20 September Orcalab reports:

No calls but orcas nearby

The A30s spent most of the morning of the western tip of Bold Head. They have just travelled south through Blackney Pass and are about to enter Johnstone Strait. They have been silent so far but were travelling at a nice moderate pace all together.
Helena
20 Sep 2006 11:46:54 PDT

Orcas rubbing on the shore bottom.

The A30s went in for a rub. Meanwhile, a small group of transients travelled through Cllio Channel, out of Baronet Passage and into Johnstone Strait.
Helena
20 Sep 2006 15:21:56 PDT

No calls but orcas nearby

The transients turned out to be the rest of T2B's family. The Gikumi folowed T2, T2C and her calves into the Strait and left them heading east just east of CP. The A30s are continuing east from the Reserve.
Helena
20 Sep 2006 15:41:03 PDT

No orcas present.

The A30s were not very vocal all of today and so we do not have a lot of confidence in which direction they have ended up in at the moment. It is possible they kept to the east but we will wait and see. Perhaps their low keyed day was a reaction to all the intensity of being in such a large crowd for so long. Time to kick back, relax and take it easy!
Helena
20 Sep 2006 22:45:17 PDT