26 July 2006, Orcalab reports:

Multiple pod calls audible.

The A12s,A4s and A5s just rushed through Blackfish Sound and Blackney Pass. They are now in Johnstone Strait and heading east toward the Ecological Reserve. The A12s were all together and slightly behind the rest. The A24s,A43s and A51s were just off the Hanson Island side while the A11s were midstrait just ahead of the A12s. We did not clearly see the A8s and the A35s but they may have been the spread out whales in the front.
Helena
26 Jul 2006 14:59:27 PDT

Orcas rubbing on the shore bottom.

Actually the rub is just over but the whales enjoyed quite a rub and are not headed back to the west.
Helena
26 Jul 2006 17:10:10 PDT

Multiple pod calls audible.

The whales came back west until they got to the eastern end of Hanson Island. They then turned around and moved closer to Vancouver Island for the run back to the Reserve. The A5s just went past Critical Point. Could they and the others be on their way back to the rubbing beaches?
Helena
26 Jul 2006 20:36:43 PDT

Orcas near mics.

Just a slight amendment: the A5s must be travelling back up the Vancouver Island shore in the Reserve. The others still sound further off shore.
Helena
26 Jul 2006 23:17:54 PDT