Saturday, September 24, 2005

24 September Orcalab reports:

Distant calls audible.

It would appear that the A36s who were seen earlier in Queen Charlotte Strait have made their way east enough toward Blackfish Sound for their calls to be heard on Flower Island. The tide is rising and this may encourage the three brothers to venture our way. Fingers crossed!
Helena
24 Sep 2005 15:46:18 PDT

Superb sounds!!

Hard to know which category to place the last calls we heard BUT they were very interesting AND we think that they probably belong to a humpback, perhaps the one that was in Blackfish Sound/Blackney today. This young juvenile spent most of the day roaming the nearby waterways. We are not sure if someone else (perhaps some dolphins) were not also contributing. If this was a humpback it will have been the most sustained bout of vocals we have heard from this species in this area. We do not know what happened to the A36s who had been vocal on Flower Island just before the cruiseship passed through. The tide has now turned to an ebb.
Helena
24 Sep 2005 21:14:43 PDT

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