Js in Enterprise Channel

14 May 2008, Orca Network reports:

J's are apparently in Enterprise Channel heading north at 1225.
Ken Balcomb, Center for Whale Research, San Juan Island
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I've heard we had transients out today, and J-Pod was heading back north up Swanson, and through Active Pass.
John Boyd (JB), Marine Naturalist, Friday Harbor
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We found J-Pod coming through Active Pass at 1:15 p.m. We had heard that they were near Enterprise Reef up at the top of Swanson's Channel, so our route today took us to the east entrance of Active Pass in the Strait of Georgia. We decided to wait in Miner Bay and as soon as we settled in, we sighted a huge breach as the lead whale came "around the bend" in Active Pass. Most of the whales stuck close to the north side of the pass, with a few stops for foraging off the ferry landing. We floated along in the current, watching as what must have been the entire family, picked up speed and moved on, out into the Strait of Georgia. Ruffles and Granny went way up to the north, an outer escort of two? The rest of J-Pod moved along in smaller sub pod groups, stopping to tail slap, pec slap, do a few belly rolls, and then continue on across toward the Fraser River. As we left, about 2:15 p.m., I noticed J-26, Mike, as he stopped to do a fast turn around, some foraging behavior, and then onward toward the river.
~Nan Simpson, Western Prince
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