24 September 2006, Orcalab reports:
No calls but orcas nearby
T142 and T143 just went north through Blackney Pass.
Helena
24 Sep 2006 14:04:01 PDT
Saturday, September 23, 2006
23 September 2006, Orcalab reports:
Orcas near mics.
While the A12s and the A30s neared CP a fairly large group of Transients (including the T18s) circled around Hanson Island and entered Blackney Pass. They are now well on their way to Blackfish Sound while the A12s and the A30s forage off of Cracroft Point and the entrance to Blackney Pass. The transients are silent, the residents very vocal.
Helena
23 Sep 2006 15:12:59 PDT
Orcas near mics.
While the A12s and the A30s neared CP a fairly large group of Transients (including the T18s) circled around Hanson Island and entered Blackney Pass. They are now well on their way to Blackfish Sound while the A12s and the A30s forage off of Cracroft Point and the entrance to Blackney Pass. The transients are silent, the residents very vocal.
Helena
23 Sep 2006 15:12:59 PDT
Friday, September 22, 2006
22 September Orcalab reports:
No orcas present.
Yesterday, Nick Templeton reported seeing T2 & T2C (and her calves) in Fredrick Arm (eastern Johnstone Strait) in the afternoon involved in an intense hunt for Dall porpoise. The successful hunt lasted 25 minutes. Nick was certain the adults were teaching the calves how to hunt.
Helena
22 Sep 2006 08:05:25 PDT
No orcas present.
Yesterday, Nick Templeton reported seeing T2 & T2C (and her calves) in Fredrick Arm (eastern Johnstone Strait) in the afternoon involved in an intense hunt for Dall porpoise. The successful hunt lasted 25 minutes. Nick was certain the adults were teaching the calves how to hunt.
Helena
22 Sep 2006 08:05:25 PDT
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
20 September Orcalab reports:
A small group of transients travelled through Cllio Channel, out of Baronet Passage and into Johnstone Strait.
Helena
20 Sep 2006 15:21:56 PDT
No calls but orcas nearby
The transients turned out to be the rest of T2B's family. The Gikumi folowed T2, T2C and her calves into the Strait and left them heading east just east of CP. Helena
20 Sep 2006 15:41:03 PDT
A small group of transients travelled through Cllio Channel, out of Baronet Passage and into Johnstone Strait.
Helena
20 Sep 2006 15:21:56 PDT
No calls but orcas nearby
The transients turned out to be the rest of T2B's family. The Gikumi folowed T2, T2C and her calves into the Strait and left them heading east just east of CP. Helena
20 Sep 2006 15:41:03 PDT
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
19 September 2006, Orcalab reports:
No orcas present.
Hi, power was down in Alert Bay so it was difficult to post coments. A lot happened today. The "Crowd" (the A12s and G clan) moved off to the west this afternoon. As they did so two other events occured. The A30s moved to the west, got just past Big Bay and then turned around and went back to the east past Critical Point and a group of 6 transients moved into Blackfish Sound and east to the Strait. These were ( thanks to Jared Towers for the IDs) the T60s, T124C and T2B. T2B has a new calf and Jared informs us that the calf is less than 20 days old because he saw T2B without a calf that long ago. This is rather exciting! Right now all is quiet, whales dispersing in all sorts of different directions.
Helena
19 Sep 2006 19:49:42 PDT
No orcas present.
Hi, power was down in Alert Bay so it was difficult to post coments. A lot happened today. The "Crowd" (the A12s and G clan) moved off to the west this afternoon. As they did so two other events occured. The A30s moved to the west, got just past Big Bay and then turned around and went back to the east past Critical Point and a group of 6 transients moved into Blackfish Sound and east to the Strait. These were ( thanks to Jared Towers for the IDs) the T60s, T124C and T2B. T2B has a new calf and Jared informs us that the calf is less than 20 days old because he saw T2B without a calf that long ago. This is rather exciting! Right now all is quiet, whales dispersing in all sorts of different directions.
Helena
19 Sep 2006 19:49:42 PDT
Monday, September 11, 2006
11 September 2006, Orcalab reports:
Orcas near mics.
Several notes: Most current, we are hearing the A12s off of the Ecological Reserve and most likely headed west; we saw a small group of transients heading north through Blackney Pass; the large group of residents who went into Queen Charlotte Strait are most likely still there. Thanks to Jackie of Stubbs Island Whale Watching and Jared Towers for help with the visual IDs today.
Helena
11 Sep 2006 20:26:19 PDT
Orcas near mics.
Several notes: Most current, we are hearing the A12s off of the Ecological Reserve and most likely headed west; we saw a small group of transients heading north through Blackney Pass; the large group of residents who went into Queen Charlotte Strait are most likely still there. Thanks to Jackie of Stubbs Island Whale Watching and Jared Towers for help with the visual IDs today.
Helena
11 Sep 2006 20:26:19 PDT
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