I took another trip Friday on the Ocean Magic at 3.30pm, Friday May 15th and conditions were even better than in the morning. Flat calm waters in Haro Strait with no wind. Exceptional ! We encountered T 123's and their tiny calf. Also the T 2's that were with the T123's. The research boat monitoring them at the time gave me the info as to who we were watching. We had encountered the T's west of Kelp Reef at 4.30 pm and they were heading south in Haro Strait.
Marie O'Shaughnessy, Orca-Magic POW
May 15
As soon as the we left the 20 some transients up in Satellite Channel, B.C., we recieved another report of more transients off the southern end of Sidney Island. The T2's and the T123's were spotted off Kelp Reef in Haro Strait (48° 32 169N, 123° 16 213W) at 4:31 p.m. They were traveling south in a tight group. At 4:49 the group of T's quickly killed a harbor porpoise. The 3rd encounter of the day ended at 5:01 p.m., with the T2's and T123's continuing south at 48° 30 989N, 123° 15 447W.
Dave Ellifrit and Erin Heydenreich, Center for Whale Research
