A smiling group of happy whale watchers and an image of two killer whales surfacing, their blows backlit
Another fantastic weekend, this time with our first-ever Bigg’s 301 class! This advanced research class looked at extended killer whale family groups and covered topics like dispersal and acoustics.
Learn more about our Whale University classes here:
www.orcabehaviorinstitute.org/whale-univer...
6 photos of a belted kingfisher in flight
Belted kingfisher at Broughton Beach 💙
An Anna’s hummingbird sits on a budding branch
A raccoon crawling out of a hole in a tree
Waxing gibbous moon
Anna’s hummingbird taking off in flight
🎵It’s spring, it’s spring, springtime again🎶
Rocks, vhs tapes, commie stuff, Star Trek stuff, whale stuff
Extremely “us” yard sale haul
A tortoiseshell cat in a sunny pastel colored room
Cherry blossoms blooming with a blue sky in the background
Mirror selfie with red neon light and brick wall
Warm tones 🩷❤️🧡💛
A killer whale spyhopping
4 killer whales swimming together
2 killer whales surfacing together, one with its face partially visible
3/2/25 West Seattle, WA ~ most surreal, stunning, special encounter with the T124A2s & T124Ds 🖤🤍
A member of the endangered Southern Resident Killer Orca Whales breaches in front of the Olympic Mountains in the Salish Sea 🐬
J Pod is back in the Sound today and we’re ecstatic to have a March visit from this sweet fam.
A yellow-rumped warbler takes off in flight amongst early budding branches
False spring mood 😌
Another look at J-Pod as they made their way south through Cattle Pass on February 20th 🤩
Video by @jayjayfoshizzay.bsky.social
#salishsea #orca #killerwhale #srkw #wssjis
Consolation prize for getting repeatedly skunked by killer whales today
A meme that says “yeah I’m a woman in STEM: Sexy, Talented, Eepy, Making graphs” with a cute jumping baby orca
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science to all who celebrate (my partner made this meme for me 🥰)
Thank you! I wish it was a little bit crispier, but what can ya do
A triptych of American kestrels
The kestrels were really showing off today
One day you’re watching Love Lies Bleeding and the next you’re downloading Fitness Boxing 3 on your Nintendo Switch 💪🏻
Minke is such a cute name! 🥹🐋
A short video from @jayjayfoshizzay.bsky.social of J-Pod all grouped up heading north up Haro Strait this afternoon 🤩
#orca #killerwhale #salishsea #sanjuanislands #srkw #wssjis
Thank you! 🥲
A Steller’s jay double exposed over a mountain covered in wildflowers
A Steller’s jay digitally double exposed on a Holga 120S shot of Silver Star Mountain
A white-breasted nuthatch on a mossy tree
Listening to Grouper while birding is like, peak lesbian
A small western screech owl sleeping in a tree hole
Oh to be a small round owl tucked into a little hole in a tree
A varied thrush eating an apple
Every time I see a varied thrush I think of David Lynch 🏔️🏔️
