Saturday, August 11, 2007

11 August 2007, Orcalab reports:

No orcas present.

Another busy night with the A4s, A5s and A30s continuing to move back and forth in Johnstone Strait. In the end, the A30s and an A4 (?A11) group followed the rest of the A4s and A5s (who had disappeared east of the Reserve before midnight) back to Critical Point and beyond. This morning there have been reports of whales, east of the Reserve, asof a couple of hours ago.
Helena
11 Aug 2007 09:03:51 PDT

Multiple pod calls audible.

This has become a busy orca day once again. This morning a small group of transients (T2B, the T60s) were spotted south of Stubbs Island. They most likely were involved in a Dalls porpoise hunt north of Stubss. (Jared Towers/Sea Smoke report). From there they moved through the Pearse Island and have just now turned toward Johnstone Strait from Cormorant Island. Meanwhile, the A30s and the A11s have returned from the east and are currently westbound in the Strait. Also, the A36s were off Bere point this morning and just recently two more groups (the I31s and I15s, Bill MacKay report) are headed east through Queen Charlottte Strait from the Port Hardy area.
Helena
11 Aug 2007 13:23:16 PDT

Distant calls audible.

The A30s and the A11s continued west as far as Blinkhorn and then turned around to the east. They were quite spread out across the Strait before the turn.
Helena
11 Aug 2007 16:00:51 PDT

No calls but orcas nearby

After a few nice and interesting calls off the entrance to Blackney Pass, the A30s and the A11s (A13,A11,A73,A56) travelled through Blackney Pass to the north.
Helena
11 Aug 2007 18:01:05 PDT

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