More in the fin whale in B’ham bay:
18:45 - Halfway between Boulevard Park and Little Squalicum Pier facing southwest
18:50 - Last saw the fin southbound out from Woods Coffee. Last update from me. [Serena via oncg]
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🐋 FIN whale - Bellingham Bay
Still present all today. Here’s the latest:
17:28 - Just south of Marine Park, northbound
17:33 - Only a 5 minute dive this time, still northbound. [Serena via oncg]
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18:00 - continuing north, almost to Fauntleroy/Vashon ferry lanes. [oncg]
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17:00 - [T137s] passing Langley southbound mid channel suddenly more towards Camano. [Michele via oncg]
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15:59- single orca just meandered past me at PR northbound, island side…haven’t seen others yet. [Marla via oncg]
16:16 - mid channel to east lined up with marine view park. Slow travel NB [Mandy via oncg]
16:47 - east side by Three Tree Point. [Heidi via oncg]
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16:00 - looks like they are south of Bells Beach maybe Whidbey side of mid southbound towards Langley. [Marilyn via psws]
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T137s have now exited Penn Cove, headed south and are well south of Long Point:
12:30 - Southbound Saratoga. Whidbey side. Hidden Beach is next. [Sarah via oncg]
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12:55 - pod exited Colvos and now at least lead group? northbound east side Bainbridge. [ON]
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Possession Sound.
Noon- Two gray whales have been hanging around Everett Naval base and Howarth Park area again. Out from the dog park area.
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09:00 - Gray passing Mariner Cove northbound at high speed.
Our gray friend apparently decided not to have breakfast with orcas and turned around and is heading north quickly. It’s not feeding, just getting away as fast as possible!
[Marianne via oncg]
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Now westbound in Penn Cove:
10:16 - Watching from the Coupeville water treatment plant. They are headed into the cove, oak harbor side. About midway between point and Monroe Landing. [Kourtnee via oncg]
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This group (at least some) flipped, now northbound in Colvos:
10:15- Across from Olalla and next to Vashon, 3 Orcas 1 adult and 2 Littles going north. [Margaret via oncg]
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9:05 - Entering Crescent Harbor. Northwest bound [Sarah via ONCG]
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09:02 - Seeing blows coming up on sunrise very close to vashon southbound. Still two males and possibly one more not sure yet
09:09 - ow we have 5 or 6 vashon side mid channel getting closer to sunrise [SummerLee via ONCG]
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🐳GRAYS
Possession Sound:
07:44 - 1 gray reported off south end Everett Navy Base. [ON]
Upper Saratoga Passage
~08:10 - gray fed briefly off Mariner Cove, Whidbey then headed west toward Polnell Pt. [Marianne via oncg]
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🐬🐬🐬 ORCAS (group 3) - upper Saratoga Passage/Skagit Bay
08:20- Orcas off Strawberry Point, Whidbey. Seem to be hunting. I can hear blows all around, guessing 6 or so? Been here at least an hour.
[Karen via oncg]
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🐬🐬ORCAS (group 2) - Central Puget Sound
08:29- Looks like a pod of orcas in Elliott Bay in front of Myrtle Edwards pocket beach…They appeared to be heading towards marina and I’ve lost sight of them. Towards Magnolia perhaps. [Sandy via oncg]
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07:53 - They are just south passed olalla
07:58 - Seeing two males so far vashon side of mid channel. Long down times. [SummerLee via oncg]
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🐬 ORCAS - Central Puget Sound
Delayed so presumably much further south in Colvos by now:
06:35 - Pod of orcas headed south in Colvos Passage. Passed Drift Wood Cove at 6:35am on Kitsap side. [Matt via oncg]
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🧚🩶 Tue, Mar 31
Spring in full swing w/whales in abundance through out the region. Yesterday, at least 2 groups of Ts, all the grays & a FIN whale in Bellingham Bay! 🤩
Orcas reported earlier this morning. Hope you have a chance to be out.
📷 T419s off Seattle Aquarium, by Deanna Deery-Schmitt
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18:18 - seems like they are zigzagging, at times facing due north, then surface facing NW, but making progress NW now. And appear grouped up again as they mosey off in the distance, due south of Possession Point ~ 2 miles.
- Alisa
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17:55 - lovely group of Ts still northbound at steady clip through rough seas. North of WB ferry lanes, out from north end of Edmonds Dive park still east side of channel. Possibly pushing west Too soon to say which way they’ll go, currently would be Possession if continue this track. Alisa
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17:27- orcas spread out at point Robinson with directional changes, island side of channel close in to island, had been southbound. [Marla via oncg]
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17:27 - this group of Ts traveling steady north in now heavy chop, transect Edmonds fishing pier and Apple Tree Pt. Still east side of channel.
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16:55 - group is loosely grouped continuing northbound travels east side of channel around Point Wells, Woodway (tank farm). Alisa LB
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15:55 - This group of Ts (T124As (-A4s), T124A1, T100E, and T101s per Y Ling) straight out from Seahurst Park, Burien continuing southbound in East Passage.
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16:15 - Ts moving steadily northbound just off Richmond about to transect Jefferson head. They are east of northbound shipping lanes. Sun-glare making it challenging at times to see them but they are moving along.
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15:45 - seeing a group, includes a male, powering northbound in shimmering seas, just south of Richmond Beach, east side of the channel. From RB high bluff. Alisa LB
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15:35 viewing from Carkeek. They have split into two groups. Looks like Thor / T46s are leading. Trending nb, slightly more west in channel. [ Hannah via oncg]
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12:37 - they’ve already cleared Jefferson Head. Continuing steady pace southbound shipping lanes or west of. Alisa LB
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