Computers beat human listeners at dawn

Lots of whistles and calls (S1, S16) were detected by the WhoListener program this morning, first at Lime Kiln from 6:08-6:19, then at Orcasound (5 km north) from 7:47-7:52. Seems like some of the southern residents (J and K pod) are working the west side of San Juan Island, as members of both pods were observed and/or heard heading north towards and/or up through Haro Strait last night.

Did they double back and then go north again this morning or were they really (~9 hours?) spread out?

Here are all the auto-detections:

50 Detections


2011-06-22 06:08:52
node=lk dB=101 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 06:09:03
node=lk dB=104 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 06:11:32
node=lk dB=99 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 06:12:43

node=lk dB=104 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 06:12:53
node=lk dB=98 trigger=PKT

2011-06-22 06:13:03
node=lk dB=98 trigger=PKT

2011-06-22 06:13:13
node=lk dB=99 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 06:14:01
node=lk dB=106 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 06:14:11
node=lk dB=103 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 06:14:21
node=lk dB=109 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 06:14:31

node=lk dB=103 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 06:14:41
node=lk dB=109 trigger=PKT

2011-06-22 06:14:51
node=lk dB=109 trigger=PKT

2011-06-22 06:15:01
node=lk dB=104 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 06:15:12
node=lk dB=100 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 06:15:22
node=lk dB=113 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 06:15:32
node=lk dB=106 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 06:15:42

node=lk dB=113 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 06:15:52
node=lk dB=101 trigger=PKT

2011-06-22 06:16:02
node=lk dB=100 trigger=PWR

2011-06-22 06:16:12
node=lk dB=102 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 06:16:22
node=lk dB=106 trigger=PKTPWR


2011-06-22 06:16:32
node=lk dB=120 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 06:16:42
node=lk dB=107 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 06:16:53

node=lk dB=102 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 06:17:03
node=lk dB=105 trigger=PKT

2011-06-22 06:17:13
node=lk dB=107 trigger=PKT

2011-06-22 06:17:23
node=lk dB=118 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 06:17:33
node=lk dB=106 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 06:17:44
node=lk dB=114 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 06:17:54
node=lk dB=111 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 06:18:04

node=lk dB=119 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 06:18:14
node=lk dB=104 trigger=PKTPWR

2011-06-22 06:18:25
node=lk dB=102 trigger=PKT

2011-06-22 06:18:35
node=lk dB=101 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 06:18:48
node=lk dB=105 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 07:47:10
node=os dB=96 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 07:47:27
node=os dB=97 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 07:47:42

node=os dB=96 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 07:47:57
node=os dB=96 trigger=PKT

2011-06-22 07:48:12
node=os dB=98 trigger=PKT

2011-06-22 07:48:27
node=os dB=96 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 07:48:42
node=os dB=95 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 07:49:27
node=os dB=100 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 07:50:00
node=os dB=111 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 07:50:15

node=os dB=107 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 07:50:30
node=os dB=99 trigger=PKT

2011-06-22 07:50:45
node=os dB=96 trigger=PKT

2011-06-22 07:51:01
node=os dB=97 trigger=PKT


2011-06-22 07:51:21
node=os dB=98 trigger=PKT

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