March 27
2:25 pm. L pod off the Columbia River plume. We detected them acoustically first... it was very exciting to find them. We lost them again last night since they were quiet during our last visual sight and traveling south along the 20 fathom line pretty much for most of the afternoon (3/26). We had to go deeper after dark because of all the fishing gear out here. We continued south to overshoot where we thought they might be by morning and then did tracklines back up north. The visual team found them again off the Columbia R plume this afternoon (14:25). The crew just deployed the small boat and the whales are grouped up, resting and haven't made a peep so far. Our current lat/long is 046deg 21'51.5460"N, 124deg 41'411.3200"W.
Marla Holt, NOAA Fisheries NWFSC, on the McArthur II
vrijdag 27 maart 2009
donderdag 26 maart 2009
L pod off Grays Harbor WA
March 26
Our encounter with L pod off Westport today: Spent entire day with them as they were heading south - left them off Long Beach - too far inshore to take the Mac II at night so will have to try to relocate in AM.
Looks like we will be hiding somewhere over weekend due to 40 kts wind forecast.
Brad Hanson, NOAA Fisheries NWFSC, from NOAA Ship McArthur II
March 26
3:30 am - L pod off Grays Harbor WA.
We found L pod on the 4th day at sea!!! The NOAA ship, McArthur II ran into all of L pod just north of Grays Harbor WA. in the middle of the night last night (~0330 March 26). We lost them acoustically but then found them visually and acoustically in the mid morning and were able to deploy the small boat (RHIB). The whales were spread out and traveling south most of the day. Brad and the rest of the crew got photo IDs and some prey samples, stayed with them day until 1830. Last visual sighting was at dusk when they grouped back up and became quiet. Hopefully we will stick with them through the night to get more samples tomorrow.
Marla Holt, NOAA Fisheries NWFSC, from NOAA Ship McArthur II
Our encounter with L pod off Westport today: Spent entire day with them as they were heading south - left them off Long Beach - too far inshore to take the Mac II at night so will have to try to relocate in AM.
Looks like we will be hiding somewhere over weekend due to 40 kts wind forecast.
Brad Hanson, NOAA Fisheries NWFSC, from NOAA Ship McArthur II
March 26
3:30 am - L pod off Grays Harbor WA.
We found L pod on the 4th day at sea!!! The NOAA ship, McArthur II ran into all of L pod just north of Grays Harbor WA. in the middle of the night last night (~0330 March 26). We lost them acoustically but then found them visually and acoustically in the mid morning and were able to deploy the small boat (RHIB). The whales were spread out and traveling south most of the day. Brad and the rest of the crew got photo IDs and some prey samples, stayed with them day until 1830. Last visual sighting was at dusk when they grouped back up and became quiet. Hopefully we will stick with them through the night to get more samples tomorrow.
Marla Holt, NOAA Fisheries NWFSC, from NOAA Ship McArthur II
dinsdag 3 maart 2009
L-pod at Monterey Bay, CA
Sighting · March 3, 2009 · L's
L pod was last seen up this way in Puget Sound on 20 February, and then they raced the eight hundred miles down the coast to be seen on 3 March by Richard Ternullo of Monterey Bay Whale Watch. In this photograph, L pod seems to be racing back to the north with Moss Landing in the background. In this photo we can identify L25, L47, L54, L84, and L100.
L pod was last seen up this way in Puget Sound on 20 February, and then they raced the eight hundred miles down the coast to be seen on 3 March by Richard Ternullo of Monterey Bay Whale Watch. In this photograph, L pod seems to be racing back to the north with Moss Landing in the background. In this photo we can identify L25, L47, L54, L84, and L100.
vrijdag 20 februari 2009
February 20 0229
Great calls at 6:45 pm on the Port Townsend MSC hydrophones as L pod continues north!
Susan & Howard, Orca Network, Whidbey Island
Candi Emmons of NOAA Fisheries called to say they were with the orcas, just approaching Point No Point on N. Kitsap Peninsula at 3:50 pm. They had ID'd what looked like most or all of L pod.
Great calls at 6:45 pm on the Port Townsend MSC hydrophones as L pod continues north!
Susan & Howard, Orca Network, Whidbey Island
Candi Emmons of NOAA Fisheries called to say they were with the orcas, just approaching Point No Point on N. Kitsap Peninsula at 3:50 pm. They had ID'd what looked like most or all of L pod.
donderdag 19 februari 2009
When the reports came in just before noon from the Port Townsend hydrophone via Chrissy at the PT Marine Science Center, we headed to Lagoon Point, Whidbey Island but we didn't seen any whales. Then Elsa Levitt at Bush Point called at 1:25 pm to say she had seen 4 or 5 orcas heading south, so we hustled down to Bush Point, but missed them again. Apparently they were in a hurry, even though they were swimming against the tide. From about a mile south of Bush Pt. we saw at least a dozen at 1:50, maybe twice that or more, spread out over several miles along the western shore of Admiralty Inlet, all heading steadily south. From a lookout another few miles south we saw orcas rounding Point No Point about 2:30, still spread out. Next we went down to Scatchet Head, to a 200' bluff overlooking Possession Sound with Seattle on the horizon. From there we saw a far distant procession of 30 or more in small groups over several miles, their blows glowing in the slanting sunshine, between Pt. No Point and Apple Cove Pt. The leaders crossed the Edmonds/Kingston ferry lane about 4 pm, still moving south. They were distant for most of our sightings, but appeared to be at least 4 adult males, and given the number of whales and adult males, our best guess is L pod, maybe plus K's .
Howard Garrett & Susan Berta, Orca Network, Whidbey Island
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Around 15 orca off Point No Point, Puget Sound, at 1445. 4 males, 8 - 10 females, 1 calf, patch still very red. direction: south at around 10kts. Some breaching, but they were spread from shore outward 1/2 to 3/4 miles in small groups. The large male had 2 notches in its dorsel looked like the transients that were in the hood canal a few years back. (this may have been L41?)
Mark Millard, WDFW
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At about 2:50 P.M. this afternoon, a group of friends and I watched a very large group of Orcas heading south to and around Point No Point in Hansville, WA. They were fairly close to the Kitsap side of the water and took about 10 or more minutes to pass through the area. They were definitely on the move and not feeding.
Judy Roupe, Hansville, WA
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Tony Wilkie, Quartermaster on the Puyallup Ferry on the Edmonds/Kingston run, called Orca Network to report 8 - 12 orcas off Apple Cove Pt, heading south. There was at least one mother/calf pair. The orcas were crossing their stern just before they entered the Kingston dock at 1620.
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We live on President Point, just south of Apple Tree Cove in Kingston. We just spotted upwards of 10 or so Orca's travelling South towards Seattle at 4:30 pm. They appeared to be playing as we saw one breach.
Tom Kellogg, Kingston
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Candi Emmons of NOAA Fisheries called Orca Network at 5:10 pm to relay a report from Lori Robertson, who was watching from the shore (N of Seattle, Carkeek Park area) as the orcas passed heading south.
Howard Garrett & Susan Berta, Orca Network, Whidbey Island
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Around 15 orca off Point No Point, Puget Sound, at 1445. 4 males, 8 - 10 females, 1 calf, patch still very red. direction: south at around 10kts. Some breaching, but they were spread from shore outward 1/2 to 3/4 miles in small groups. The large male had 2 notches in its dorsel looked like the transients that were in the hood canal a few years back. (this may have been L41?)
Mark Millard, WDFW
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At about 2:50 P.M. this afternoon, a group of friends and I watched a very large group of Orcas heading south to and around Point No Point in Hansville, WA. They were fairly close to the Kitsap side of the water and took about 10 or more minutes to pass through the area. They were definitely on the move and not feeding.
Judy Roupe, Hansville, WA
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Tony Wilkie, Quartermaster on the Puyallup Ferry on the Edmonds/Kingston run, called Orca Network to report 8 - 12 orcas off Apple Cove Pt, heading south. There was at least one mother/calf pair. The orcas were crossing their stern just before they entered the Kingston dock at 1620.
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We live on President Point, just south of Apple Tree Cove in Kingston. We just spotted upwards of 10 or so Orca's travelling South towards Seattle at 4:30 pm. They appeared to be playing as we saw one breach.
Tom Kellogg, Kingston
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Candi Emmons of NOAA Fisheries called Orca Network at 5:10 pm to relay a report from Lori Robertson, who was watching from the shore (N of Seattle, Carkeek Park area) as the orcas passed heading south.
vrijdag 6 februari 2009
Superpod of Victoria
Orca Network received an update on the superpod off Victoria from Mark Malleson with Prince of Whales. J pod was reported inbound off Race Rocks at 11 am. Mark took a look from land and realized it was all three pods, then headed out to try to find out who all was there. He was with them from 1400 - 1600, and confirmed IDs for L41 & the L11s, with many more whales present, ID's to come soon. The whales were milling and foraging, and came within a mile of the Ogden Pt. breakwater, Victoria. At 1416 the majority of the whales seemed to be heading SW.
Orca Nework received a call from Ken Balcomb of the Center for Whale Research, with the great news that J, K & L pods were off the Victoria waterfront at 2:30 pm! Ken headed out to do a survey of the pods, and hopefully we'll have more details on ID's soon.
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Orca Nework received a call from Ken Balcomb of the Center for Whale Research, with the great news that J, K & L pods were off the Victoria waterfront at 2:30 pm! Ken headed out to do a survey of the pods, and hopefully we'll have more details on ID's soon.
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