R clan has arrived, along with the I11s, so there are now well over 100 orcas heading towards Johnstone Strait. They are stalled at the north end of Weynton Pass, between Stubbs Island & the Plumpers, probably waiting for the ebbing tide to slow or reverse before they head on into Johnstone Strait.
Helena
03 Sep 2007 14:09:41 PDT

Multiple pod calls audible.

Many but not all of the groups are now in Johnstone Strait, heading east. We're listening to very excited "A" & "G-I" calls on the Critical Point hydrophone. It's possible some of the Rs are already in the Strait, but a lot of orcas are still in Weynton Pass, so they probably include most of the Rs. Whichever way you stir it, it's getting to be orca soup in the Strait!
Helena
03 Sep 2007 15:21:48 PDT

Multiple pod calls audible.

After the Rs came into the Strait the groups who had preceded became vocal and began to move eastward. We are now listening to the A12s, I11s, A36s, I15s, I31s and Rs. Quite the gang. To the east should still be the A30s, A4sand A5s.
Helena
03 Sep 2007 16:49:53 PDT

Multiple pod calls audible.

And they keep on moving. The Rs and some of the A12s are following the others past CP and on toward the Ecological Reserve.
Helena
03 Sep 2007 17:46:15 PDT

Superb sounds!!

The R clan calls are now louder on Critical Point and, with the calls of the G and A clan groups, a lovely mix is happening.
Helena
03 Sep 2007 18:35:04 PDT

Orcas rubbing on the shore bottom.

And rubbing too!
Helena
03 Sep 2007 18:40:30 PDT

Orcas rubbing on the shore bottom.

The Rs have joined the I15s and othersat the beaches.
Helena
03 Sep 2007 19:01:59 PDT

No orcas present.

We think the various groups kept heading to the east in Johnstone Strait after their great session(s) at the rubbing beaches.
Helena
03 Sep 2007 22:15:27 PDT