5 April 2008, Orca Network report:

We observed 12 or 13 members of J pod pass Thieves Bay on Pender Island. Positively identified J1, and quite certain that we also were watching J26 and his new sister J42 along with their mom J16. There appeared to be another male with this group. We speculated that it was J30. They moved by slowly between 3:30 and 4:00pm, traveling north in Swanson Channel about 400-500 metres offshore. First sighting of the season for us. Has there been any sign of J43?
Richard Philpot, Pender Island

Center for Whale Research report:
We encounter J pod in Haro Strait in front of the Center for Whale Research. At 10:55. We took proof of presence photos and left them heading toward Kelp reef at 11:05 a.m. Back at the Center for Whale Research, we heard T14 calls on the Orca Sound hydrophone and observed him on the SE side of D'Arcy Island at the same time that J pod was 1 mile SE of Kelp reef. For a brief time, a few J pod calls were heard concurrent with the T calls.

We did see J-Pod over at Kelp reef about 2:30, and Transients were sighted just up North. The whales were active and forging in the rip. Thanks for the log.
Denise and Captain Daniel Wilk, Orcas Express, Orcas Island

Jim Maya called at 5:15 pm to report J's had reached Active Pass & were heading north into the Pass.

We had Transient orcas (T14, T87, and list to follow) this morning, followed immediately by J pod going north in Haro Strait. I first heard a T call around 0750.
Ken Balcomb, Senior Scientist, Center for Whale Research