11-23-11 Whales! Who? Which Way?

Wednesday, November 23rd

...it was too dark to see them, it was just 6:53 a.m....instead I heard them on the Lime Kiln hydrophones...they were faint calls...

...as I was listening I began to doubt what I was hearing...it was too repetitive and rhythmical...it must be a squeaky something...

...but then at about 1 minute...and for the next 10 seconds there were calls...
...then back to the rhythmical sounds...was it a call and response?...or just one call with a delay in the middle?...

...so I began to question it all again...then at 2 minutes 10 seconds (about) there were a few other calls...they made me realize I wasn't listening to a squeaky something...

...the calls ended...a total length of 2 minutes and 45 seconds...and that's all I heard...




...who could they be?
...all I know is that the other day when some Js and some Ks and Onyx L-87 were spotted heading west at Sooke, that not all members of Js or Ks were present...(from Gold Wing - Jeff)
...Gold Wing - Jeff saw Onyx L-87 and Granny J-2 which indicates that at least Group A of J Pod was present...
...and on the previous Saturday (11/19) when whales were spotted down in Puget Sound, one of the pictures on Orca Network showed that members of Group B of J Pod were down there...

...since then it's been pretty nasty and stormy...

...and where might they be going?
-transients who sounded like Residents?...and they could be just about anywhere in the hydrophone range.
-Group B, who came out of Puget Sound, and was passing by Discovery Island as they headed west?
-Group A, who came back in and is now heading east down to Puget Sound?
-the K Klik (you know - Cappuccino K-21, Raggedy K-40, Opus K-16 and Sonata K-35) who, last time we saw them were off on their own?
-none of the above!

...of course this list could include other K pod whales, the L2s, the L12s, etc. etc....

...don't you just love a good mystery!