31 July Orcalab reports

09:52 PDT Orcas approaching Orcalab.
Some of the A4s are in Blackney Pass, heading towards Johnstone Strait. It is foggy, so we can't see them.

10:34 PDT Orcas (may be) approaching cameras.
The A4s have reached Johnstone Strait. We're hearing them on the CP hydrophone, & they may be visible in the fog on Channel A.

11:41 PDT Orcas near mics.
It sounds like the A4s have reached Robson Bight - we've been listening to their calls close to the Critical Point hydrophone. Soon, if they continue east, they may arrive at the rubbing beaches.

11:52 PDT Superb sounds!!
The A4s, including Springer, are very close to the Critical Point hydrophone.

12:33 PDT Orcas rubbing on the shore bottom.
The A4s may have reached the Beaches.

13:07 PDT Orcas near mics.
There were a few strong calls and ech location back in the Bight so perhaps the whales have turned back to the west.

15:22 PDT Superb sounds!!
Some of the A4s passed CP, slowly going west, the A11s were closest to us, but the wet conditions making it difficult to follow them.

15:40 PDT Distant calls audible.
The A4s came back to the west, passed CP and crossed the entrance of Blackney Pass and carried on to the west parallel to Hanson Island.

18:44 PDT No calls but orcas nearby
The A11s and maybe the C10s (we are not sure) turned around at Big Bay and crossed over to mid strait before travelling very slowly to the east.

23:43 PDT No orcas present.
Good evening! We have been caught up with various things tonight . We had a surprise visit from the A30s at dusk. The A30s had not been seen in the western Johnstone Strait all day. They were silent as they passed and in a BIG hurry. We had been expecting the A11s because they were reported coming in and so you can imagine our surprise. The A11s must have fallen behind the A30s because not long after the A30s had cleared we heard them on Flower Island.