07 September Orcalab reports:

08:37 PDT Orcas rubbing on the shore bottom.
Good morning everyone! After a night during which the A30s shuffled back & forth between Robson Bight & Blackney Pass, they've finally decided to head east, and are now at the Main rubbing beach. Channel B.

10:25 PDT Orcas near mics.
Earlier this morning the A30s came out of the east and went west to the entrance of Blackney Pass. After travelling a bit further the west (by the sounds) they may have crossed over closer to the Vancouver Island side and then back past the entrance of Blackney and into the Reserve. We heard them again briefly at the beaches and believe now they turned back to the wesy yet again and are currently somewhere in the Reserve. Yesterday, was an intyeresting day, especially after the A12s and the I11s entered the Strait. In total there were about 60 whales. Although it was difficult to track all their movements we think the A30s, I15s and G17s formed one large group that kept to the same general movements. The A12s and the I11s m,ay have picked up the A11s and the A8s after they came out of the east. And perhaps the A12s.I11s etc went off back to the west while the I15s, G17s and A30s went east. Hopefully today will sort out and confusion or whether this was a reasonable guess as to what happened. Time will tell but we won't be surprised by diffeent realities. Stand by!

13:33 PDT Orcas near mics.
The overall picture is a bit clearer thanks to two reports;Robson Bight Charters reported that the A12s were off Camp Point in the lower Johnstone Strait earlier this morning and Troy Bright reported hearing both Gs and As pass Black Bluff around 4:30am headed to the west. We still don't know if all the Gclan groups left the area. We certainly did not pick up any sounds off the top end of Blackfish during the night. Meanwhile, the A30s turned between Little Kaikash and Blinkhorn around 1pm and are now headed east past CP. Very nice calls regardless of the boat noise.

13:36 PDT Orcas near mics.
It looks like A39 is very hungry.

15:54 PDT Orcas (may be) approaching cameras.
The A30s turned back to the east off Big Bay on Hanson Island around 3pm. They are now back in the Blackney Pass "gap", foraging, and are visible on Channel A.

18:55 PDT Orcas near mics.
The A30s moved toward the Reserve a while ago after returning to the Cracroft Point area for another bout of fishing. We had quite a bit of boat noise (still do) but now we can at least clearly hear their calls once more. They sound closer to Critical Point so perhaps they have moved into the Bight.