No orcas present. オルカは近くにいません The humpbacks are still hanging around the area and the sea lions have yet to move on. Typically grey November seas and skies round out the picture. Helena 16 Nov 2008 21:47:47 PST No orcas present. オルカは近くにいません This afternoon 4 humpbacks travelled through towards Blackfish Sound: Two adults together followed by a mum and calf. Dolphins and sea lions surrounded the whales. Helena 13 Nov 2008 16:14:26 PST Orcas near mics. オルカがマイクのそばにいます There be dolphins in the entrance to Blackney Pass. Helena 13 Nov 2008 14:12:26 PST No orcas present. オルカは近くにいません All pretty quiet today. We did hear of a report of an orca sighting in Johnstone Strait yesterday. We did not hear any calls yesterday. Helena 12 Nov 2008 16:58:39 PST No orcas present. オルカは近くにいません Audio is back. Sorry for the inconvenience and fingers crossed that it will last! We have not heard orcas since November 3rd but the humpbacks have been quite vocal. Hopefully, they will be again soon. Today, most of the calls were in Blackfish Sound and Blackney Pass as the humpbacks moved back and forth. Helena 10 Nov 2008 19:07:51 PST Distant calls audible. 遠くでオルカの声が聞こえます This morning we continued to hear the A36s, then the Gs and now the As once again. Possibly they took the ebb to the west this morning. Helena 03 Nov 2008 12:03:26 PST 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 It sounds like at least the A36s made it to Johnstone Strait via Weynton Pass. Helena 02 Nov 2008 19:43:28 PST Orcas near mics. オルカがマイクのそばにいます They are back! For the last while we have been listening to the A36s and the G17s in Blackfish Sound. It has been two weeks. The humpbacks and sea lions continue to be a presence in Blackney Pass as well. Helena 02 Nov 2008 17:27:35 PST No orcas present. オルカは近くにいません Two humpbacks were just in front of the Lab. They were fairly close and once again surrounded by dozens of sea lions. It took a while but they finally showed some of their flukes and we managed to snap off a picture or two. Amazing air sounds and even a few spy hops. Nice trick, nice treat. Helena 31 Oct 2008 15:15:04 PST No orcas present. オルカは近くにいません It was a great night. The humpback was vocal on and off for a quite some time, nothing too extended but lots of clear calls in Blackfish Sound nevertheless, just lovely. Windy here this morning, October almost over. Helena 30 Oct 2008 10:18:13 PST Superb sounds!! とてもいい音！ We are definitely hearing humpback calls again! Quite exciting. Helena 29 Oct 2008 18:40:41 PST Superb sounds!! とてもいい音！ We are definitely hearing humpback calls again! Quite exciting. Helena 29 Oct 2008 18:36:42 PST No orcas present. オルカは近くにいません We got a report from the MacKays that 6 orcas, most likely transients, were in Port McNeill harbour area around 6:30pm. These whales headed west. The humpbacks are still in Blacknney Pass. Helena 28 Oct 2008 21:05:13 PST No orcas present. オルカは近くにいません Well, it has been quite the day! Around 12:30pm we became aware of humpback calls in Blackfish Sound. Soon after a humpback came into Blackney surrounded by sea lions. The humpback was making lots of in-the-air noises. Another humpback came into view, further over, on the cusp of Blackfish Sound and Blackney Pass. This humpback was also making lots of loud exhalations. Over the next few hours these whales went back and forth. The calls dropped off after a while. Helena 28 Oct 2008 16:12:39 PST No orcas present. オルカは近くにいません We still have not heard the A30s return. Lots of sea lions around. The weather is fairly changeable. Helena 26 Oct 2008 10:53:55 PST No orcas present. オルカは近くにいません Yesterday and today (so far) has been very quiet. The last we heard from the A30s was when they faded off in the distance from Blackfish Sound two days ago. Helena 23 Oct 2008 16:22:27 PDT No orcas present. オルカは近くにいません Yesterday and today (so far) have been very quiet. The last we heard from the A30s was when they faded off in the distance from Blackfish Sound two days ago. Helena 23 Oct 2008 16:20:38 PDT Distant calls audible. 遠くでオルカの声が聞こえます The A30s are now in Blackfish Sound. Helena 21 Oct 2008 15:56:45 PDT Distant calls audible. 遠くでオルカの声が聞こえます We have been listening to the A30s in johnstone Strait since just before 11am. Helena 21 Oct 2008 13:25:38 PDT Distant calls audible. 遠くでオルカの声が聞こえます The A30s are back in Johnstone Strait once again! Helena 20 Oct 2008 19:21:20 PDT Distant calls audible. 遠くでオルカの声が聞こえます We had just restarted recording of the A30s in Blackfish Sound when we noticed T14 mid channel, heading north, through Blackney Pass! Helena 20 Oct 2008 16:42:00 PDT Distant calls audible. 遠くでオルカの声が聞こえます It has been aa nice day so far, after the storm, wind and rain (well almost after the rain)... the A30s were in Johnstone Strait this morning and left via Blackney Pass. They are now in Blackfish Sound. Helena 20 Oct 2008 14:46:29 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 A30s are back in Johnstone Strait. Helena 19 Oct 2008 08:03:10 PDT Distant calls audible. 遠くでオルカの声が聞こえます We are now hearing distant A1 calls in Blackfish Sound. Helena 18 Oct 2008 13:57:29 PDT Distant calls audible. 遠くでオルカの声が聞こえます The A30s are now back in Johnstone Strait. They most likely went through Weynton Pass to get there. Helena 18 Oct 2008 10:37:11 PDT Distant calls audible. 遠くでオルカの声が聞こえます The A30s are once again off the western end of Blackfish Sound. Helena 18 Oct 2008 08:42:42 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 A30s are heading north through Blackney Pas. There is loud boat noise in Blackfish Sound. Once that clears we may hear the A30s again for they have been vocal continuously since 1am! (we lost our connection again but it is back now). Helena 17 Oct 2008 18:33:04 PDT Distant calls audible. 遠くでオルカの声が聞こえます We just recently heard the Gs once again, but we were not able to locate the calls. On the 14th, we know, in the afternoon, that the A30s and G17s circled back to Johnstone Strait by 3pm. They then went east to the entrance of Blackney Pass and through to Blackfish Sound by 5:45pm. They were last heard around 6:30pm. Yesterday, the two groups were seen heading into Queen Charlotte Strait around 1:30pm by Jim Borrowman. So we will see how they fare today. It is going to be a very windy day. Helena 16 Oct 2008 09:18:23 PDT Distant calls audible. 遠くでオルカの声が聞こえます We just recently heard the Gs once again, but we were not able to locate the calls. On the 14th, we know, in the afternoon, that the A30s and G17s circled back to Johnstone Strait by 3pm. They then went east to the entrance of Blackney Pass and through to Blackfish Sound by 5:45pm. They were last heard around 6:30pm. Yesterday, the two groups were seen heading into Queen Charlotte Strait around 1:30pm by Jim Borrowman. So we will see how they fare today. It is going to be a very windy day. Helena 16 Oct 2008 09:18:21 PDT Orcas near mics. オルカがマイクのそばにいます Lovely morning, lovely calls! The whales are back in Johnstone Strait headed toward the Ecological Reserve. Helena 14 Oct 2008 08:28:21 PDT Distant calls audible. 遠くでオルカの声が聞こえます While our connection was down today: The A30s and the G17s after a long sojourn off the western end of Blackfish Sound, travelled through Weynton Pass to Johnstone Strait. They then travelled east to the entrance of Blackney Pass. As the tide turned to ebb, the groups moved back to Weynton Pass and then through to Blackfish Sound again, just where the day started! Helena 13 Oct 2008 18:01:06 PDT Distant calls audible. 遠くでオルカの声が聞こえます We've been listening to distant calls on the Flower Island hydrophone since a little before 8am. The calls (A & G clan) are getting louder, so there's a good chance the whales will head into Blackney Pass soon. Probably, they are the A30s & G17s, who came back from a couple of days in eastern Johnstone Strait last evening. Helena 13 Oct 2008 08:49:31 PDT Orcas near mics. オルカがマイクのそばにいます Calls are getting further away. The groups probably carried on west in Johnstone Strait and left via Weynton Passage and are now crossing the top (western) end of Blackfish Sound. Nice calls! Helena 12 Oct 2008 21:47:46 PDT Superb sounds!! とてもいい音！ We ae hearing close G17s and distant As in Johnstone Strait. There are dolphins as well. The groups must be coming back from the lower Johnstone Strait. Helena 12 Oct 2008 18:38:02 PDT No orcas present. オルカは近くにいません A bit late, but yesterday (Oct.11), just before noon, a group of transients (the T55s) turned up in Blackney Pass once again. They cruised a group of sea lions and probably made a kill. Jared Towers later identified the group in Johnstone Strait. The whales were vocal for quite a while. None of the calls were very loud on our system. Quiet day here, all the best to everyone this Canadian Thanksgiving. Helena & Paul 12 Oct 2008 11:42:24 PDT No orcas present. オルカは近くにいません Early this morning just before 1am we heard A1 calls AND G17 calls in Johnstone Strait. Reports today mentioned a large group in the lower Strait. Exciting to think the patient A30s have company. Helena 10 Oct 2008 18:59:41 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 A30s turned up this morning crossing the top end of Blackfish Sound just after we reported over the radio that we had not heard anything overnight. Nice timing! Soon afterwards they were seen by Jared Towers, entering Johnstone Strait from Weynton Pass. They are out there somewhere silently heading eastward. Helena 09 Oct 2008 13:24:48 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 The A30s turned up this morning crossing the top end of Blackfish Sound just after we reported over the radio that we had not heard anything overnight. Nice timing! Soon afterwards they were seen by Jared Towers, entering Johnstone Strait from Wynto Pass. They are out there somewhere silently heading eastward. Helena 09 Oct 2008 13:23:03 PDT Orcas near mics. オルカがマイクのそばにいます The A30s once again have travelled north through Blackney Pass and are not in Blackfish Sound. A small humpback was just off our Local Left station as the A30s came into Blackney from Johnstone Strait. Sea lions were all over it and there were some interesting sounds made at the same time. Helena 08 Oct 2008 12:47:24 PDT Distant calls audible. 遠くでオルカの声が聞こえます We are hearing calls once again in Blackfish Sound. Helena 07 Oct 2008 19:17:13 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 Whales everywhere, both transients and residents! The A30s were in Johnstone Strait this morning and may have just come through Blackney Pass headed to Blackfish Sound. Meanwhile, there were also transients in Weynton Pass. Last night, we heard distant A1 calls around 2:15am. Helena 07 Oct 2008 16:06:16 PDT No orcas present. オルカは近くにいません We heard from the A30s once again earlier this evening. They became quiet after reaching the area off the entrance of Blackney Pass. Meanwhile, the transients of this morning turned out to be the T55s (thanks to Graeme Ellis for the identification and later updates) who apparently made an extensive tour of the whole area, ending up in Blackfish Sound at the same time the A30s were off Blackney Pass in Johnstone Strait. They may have turned back to the west. Also, the Island Roamer found another transient group in Baronet Channel headed toward Knight Inlet. A busy and at times very wet day! Helena 05 Oct 2008 22:33:48 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 Our connection has been unstable today. However, here is a short update of the day's events so far. The A30s disappeared to the east, oast Robson Bight, around 3am. They recently have returned to the Bight (around 10am). Prior to the A30s' return, a small group of transients were in Blackney Pass in the middle of about 500 dolphins, sealions and two humpbacks. In a second, the dolphins and sealion porpoised awy to the west and the humpbacks disappeared. The transients lingered a while longer before sauntering off to the west also. Helena 05 Oct 2008 11:38:41 PDT Distant calls audible. 遠くでオルカの声が聞こえます We're hearing distant calls amidst heavy boat noise on the Crritical Point hydrophone, probably from the A30s, who came back into Johnstone Strait around 9pm. (Our internet connection was down at the time). Helena 05 Oct 2008 02:48:18 PDT No orcas present. オルカは近くにいません The A30s spent the day in Queen Charlotte Strait after their morning session in Blackfish Sound. They apparently were very spread out the entire time, mostly north west of Lizard Point. After 4pm they were last seen heading west from Bere Point. Thanks to Stubbs Island for the update. No sign of the A36s who we last heard around 10pm in Blackfish Sound. Helena 03 Oct 2008 17:52:10 PDT Orcas near mics. オルカがマイクのそばにいます The A36s are still in Blackfish Sound. Helena 02 Oct 2008 21:58:52 PDT Distant calls audible. 遠くでオルカの声が聞こえます We most likely are hearing the A36s in Blackfish Sound while the A30s continue in Johnstone Strait. Dolphins are vocal as well in the Strait. Helena 02 Oct 2008 19:25:50 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 A30s are slowly making their way to the east in Johnstone Strait & are mid-strait off Kaikash pointing towards the western boundary of the Reserve. They are silent. Meanwhile, the A36 brothers have just been sighted at the "top" of Blackfish Sound & are slowly heading east towards Blackney Pass & Johnstone Strait. Helena 02 Oct 2008 17:30:52 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 Just after we posted our last note, we heard (from the Naiad Explorer) that the A30s are foraging in the entrance of Blackney Pass, off CP. They are silent, so far as we know. Some dolphins (about 6) are there too. Helena 02 Oct 2008 14:04:18 PDT No orcas present. オルカは近くにいません We've heard no calls since early this morning, and don't know what happened to the A30s, who were in Johnstone Strait at the time (around 1:30am). helena 02 Oct 2008 13:42:44 PDT