3 April 2006 Cetaceanlab reports

It was yesterday evening at around 10pm when the underwater world of Whale Channel was filled with the amazing calls of the A36s.

We first heard only a few calls on our "Home" station indicating that they might have arrived from Caamano Sound. Just passed midnight the calls got louder and the whales were in Whale Channel as we were able to listen to them on our Borde Island station. Beautiful nice clear A1 calls, lots of N5s and absolutely no boat noise.

The A36s were vocal for about 90minutes and were busy fishing off Borde Island. They took advantage of the flooding tide to travel north in Whale Channel towards Hartley Bay.

It is an amazing feeling to have them back. Now we just have to get a chance to see them and to verify that all three members of the A36s matriline are there.