Sunday, July 17, 2005

17 July Orcalab reports:

01:04 PDT Distant calls audible. We heard clear A1 calls on CP. Possibly it was from the A12s. Now we are listening their resting calls on PI hydrophone.

01:54 PDT No calls but orcas nearby. The A12s went North through Blackney Pass.

05:45 PDT Distant calls audible. We are listening to the A12s back in Johnstone strait.

09:17 PDT No orcas present. We believe the whales in the Strait went off to the east. They were last seen around 7pm on the Vancouver Island shore east of CP.

09:24 PDT Distant calls audible. We just began to hear calls again in the Strait.

10:07 PDT Orcas rubbing on the shore bottom.The whales are at the beaches.

10:49 PDT No calls but orcas nearby The A12s have left the Beaches and are headed across the Strait to the Cracroft side on their way back to the west.

12:56 PDT Orcas approaching Orcalab. The A12s came up to Cracroft Point and may be headed to Blackney Pass.

13:01 PDT No calls but orcas nearbyIt looks like the A12s will keep to the Strait. They are crossing westward past the Blackney entrance to the Hanson shore.

15:14 PDT Distant calls audible. The Lukwa informs us that the A34s have grouped up off the Wastell Islands and are now pointing to the east.

16:11 PDT Orcas (may be) approaching cameras. We have A12 and A33 just off CP foraging.

16:15 PDT Orcas (may be) approaching cameras. A12 & A33 are forging off of CP. The A34s are closer to the Vancouver Island side.
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18:03 PDT Superb sounds!! It sounds like the A12s are nearing Robson Bight.

18:14 PDT Distant calls audible. While the A12s continue to be busy in the Strait the A36s are eastbound in Blackfish Sound.

18:41 PDT Superb sounds!! How beautiful can they make it? The A12s are right in front of Critical Point.

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