🖤🤍 Mon, Aug 17 Bigg's T36, T36Bs & T137A have owned Puget Sound & our ♥️s these past 2 weeks. While back in South Sound this weekend they made several epic close inshore passes & lingered in intimate locations. 📷 T137A Jack & Tanglewood Island lighthouse. By Ashley Whitman 8/16 from shore. #psws

💚🏛️ Sun, Aug 16 Grays quietly fed on ghost shrimp up north while Bigg's T65A members fed in Hood Canal and Jack (T137A) & his current companions (T36/36Bs) fed in South PS (where orcas have been reported this morning). 📷 Another brilliant Jack aerial off Fox Island. By April Basham 08/12. #psws

🦭🩶🦭Sat, Aug 15 Encounters w/Bigg's have been epic, w/T36/36Bs & T137A especially! Last night they ended their South Puget Sound foray (happy 🦭s), while the T65As remained in Hood Canal. 📷 From the deck of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge - T36/36Bs & T137A exiting north. by Jason Luc 08/14. #psws

🧡✈️ Fri, August 14 Bigg's orcas who've been inland Puget Sound stayed into Thursday evening: T100s ended back in Saratoga Passage where they started; T36/36Bs & Jack kept to the south; T65As to Hood Canal; Indy T65A5 is somewhere 🧡. 📸 T137A Jack breaches off Tacoma. By Amber Stanfill 8/11. #psws

❤️🧚🏼‍♀️❤️ Southern Residents are back in Haro Strait! 12:10 - Js & Ks are heading south off west side San Juan Island visble from and heading toward Lime Kiln. They are visible on the livestream. #wssjis #psws www.youtube.com/live/DaeD64m...

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🐣🩵🐣Thu, Aug 13 Inland Salish Sea has been teeming w/Bigg's orcas, yesterday Southern Residents came back! Js & Ks foraged their way up San Juan Island making for a beautiful sunset pass. 📸 Two of the littles who've been inland Puget Sound, T36B4 Auk & T36B1A Maple. By April Basham 08/11. #psws

▪️▪️▪️▪️ Wed, Aug 12 - They're Back! ▪️▪️▪️▪️ 💕🩷💕 SOUTHERN RESIDENTS in Haro Strait 🩷💕🩷 19:15 - They came across fro Victoria and have been making their way up island (San Juan Island) and are visible on the Lime Kiln livestream. www.youtube.com/live/DaeD64m... #wssjis #psws

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🩶🐦‍⬛💚Wed, Aug 12 4 Gens: T36 Flapjack w/T36B Tattertip, T36B1 Bhotia w/T36B1A Maple, T36B2 Greenfelder & T36B4 Auk, sure have been hunting in some cool places. T100s had already split when T36/36Bs hunted (successful) @ Hylebos waterway Tacoma yesterday w/T137A Jack (nearby). 📷 Kelly Hunter #psws

🧚 💫✨ Tue, Aug 11 EPIC Monday: T137A Jack & believe T36/T36Bs went into Salmon Bay, entirely up to the Ballard Locks 😳 before flipping & heading back out. Have yet to find record of such an occurrence in recent history. 💛 Indy is inland too. 📷 Framegrabs from video by AlanaLouise 8/10. #psws

🐟🐟🐟 Mon, Aug 10 Southern Residents (J, K & L pods) used to spend nearly every summer day inland Salish Sea, now it's rare due to lack of salmon. Last week Js & Ls came in for a short stay. By early Oct they'll begin Puget Sound forays ♥️. 📷 L113 Cousteau - Haro Strait. By Cindy Hansen 08/06. #psws

🎶 🩵 Sun, Aug 9 - Orcas in Haro Strait 19:00 - Orcas in Haro Strait. Spotted on Lime Kiln camera, 3-4 miles due south of the Lime Kiln lighthouse moving ENE, just crossing into the US. [Fred via WSSJI] - 19:18 - WW boats west of False Bay- were continuing east toward the island. [AIS] #wssjis

🩵🧌 Sun, Aug 9 Yesterday, the impressive T19B Galiano, his mom T19 Nootka & bro T19C Spouter made their way inland! Hope they stayed the night! Aug 5 two Pacific white-sided dolphins were off Tacoma [📸 Jason Cook] - possibly duo who R seen a lot in Port Angeles? [📸 Corben Hempel Feb 19] #psws

🧡🌻🧡 Sat, Aug 8 Baleen whales occupying their inland waterways today as is at least one bull orca who is making their way inland via Admiralty Inlet. 📸 Gray whale in their side feeding exposing pec and fluke fins. Framegrab from video by Marilyn Armbruster today. #psws

🩵 Sat, Aug 8 Today (& always) we remember Toki & all the Southern Resident orcas whose lives were brutally stolen in Penn Cove, Whidbey this day 1970. Toki (b. mid 1960s) enjoyed her 1st few years a free being, but then spent 53 a captive until her death Aug 18, 2023. 📸 Toki by Jill Hein 🩵 #psws

💞 Sat, Aug 8 - Orcas in Haro Strait 06:57- [orcas] this morning at San Juan County Park, headed towards Lime Kiln [southbound]. [Stephanie via WSSJI] [photo shows 2 orcas: male & f/J] #wssjis #psws

🛟 🦭 Fri, August 7 Yesterday, the T46s & T124A2s exited leaving at least 1 humpback (who was tail-slapping off West Seattle) & the several grays who are keeping to inland waters. 📷 T65A6 Callisto (b.2018) & a brother patrolling Liberty Bay, Poulsbo to the dismay of seals. By April Basham 8/5 #psws

🩷💞🎶 Thu, Aug 6 Endangered Southern Residents are making their way south in the Salish Sea, currently in Haro Strait. Audible on the @orcasound.bsky.social Andrews Bay hydrophone 13:12 - calls audible on Andrews Bay hydrophone. 13:14 - EL clicks live.orcasound.net/listen/andre... #wssjis #psws

💌♦️💌 Thu, Aug 6 Tuesday's Bigg's orcas stayed over into Wednesday w/the T36/36Bs & T137A exiting Puget Sound in the afternoon & the others, T65As (incl. Indy ♥️) & T46 group, remaining inland through evening at least. 📷 T137A Jack just before splashdown. ♥️ his pec fins! By Julie Davis 8/4. #psws

♥️🔥♥️ Wed, Aug 5 Smoke fills the sky through out our region, please take care, especially if you are out. ♥️ thoughts to all affected by the fires. Epic yesterday which ended w/3 inland orca groups: T46s & T124A2s, T36/36Bs & T137A, & T65As. 📸 T137A Jack launches in Tacoma by Julie Davis 8/4. #psws

☘️💚🍀 Tue, Aug 4 A beautiful gathering of orcas yesterday w/the T36/36Bs, T137A & siblings T77C & T77E who split off later; T65As occupied Hood Canal exiting in the evening; a humpback & grays held presence. 📷 T137A Jack & T36/36Bs on the journey back up Possession Sound. By Jason Luc 8/3. #psws

🧚💚🧚 Mon, Aug 3 Suddenly Bigg's again! Yesterday: T36s Elliott Bay to Possession; T65As Admiralty to Hood Canal; 3rd orca group trailing in Admiralty; north end humpbacks Graphite & CRC-18655; grays 2426 & 2686 plus others ♥️ 📽️ T65As in Hood Canal. Frame grab of video by Catherine Soto, 8/2. #psws

💦♥️💦 Sun, Aug 2 Southern Resident Orcas have returned to the Salish Sea! Currently in Haro Strait off the west side of San Juan Island moving north. Also inland, an orca reported deep in Elliott Bay, Seattle. 📷 J26 Mike from earlier foray on July 7th by @whaleresearch.bsky.social #psws #wssjis

♥️ Sat, Aug 1 Possibly Harbor porpoise, but just in case it's for real: 10:41 - Unconfirmed: report of a Pacific white-sided dolphin near ferry traffic lanes between Turn Island/Rock & SW Shaw. No direction included. [WA app] #wssjis #psws

🤎🤍🩶 Sat, Aug 1 Welcome August & very sincere welcome to this gray day, love the respite. Baleen whales continuing inland Puget Sound. 📷 Another lovely photo of Jack (T137A) who's currently traveling apart from his immediate family & been meeting up/traveling w/others. By April Basham 7/28 #psws

♥️🤍🖤 Fri, Jul 31 Yesterday: beloved humpback friend Graphite spent time alongside the Tribal Canoe Journey paddlers♥️; Grays fed in the north end; Bigg's T36+36Bs (part of Tuesday group) kept a presence just outside Puget Sound. 📷 T36B members in close off Anacortes. By April Basham 7/28 #psws

💦▪️💦Thu, Jul 30 Sparse whale activity inland Puget Sound yesterday w/gray & poss. humpback. Outside PS proper the Salish Sea robust w/whales incl. Tues orca group (incl. rare T135s) who stayed inland, but split up. 📷 Look-alikes CA27C/T135C & T137A Jack in Anacortes. By April Basham 7/28. #psws

💧🩶💧Wed, Jul 29 Yesterday's orcas (incl. some rare) tucked in then went back out, ending up in Samish/B'ham Bays. Grays Little Patch (LP) & the 2 newbies 2686 & 2687 spent time together in Saratoga along w/humpback Graphite. 📽️ Sweet video of LP & 2686 off East Point by Marilyn Armbruster. #psws

🎶🐦‍⬛ Tue, Jul 28 - Orcas in Haro Strati 07:00 - 3 T’s [Bigg's orcas] spotted in Open Bay [NW San Juan Island] heading South. [Evan via WSSJI] #wssjis

🔅🧡🔅Tue, Jul 28 Orcas will return eventually, but meanwhile we 💛 the presence of big baleen whales; at least 3 grays & 1-2 humpbacks keeping a presence inland Puget Sound. 🐋 A whale, reported as a humpback, this morning off Clinton. 📸 Humpback Graphite in Tacoma, by Jason Cook 7/23. #psws

☁️💜☁️Mon, Jul 27 A quiet weekend inland Puget Sound w/just a smattering of reports on grays who have stayed (53, 2686 & 2587). This morn: 2 grays traveling in tandem in southern Saratoga toward Possession. 📷 Archive photo of CRC53 Little Patch w/signature patch. By Jill Hein 01/2025. #psws