Not sure where they are headed now.ġ7:44 - One to two grays near Whidbey bluff almost to Sandy Point heading southeast. GRAY WHALES - Tue, Apr 25 - Saratoga Passageġ7:55 - Two grays just dove deep right at Sandy Point. photo by Jennifer Swenson, April 25, 2023ġ2:54 - Malachite just went northbound under the Narrows Bridge. Brianna Schroederġ3:59 - Just spotted humpback - close to Vashon heading towards ferry terminal. My mom called and said he was spy hopping and breaching. Jack Sasserġ7:30 - Malachite heading south toward Narrows. Julie Smartġ7:36 - Just saw humpback tail slapping and lunging moving south from Point Defiance towards Narrows. Jason Cookġ7:42 - Currently breaching right at Point Defiance. photos by Gill Chard, April 25, 2023ġ8:20 - Pretty close to Salmon Beach southbound in Narrows. photos by Jason Cook, April 25, 2023ġ8:15 - Salmon Beach. Tue, Apr 25 - Puget Sound (CRC19820 Malachite) - Definitely Malachite with his black polka dot on his right pectoral fin. Wilson, located mid-channel of the crossing. HUMPBACK WHALES - Tue, Apr 25 - Admiralty Inlet - 15:50 - Laurie Baker, WSF Marine Ops, emailed at 16:00 to report: 1550hrs: Vessel KENNEWICK reports via 800MHz they've spotted a single humpback heading northbound just South of Pt. So I watched Orca Network all morning to see if it was them and it was! -T.j. I was outside and I heard what I thought were a couple of blows so I started listening hard and I could hear tons of seagulls making noise (which is super unusual at 04:30). called to report at least three orcas who just exited north end of Pickering Passage heading northwest, directionally towards Vaughn/Allyn.Ġ4:30 - I totally heard these guys pass me in the dark. Too bad they went north, only teasing us, lil’ stinkers! -Sheryl Fellmanġ3:00 - We’re seeing four to five on east side Case off north tip of Harstine. My friend thinks she may have seen a sea lion flipped into the air. We could see that even from our far distance away. We could only see them with binoculars, still so amazing to watch! They were jumping all over the place, rolling high out the water, and spouting mightily. Candace Gavinġ3:17 - Thanks! They kept playing right across our marina in front of Stretch, off their point, back and forth. No commitment on direction.ġ4:29 - Viewing from the mainland Herron Island ferry dock. No commitment on direction still.ġ4:49 - Still in same general area. Danielle Sayebrookġ5:22 - They are still in the same general area. Candace Gavinġ6:05 - Still circling and hunting here. Losing my view from Herron Island ferry dock. Emma Jayneġ6:47 - Officially moving north towards Stretch Island. Candace Gavinġ7:33 - We just saw them heading along Treasure Island towards North Bay. Laura Jewell Stġ7:36 - On the Allyn Waterfront pier looking south towards Treasure Island, can see fins mid channel northbound. ![]() ![]() Then they continued past Herron, and we lost sight of them. Then, they cut across over towards Vaughn Bay, but instead turned and headed south to Herron. photos by Dave Berliner, April 25, 2023ġ7:00 - 18:00 - First, they went north past Treasure like they were going to head into Allyn. There have been a lot of sea lions in this area lately. Maybe trending slightly north. Took some photos in failing light. Tue, Apr 25 - South Puget Sound (T71Bs & T124Ds) - 19:30 - 20:30 - I’ve just been watching a small group of at least three orcas in Case Inlet, milling between McMicken Island and the south end of Herron Island. Orca Behavior Institute - photo & IDs by Monika Wieland Shields, April 25, 2023Ġ9:43 - Marie Waterman, WSF Marine Ops, emailed to report: The MV CHELAN reports via 800MHz broadcast, a couple of orca milling about at the entrance to Friday Harbor. This is both in homage to T1 Charlie Chin who also had an underbite, and a reference to Charles II of Spain who famously had the Hadsburg jaw. While not an "official" nickname, thanks to his/her underbite, we at OBI have taken to calling T49A6 "Charlie II". The T49As (without A1 or A2) made their way north up San Juan Channel this morning. ![]() Tue, Apr 25 - San Juan Channel (T49As - minus T49A1 & T49A2) - T49A Nan and her youngest T49A6, who is just over one year-old. Karoline Cullen, Salish Sea Orca Squad - T125A Flotsam - photos by Karoline Cullen, Ap-video by Gary Cullen, April 25, 2023 BIGG'S KILLER WHALES (mammal-eating ecotype) - Tue, Apr 25 - Active Pass (T36As, T124As, T124C, T125A, T128) - Treated to a wonderful early morning sighting of a mixed group of Bigg’s orcas swimming quickly westward through Active Pass.
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