The A30s surprised us in the early morning of May 30th, as they came down Whale Ch. Janie heard their calls on the hydrophones while Hermann was out having morning coffee with people in the seaweed camp of Kiel. The A30s travelled right by Kiel much to the delight of the Hartley Bay elders who were already busy drying seaweed on the rocks. We followed the A30s for a little while as they travelled south through Caamano Sound. They were quite spread out with the two big males A38 and A39 in the lead. Then we saw A50, and with her a tiny little calf that was trying to keep up with mum. As far as we know this calf has not been seen before so we are very delighted to have seen this new addition to the A30s. We followed the whales as far down as the Duckers Islands and then turned around as they continued their travels towards Laredo Sound on a beautiful sunny day.
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