No orcas present. オルカは近くにいません It has been quiet (except for boat noise) since around 1am. We think several of the groups from yesterday (A12s, A5s, at least some A4s) remained in Johnstone Srtrait & were probably headed east by midnight. At least one C group headed north via Blackney Pass around 12:30am. It's a quiet morning here, on & under the water. We are waiting. Helena 23 Jul 2008 08:01:17 PDT Distant calls audible. 遠くでオルカの声が聞こえます Curious. More questions. We are hearing both A4 and Cs in Johnstone Strait. Have the A11s come west after the rub? Did all the Cs go out to Blackfish Sound? Did some stay? Or have they looped around Hanson Island? Helena 22 Jul 2008 22:41:35 PDT Distant calls audible. 遠くでオルカの声が聞こえます C10sとC6sはジョンストン海峡に入ると，いったんラビングをして東へと進みました。その間、北からはA24sがやってきてウェイントン・バスを通過し、東へと進みました。A34s、A8s、A23sとA24sは東へ向かい、Csは西へ戻って、遅れてやってきたA11sに挨拶すると、オルカラボの前を通過して北へと向かいました。A11sはラビングを楽しんでいるようです。 Tomoko 22 Jul 2008 22:23:01 PDT Multiple pod calls audible. たくさんの家族の声がきこえています Oh boy! The A11s are rubbing while the Cs travel into Blackfish Sound. Both are vocal. Helena 22 Jul 2008 20:47:09 PDT No calls but orcas nearby コールは聞こえませんが、オルカは近くにいます Marie, staying late on the Cliff, reports that the Cs are with the A11s opposite Robson Bight headed east. Helena 22 Jul 2008 20:16:37 PDT Multiple pod calls audible. たくさんの家族の声がきこえています It has been interesting trying to figure out all of the movement around the area. It now appears the A11s (including Springer) arrived in the Strait possibly past Alert bay. As they were making their way east, the Cs went past the Cliff to the west, ignoring the A5s, A34s and possibly the A24s (an earlier arrival this afternoon) who continued east to the eastern end of the Reserve. We still have plenty of questions and tracking. Helena 22 Jul 2008 19:22:26 PDT Multiple pod calls audible. たくさんの家族の声がきこえています Several developments! More orcas have been sighted heading east past Alert Bay; the A4 group that came in via Weynton Pass has made it as far as the rubbing beaches; the A5s & A34s are headed towards the Cracroft side from Robson Bight; and the Cs are westbound again, now off the Sophias. Helena 22 Jul 2008 18:44:33 PDT There have been new developments. The A4s are back via Weynton Pass. They are now eastbound in Johnstone Strait. The A8s and the A23s are westbound to meet them. Currently, they are moving toward Cracroft Point. The A34s are following. Helena 22 Jul 2008 17:21:44 PDT No calls but orcas nearby コールは聞こえませんが、オルカは近くにいます 昨夜、オルカラボの前を通過していったん北へと抜けたA12s（A34s）は、北でしばらく耳を澄ませると、またオルカラボの前を通過してジョンストン海峡へと戻り、東へ進みました。その間、A8sとA23sは東へと戻っていたようです。今朝になってA34sは東から戻ってきました。そして北からはC10sとC6sがやってきて、オルカラボの前を通過してジョンストン海峡へと入りました。さらに後続の群れが北のリザード・ポイントまて来ているようです。 Tomoko 22 Jul 2008 15:52:31 PDT Multiple pod calls audible. たくさんの家族の声がきこえています The Cs and the A34s are headed to the Ecological Reserve and the whales coming from the east have been identified as the A23s and A28. Helena 22 Jul 2008 13:52:27 PDT Orcas near mics. オルカがマイクのそばにいます The Cs just went south through Blackney Pass. They were very spread out but we believe both matrilines (C10s and C6s) were there. They are entering Johnstone Strait now. The A34s headed west past the entrance of Blackney Pass along the Vancouver Island shore earlier. Another group of orcas were also seen heading west at the Broken Islands (lower Johnstone Strait). Helena 22 Jul 2008 12:21:30 PDT Distant calls audible. 遠くでオルカの声が聞こえます We are hearing calls from newly arriving orcas on the Flower island hydrophone! Meanwhile, the A34s are westbound on the Vancouver Island side of Johnstone Strait, around Kaikash. Helena 22 Jul 2008 10:26:55 PDT Orcas near mics. オルカがマイクのそばにいます After a busy night moving back and forth through Johnstone Strait, Blackney Pass and Blackfish Sound, the A12s eventually ended up off the Rubbing beaches and eastbound from there by 5:55am. Just now, they are returning west off of the Ecological Reserve. We lost track of the A5s around midnight when they were still in Johnstone Strait. Helena 22 Jul 2008 08:57:26 PDT Orcas near mics. オルカがマイクのそばにいます The A12s made only a brief tour of Blackfish Sound. As the tide turned they have travelled back toward Johnstone Strait. One whale (?A55) has streaked ahead of the others and is already rushing eastward. Helena 22 Jul 2008 03:13:24 PDT Orcas near mics. オルカがマイクのそばにいます The A12s have travelled through Blackney Pass and are now vocal in Blackfish Sound. Helena 22 Jul 2008 02:29:12 PDT Orcas near mics. オルカがマイクのそばにいます Sounds like the whales are westbound from the Beaches. Helena 21 Jul 2008 21:42:22 PDT Orcas rubbing on the shore bottom. 体をじゃりにこすりつけています The orcas are at the Rubbing Beaches. Helena 21 Jul 2008 20:37:49 PDT No calls but orcas nearby コールは聞こえませんが、オルカは近くにいます A12sとA8s、A23sはラビング後いったん西へともどり、また東へ進みはじめました。一方、T124を中心としたトランジェントの小さな群れが北のブラックフィッシュ・サウンドでイシイルカを食べた後、ブラックニー・パスに入って来ました。彼らがバロネット・パスに入ると、その後をひとり追ってきたT14がジョンストン海峡でコールを出し始めました。レジデントたちは静かにしています。 Tomoko 21 Jul 2008 16:50:31 PDT Orcas near mics. オルカがマイクのそばにいます We have been listening to T14 who followed the rest of the transients through Blackney Pass. He continued into Johnstone Strait where, once off Cracroft Point, he became vocal. The others had already moved into Baronet Pass (the north side of Cracroft Island adjacent to Blackney Pass). T14 moved back into the entrance of Blackney Pass, still in Johnstone Strait, and continued to call. He is still westbound while the others continued east up Baronet. The residents are continuing eastward in Johnstone Strait. Helena 21 Jul 2008 16:17:19 PDT Multiple pod calls audible. たくさんの家族の声がきこえています The A12s,A8s and A23s are moving west again opposite the Sophia islands. Meanwhile, yesterday's transient group (T124, T124D, T124E, T90s, T21s) are eastbound in Blackfish Sound not far from Blackney Pass. They took a dalls porpoise a short while ago. Helena 21 Jul 2008 14:51:17 PDT No calls but orcas nearby コールは聞こえませんが、オルカは近くにいます 昨夜東から戻ってきたA8sとA23sは、再び東に戻っていたようでした。今朝になってとうとうA12sがジョンストン海峡にやってきました。彼らはウェイントン・パスを通過して海峡に入ると、東から迎えに来たA8s、A23sと合流して、ほとんどコールを出さずに東へと向かいました。ラビングビーチ沖を通過したようです。 Tomoko 21 Jul 2008 13:10:15 PDT Distant calls audible. 遠くでオルカの声が聞こえます THE A12s met up with the A5s (who came up from the east) and immediately formed a social, resting line. They are doing lots of spyhops but almost no calls. Right now, they are mid Robson Bight. Helena 21 Jul 2008 12:21:46 PDT Distant calls audible. 遠くでオルカの声が聞こえます Those were the A12s arriving back to Johnstone Strait! Hundreds of dolphins are rushing southward through Blackney at the moment. Helena 21 Jul 2008 06:26:33 PDT No orcas present. オルカは近くにいません We believe they continued west past Cracroft Point but at this point it is not clear what they did soon after. We are waiting. Helena 20 Jul 2008 22:50:12 PDT Orcas near mics. オルカがマイクのそばにいます The A23s and the A8s (except A60 who is mid strait) are travelling west along Vancouver Island just shy of Kaikash Creek. Thanks Lukwa Wayne for the report. Also, Donna reported that the whales to the west were last reported near the Port Hardy airport headed east. Helena 20 Jul 2008 20:18:18 PDT Orcas near mics. オルカがマイクのそばにいます Medium range A5 calls at the east end of the Ecological Reserve, whales are west bound, next stop Critical Point. Helena 20 Jul 2008 18:45:20 PDT Orcas rubbing on the shore bottom. 体をじゃりにこすりつけています ラビングビーチの水中マイクからA5コールが聞こえてきました。A8sとA23sが東から戻ってきたようです。 Tomoko 20 Jul 2008 18:40:30 PDT No orcas present. オルカは近くにいません We were hoping that a late report via the MacKays last would develop into something interesting from the west. All quiet last night andthis morning we found out from Nick Templeman that the A23s and the A8s were still very far to the east, however, they were west bound and as of an hour ago, they were off Kelsey Bay, still moving west. Last night, the Boat Bay camp heard 5-6 blows in the Reserve. Just now a small group of transients are headed into Knights Inlet quickly. Helena 20 Jul 2008 12:37:13 PDT No orcas present. オルカは近くにいません Jack Springer "down east" reported to the "Cliff" that the A23s and the A8s spent yesterday in Frederick Arm. We also heard that the A11s have been spending some time in Queen Charlotte Strait lately so they have not gone too far away. Promising news. Helena 19 Jul 2008 10:08:51 PDT No orcas present. オルカは近くにいません The excitment this afternoon was the reports of T14 making progress eastward through Queen Charlotte Strait. We waited and waited but we never saw him. Helena 18 Jul 2008 19:21:56 PDT No calls but orcas nearby コールは聞こえませんが、オルカは近くにいます トランジェントのT14が、北からオルカラボの方へと向かっているようです。 Tomoko 18 Jul 2008 16:18:47 PDT No orcas present. オルカは近くにいません We are not aware of any close at hand activity over night. We checked in with the "Cliff" and they had the same impression. It was too, too windy (NW) to hear blows and ther has been no word from the eastern whale watchers yet this morning. Helena 18 Jul 2008 09:11:14 PDT No orcas present. オルカは近くにいません We are not aware of any close at hand activity over night. We checked in with the "Cliff" and they had the same impression. It was too, too windy (NW) to hear blows and ther has been no word from the eastern whale watchers yet this morning. Helena 18 Jul 2008 09:11:10 PDT No orcas present. オルカは近くにいません Our tuckered out sleepy A5s made their way back eastward, past CP, past the Cliff and onward. Helena 17 Jul 2008 16:51:48 PDT No calls but orcas nearby コールは聞こえませんが、オルカは近くにいます 北にいたA8sとA23sは、16日の早朝、ウェイントン・パスを通過してジョンストン海峡に戻ってきました。そして東へ進み、しばらくの時間を東で過ごした後、今朝になってコア・エリアに戻ってきました。現在CRPTの水中マイクはメンテナンス中でコールはほとんど聞こえていません。 Tomoko 17 Jul 2008 09:49:06 PDT No calls but orcas nearby コールは聞こえませんが、オルカは近くにいます The A23s and the A8s did it to us again! They are back and managed to get all the way to Telegraph Cove before being seen. Thanks to Stubbs Island for the heads up report. Helena 17 Jul 2008 09:17:32 PDT No orcas present. オルカは近くにいません We heard from Nick Templeman that the A23s and A8s spent the day in the far eastern reacches of Johnstone Strait. At 12pm, they entered Nodales Channel and travelled into Fredrick Arm. At 4pm they turned and retraced their steps to the entrance of Nodales CH. where they were just after 5pm. Hard to know if they will make the effort to come fully west but fingers crossed! Helena 16 Jul 2008 22:23:28 PDT No orcas present. オルカは近くにいません The usual suspects are wandering the lower Johnstone Strait thhis morning still going eastward. Helena 16 Jul 2008 11:47:57 PDT No orcas present. オルカは近くにいません They have done the BIG LOOP again! Last night, Marie from the Cliff, saw 3 orcas enter Johnstone Strait via Weynton Pass. Later, around midnight, the camp opposite Robson Bight, saw a group of whales head east "down" the Strait. We did not hear any calls after 8pm last night. Helena 16 Jul 2008 09:09:59 PDT No orcas present. オルカは近くにいません 昨夜遅くA8sとA23sはオルカラボの前を通過して北へと向かいました。そしてウェイントン・パスを通過してジョンストン海峡に戻り、ほとんどコールを出さずにコア・エリアで１日を過ごしました。午後６時をまわったころ彼らはブラックニー・パスの方へと方向を変え、オルカラボの前を通過して、北へと進んでいきました。２頭のザトウクジラもブラックニー・パスでリラックスした１日を過ごしています。 Tomoko 16 Jul 2008 00:00:58 PDT No calls but orcas nearby コールは聞こえませんが、オルカは近くにいます The A8s and the A23s continued east to Critical Point where they turned at 4:45pm and crossed back to the Cracroft Island side. From there they followed the Cracroft Island shoreline until the entrance of Blackney Pass. They then turned into the Pass and are now headed to Blackfish Sound. They have been very quiet all day. Helena 15 Jul 2008 18:53:26 PDT No calls but orcas nearby コールは聞こえませんが、オルカは近くにいます The whales are off the western tip of Hanson Island now. Helena 15 Jul 2008 14:15:23 PDT No calls but orcas nearby コールは聞こえませんが、オルカは近くにいます Busy morning! The A23s and the A8s, in johnstoen Strait, have turned to the west. The A23s with a28 are on the cracroft island side once again and have passed the Cliff and are headed to the Pig Ranch near the Sophia islands. The a42s are on the other side off Robson Point (the west side of Robson Point). Helena 15 Jul 2008 12:06:06 PDT No calls but orcas nearby コールは聞こえませんが、オルカは近くにいます The A23s and the A8s must have made a loop around Hanson Island once again for they are back in Johnstone Strait this morning heading east past the Reserve. Helena 15 Jul 2008 09:10:30 PDT Orcas near mics. オルカがマイクのそばにいます We believe the A5s went through Blackney Pass and are now in Blackfish Sound. Helena 15 Jul 2008 00:13:51 PDT No calls but orcas nearby コールは聞こえませんが、オルカは近くにいます The A5 calls became very loud in the entrance to Blackney Pass. We are trying to figure out if they have gone north through the Pass. There is a lot of wave noise which is making it hard to hear blows and calls have dropped off. Helena 15 Jul 2008 00:07:03 PDT Distant calls audible. 遠くでオルカの声が聞こえます We are hearing calls on Cracroft Point. Helena 14 Jul 2008 23:27:33 PDT No calls but orcas nearby コールは聞こえませんが、オルカは近くにいます The A23s and the A8s are passing the Western Boundary of the Reserve headed east. They turned earlier off Blinkhorn and made the trip eastward silently. A small group of dolphins were attentive to A60 for a while before heading toweard the others. Helena 14 Jul 2008 18:38:52 PDT Distant calls audible. 遠くでオルカの声が聞こえます 東から戻ってきたA5sは、ブリンクホーンまで進むと、東へと方向を変えました。オルカラボの前をミンククジラが、水面から飛び上がりながら猛スピードで通り過ぎ、その後を何頭かのイルカが同じようなスピードでついていきました。そしてまた別のイルカの群れがブラックフィッシュ・サウンドで鳴いています。 Tomoko 14 Jul 2008 17:15:52 PDT Orcas near mics. オルカがマイクのそばにいます And also some dolphins! Helena 14 Jul 2008 15:16:22 PDT