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2007 ENCOUNTERS AND REPORTS FROM THE FIELD:

News to Report: New calf (J-43) seen in J-pod, November 6, 2007
Encounter #077: Whales head out Strait of Juan de Fuca, October 30, 2007
Encounter #076: Whales playfully pass Victoria waterfront, October 25, 2007
Encounter #075: CWR staff confirm L110 is a male, October 20, 2007
Encounter #074: Members of J-pod chase Transients, October 15, 2007
Encounter #073: Members of J-pod chase Transients, October 15, 2007
Encounter #072: Whales make quick trip past San Juan Island, October 9, 2007
Encounter #071: Whales cavort off west side of San Juan Island, October 8, 2007
Encounter #070: Members of L-pod head up Swanson Channel, October 5, 2007
Encounter #069: CWR staff aid efforts to collect KW "blows" Sept. 28, 2007
Encounter #068: CWR staff team with veterinary scientists, Sept. 27, 2007
Encounter #067: Js, Ks, Ls actively foraging and tactile, Sept. 26, 2007
News to Report: L110 is a BOY!
Encounter #066: Js, Ks and Ls gather off San Juan, Sept. 23, 2007
Encounter #065: Ks and Ls seen catching salmon, Sept. 22, 2007
Encounter #064: Js and L2s foraging and playful, Sept. 21, 2007
Encounter #063: L2's the focus of scat collection, Sept. 20, 2007
Encounter #062: Js and L2s cavort in Haro Strait, Sept. 15, 2007
Encounter #061: Js and L2s observed Sept. 14, 2007, in Haro Strait
• Encounter #060: J-pod heads north towards Swanson Channel, Sept. 9, 2007
• Encounter #059: J-pod actively foraging, playful in Haro Strait, Sept. 5, 2007
• Encounter #058: J-pod actively foraging, fish scales collected, Sept. 3, 2007
• Encounter #057: J-pod foraging, scat collection continues, Sept. 2, 2007
• Encounter #056: KW scat collection continues in Haro Strait, Sept. 1, 2007
• Encounter #055: CWR teams with U.W. to collect KW feces, Aug. 29, 2007
• Encounter #054: K-Pod members harass Harbor porpoise, August 29, 2007
• Encounter #053: Transients hunt and catch Harbor seal August 27, 2007
• Encounter #052: The T20's, T2's and T60's encountered August 27, 2007
• Encounter #051: Several members of L-Pod photographed Augsut 22, 2007
• Encounter #050v: Short VIDEO CLIP of L110 from Enc.#050, August 22, 2007
• Encounter #050: Staff get excellent look at new calf L110, August 22, 2007
• Encounter #049: T14 passes within two miles of SRKWs, August 19, 2007
• Encounter #048: NEW BABY (L110) CONFIRMED IN L-POD, August 19, 2007
Encounter #047: T10's and T46B's encountered in Haro Strait, August 16, 2007
Encounter #046: T100's and T101's in Strait of Juan de Fuca, August 14, 2007
Encounter #045: T124's, T90 and calf T90A pass through SJs August 14, 2007
• Encounter #044: Transients (T101's), Strait of Juan de Fuca, August 12, 2007
• Encounter #043: Jpod, Kpod and some of Lpod cavort together August 8, 2007
• Encounter #042: Jpod foraging, playful off west side San Juan, July 27, 2007
• Encounter #041: Whales make trek through Swanson Channel, July 26, 2007
• Encounter #040: SRKWs gather for "Superpod" in the fog, July 20, 2007
• Encounter #039: Jpod foraging and feeding off Henry Island, July 18, 2007
• News to Report: Transient Killer whales in Monterey Bay, July 7, 2007
• Encounter #038: Early morning encounter: J's K's and some L's, July 5, 2007
• Encounter #037-02: "Superpod" — Whales met in Strait of Georgia, July 4, 2007
• Encounter #036-01: T10's and T30's pass through Islands, July 4, 2007
• Encounter #035: L9's, L54's make first appearance of year, July 3, 2007
Video: An early morning pass by J's and L's, July 3, 2007
• Encounter #034: L105 confirmed to be male during encounter June 28, 2007
• Encounter #033: J-pod northbound in Haro Strait, June 25, 2007
• Encounter #032-2: Jpod northbound meets up with L11 subpod, June 24, 2007
• Encounter #031-1: Astrid has brief encounter with whales June 24, 2007
• Encounter #030: T14 makes dramatic kill in Sidney Channel, June 23, 2007
• Encounter #029: Playful J-pod along west side of San Juan, June 20, 2007
• Encounter #028: Jpod foraging in the Strait of Georgia, June 19, 2007
• Encounter #027: Jpod and L-11 subpod in Haro Strait, June 17, 2007
• Encounter #026: Playful Jpod and L12 subpod, June 15, 2007
• Encounter #025: Jpod, L12 subpod travel north, June 14, 2007
• Encounter #024: Some of L-pod "arrive" in San Juans June 13, 2007
• Encounter #023: Some of L-pod encountered during brief foray June 13, 2007
• Encounter #022: Jpod again off west side of San Juan Island June 12, 2007
• Encounter #021: Jpod encountered June 10, 2007; Lpod reported off Race Rocks
• Encounter #020: Staff brave torrential rains to photograph Jpod June 9, 2007
• Encounter #019: Jpod encountered traveling northbound June 7, 2007
• Encounter #018: An afternoon with Jpod in Haro Strait, May, 30, 2007
• Encounter #017: Jpod feeding off south end of San Juan Island, May 29, 2007
• News to Report: Severed Transient Killer whale dorsal fin found May 22, 2007
• Encounter #016: Jpod passes San Juan Island southbound May 21, 2007
• Encounter #015: Rumors of "brand-new" baby turn out to be false May 20, 2007
• Encounter #014: Transients (T2's) pass Pender Island, B.C. May 11, 2007
• Encounter #013: Jpod: Off San Juan Island May 11, 2007, J42 doing well
News to Report: ABC WORLD NEWS (May 11, 2007) reports birth of J42
News to Report: Transient male T14 observed at Race Rocks May 9, 2007
• Encounter #012: Playful J-pod passes through the San Juans May 7, 2007
• News to Report: Based on photos submitted May 6, 2007, new calf is FEMALE!
• Encounter #011: J42: NEW CALF in J-pod confirmed May 2, 2007
• Encounter #010: Jpod encountered April 28, 2007, northbound in Haro Strait
• Encounter #009: T18's encountered April 27, 2007, off Battleship Island
• Encounter #008: Jpod: April 24, 2007, Eagle Point to San Juan Channel
• Encounter #007: Transient Killer whales attack, kill Stellar Sea Lion, April 14, 2007
• Encounter #006: Jpod encountered April 14, 2007, along west side of San Juan Island
• Encounter #005: Jpod: April 10, 2007, northbound in Haro Strait
Jpod: April 9, 2007, Haro Strait (w/ short video clip)
• Encounter #004: Jpod: April 5, 2007 along west side San Juan Island
• News to Report: Ks, Ls and new calf, Monterey, March 24-25, 2007
• Encounter #003: Jpod: March 25, 2007 in Haro Strait, WA (w/ Audio)
• News to Report: Lpod: March 18, 2007 off Fort Bragg, CA
• Encounter #002: Jpod: March 11, 2007 near Victoria, B.C.
• Encounter #001: Jpod: Feb. 8, 2007 off N. Pender Island, B.C.
• News to Report: Kpod: off California Coast Jan. 24, 2007

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