Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Bigg's calls and percussive sounds heard today at sunrise (6:50-7:10am) in Haro Strait at both Orcasound Lab and Andrews Bay! (Note: you can now visualize Orcasound acoustic events on the Salish Sea map. Click the Orcasound link to explore & re-play!) salishsea.io?d=2026-09-30... #psws #wssjis 031
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 27/08/202618:40 J&K pods appear to be heading toward Canada after multiple acoustic bouts in Haro Strait this afternoon on the Orcasound Lab and Andrews Bay hydrophones. Explore their transit here -- salishsea.io?d=2026-08-26... -- with links to nearby places to listen for them tonight! #wssjis #psws 001
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 07/01/2026J & K pod calling now on the MaST Center hydrophone! Listen live here -- live.orcasound.net/listen/mast-... Thanks to Highline College for hosting this listening location! #psws 151
Reposted by OrcasoundOrca Behavior Institute @orcabehaviorinstitute.org · 31/12/2025Our final orca encounter of 2025 was an acoustic one on the evening of 12/29, as we heard Southern Resident calls for over 2 hours on the North San Juan Channel hydrophone! You can listen to the recording of this bout here courtesy of @orcasound.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/dec29bout #whalesky 0173
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 30/12/2025Extended live concert in North San Juan Channel from J & K pods. They sounded VERY excited tonight. Vocalizations began ~8pm and continued for nearly 2 hours! live.orcasound.net/bouts/bout_0... Thanks to @orcabehaviorinstitute.org for hosting this listening location! #wssjis #psws 071
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Haro humpbacks calling NOW on both Andrews Bay & Orcasound Lab -- live.orcasound.net/listen/andre... live.orcasound.net/listen/orcas... If you miss the live event, check these links for recordings: live.orcasound.net/reports #psws #wssjis 182
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 05/12/202504:15-04:45 12/5 faint Bigg's bout on the Orcasound Lab hydrophone in Haro Strait. Preliminary duration is available for replay/review here -- live.orcasound.net/bouts/bout_0... #psws #wssjis 000
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 23/11/202511/22 21:35 About 9 hours after deploying a new binaural hydrophone array in Andrews Bay (1 km south of Orcasound Lab), we recorded Bigg's killer whales! Listen to their faint calls here -- live.orcasound.net/bouts/bout_0... #WSSJIS #PSWS Thanks to the A-team for this new listening station.live.orcasound.netOrcasound 060
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 16/11/202511/15 Mon 17:43 Short humpback bout (~4 minutes long)! live.orcasound.net/bouts/bout_0... #wssjis #pswslive.orcasound.netOrcasound 020
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 14/11/202515:00 Bigg’s calls on the Sunset Bay hydrophones! live.orcasound.net/bouts/bout_0... Thanks to Tamara for the heads up and @orcaconservancy.bsky.social for maintaining! #pswslive.orcasound.netOrcasound 010
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Another phenomenal #humpback concert last night (1:30-1:45). Thanks to a careful night-owl listener who tagged the live stream, we have another great recording (and test of the DAS4orcas fiber optic cable). Here's what it sounded like: live.orcasound.net/bouts/bout_0... #wssji #psws 031
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Thanks to listener Cindi who caught the first faint calls around 8:02, you can listen live to what sounds like J, K, and L pods returning together to Puget Sound tonight! live.orcasound.net/listen/port-... 161
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Amazing Haro humpback bout early this morning (11/9, 3:30-3:51 Pacific)! Probably the best validation opportunity yet for the DAS4orcas (and humpbacks!) project with @uwbothell.bsky.social ! Try minute 3:42 for the most intense signals. live.orcasound.net/bouts/bout_0... #psws #das4orcas 040
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 07/11/2025J pod calls on the Sunset Bay hydrophone! Listen live here -- live.orcasound.net/listen/sunse... And consider how the noise from the Edmonds-Kingston ferry might be affecting their ability to seek fall chum salmon at the moment! 150
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 03/11/202514:00 Mon 11/3: members of J, K, & L pod are calling on the Port Townsend hydrophone! Don't miss this live "concert" from our endangered orcas. live.orcasound.net/listen/port-... Thanks to the Port Townsend Marine Science Center for hosting this listening location for more than 2 decades!live.orcasound.netOrcasound - Port Townsend 130
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 02/11/2025J, K, and L pod members calling this evening at Sunset Bay. Tune in now to hear an amazing variety of calls, lots of echolocation, and some intermittent whistles! live.orcasound.net/listen/sunse... #psws 071
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Between ship noise, a listener detected humpback non-song vocalization around 9pm this evening (10/25). This is a first for Orcasound Lab in Haro Strait this fall! (& will provide valuable test data for the DAS4oras project...) live.orcasound.net/bouts/bout_0... #wssjis #psws 0103
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 24/10/2025J pod heard NB in Haro Strait 7:30-8 this morning! Thanks to @orcabehaviorinstitute.org for the heads up & direction context! Here's the bout with faint S04s -- live.orcasound.net/bouts/bout_0... Strongest signals ~7:50 will provide 1st test of the DAS4orcas fiberoptic cable... #wssjis #psws 0102
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 24/09/20259/23/25 23:01-23:31 SRKW calls, clicks, and faint whistles heard by live-listeners on the Orcasound Lab hydrophone in Haro Strait between noise from passing chemical & oil tankers and their tugs. Replay, share, & download the 30-minute bout here -- live.orcasound.net/bouts/bout_0... #wssjis #psws 030
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 22/09/2025J pod signals heard for nearly 3 hours last night (9/21/25) from 19:25-22:21, including lots of calls and echolocation clicks. Some of the clearest calls (and lowest vessel noise levels) happened around 20:00. live.orcasound.net/bouts/bout_0... #killerwhale #srkw #j-pod #wssjis #psws #whalesky 160
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 10/09/2025J pod called on the Orcasound Lab hydrophones for ~1.25 hr this eve as they traveled north in Haro Strait. Thanks to listeners for detecting their calls, whistles, and clicks. Here's the whole bout, but listen at 6pm for really cool vocalizations! live.orcasound.net/bouts/bout_0... #wssjis #psws 082
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 04/09/202500:05 Lots of S04 calls, whistles, and echolocation. It sounds like J pod is BACK after a long summer hiatus! Listen live here -- live.orcasound.net/listen/orcas... #orcas #srkw #whalesky #killerwhales #bioacoustics #wssjis 2131
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 01/08/2025The OrcaHello system detected Bigg's calls last night around 01:50 in Haro Strait. Here's the recording from the Orcasound Lab hydrophones -- aifororcas.azurewebsites.net/detections/d... #wssjis #psws #biggs #orcas 030
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 25/07/202510:37-10:53 this a.m., Bigg's #orcas called on the Orcasound Lab hydrophone. Thanks to AIS/radar vessel tracks & Pete Ancich sharing IDs, we know these sounds came from ~10 southbound orcas: the T36A & T65B matrilines. LIsten to this highlight -- live.orcasound.net/reports/cand... #wssjis #psws 150
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 24/07/202510:40 Bigg's KW calls on the Orcasound Lab hydrophone! Probably two different groups, based on relative amplitudes and whale watch boats that are already southbound past the site... based on the M2 radar system. live.orcasound.net/listen/orcas... #orcas #Biggs #wssjis #wssji 060
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Tue 7/15/25 20:20-23:45 J pod calls on the Orcasound Lab hydrophone (presumably southbound based on earlier acoustic detection on the SIMRES hydrophone). Here's a highlight clip -- live.orcasound.net/reports/cand... Review other reports here -- live.orcasound.net/reports #wssji #srkw 040
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Orcas calling last night (07/05/25, 11:51:46 PM Pacific) on the North San Juan Channel hydrophone hosted by @orcabehaviorinstitute.org Thoughts on ecotype? live.orcasound.net/reports/cand... #wssjilive.orcasound.netOrcasound 100
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 05/06/202504 Jun 2025 21:00:08 PDT -- More Bigg's calls on the North San Juan Channel hydrophone! #wssjis #biggs aifororcas.azurewebsites.net/detections/d...aifororcas.azurewebsites.netOrcaHello 040
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 05/06/202504 Jun 2025 at 20:33:09 PDT the OrcaHello AI picked up Bigg's calls on the North San Juan Channel hydrophone hosted by @orcabehaviorinstitute.org and deployed/maintained underwater by David Howitt. aifororcas.azurewebsites.net/detections/d... #orcas #killerwhales #biggs #wssjisaifororcas.azurewebsites.netOrcaHello 040
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 08/05/202511:10 Bigg's KW calls this morning on the Orcasound Lab hydrophone in Haro Strait! Thanks to David Howitt for the heads up. Replay reports from other listeners via the new bouts page -- live.orcasound.net/bouts Or listen live -- live.orcasound.net/listen/orcas... #killerwhale #biggs #wssji #psws 140
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Sat 5/3/25 ~15:55 -- 3 orcas NEbound into Haro Strait from Canadian side (via #WSSJI Facebook page post by Ryan Michael). 170
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 23/04/202515:15:33 PDT Likely Bigg's calls detected by OrcaHello AI on the North San Juan Channel hydrophone! Do you agree these are Bigg's calls coming through some vessel noise? aifororcas.azurewebsites.net/detections/d... #orcas #biggs #killerwhale #bioacoustics #wssji #psws 030
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 22/04/202514:51 Biggs KW calls fooled the OrcaHello AI (thought they were SRKWs). Listen to the clip here -- aifororcas.azurewebsites.net/detections/d... #orcas #biggs #wssji #pswsaifororcas.azurewebsites.netOrcaHello 160
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 20/04/2025More clear, intense SRKW calls and clicks on the North San Juan Channel hydrophone! live.orcasound.net/listen/north... Thanks to OBI for hosting this listening location. #srkw #wssji #pswslive.orcasound.netOrcasound - North San Juan Channel 090
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Wednesday 4/16/25 16:45 SRKW calls detected by the OrcaHello AI on the Orcasound Lab hydrophone. Listen to this clip's crazy sequence of excitement and S04 calls, whistles, and squealing -- likely from J pod: aifororcas.azurewebsites.net/detections/d... #orcas #srkw #j-pod #bioacoustics #wssji 280
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 08/04/202508 Apr 2025 05:55:54 PDT -- Bigg's killer whale calls detected this morning by the OrcaHello AI! aifororcas.azurewebsites.net/detections/d... #orca #killerwhale #biggs #wssji 180
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 07/04/202518:23 Still hearing faint SRKW calls from J & K pods on the Orcasound Lab hydrophone after ship noise subsided. They are likely continuing northbound in Haro, so worth listening to the Canadian hydrophones tonight! If you missed the live event, replay clips here -- live.orcasound.net/reports #wssjilive.orcasound.netOrcasound - Orcasound Lab 050
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Bigg's KW calls, whistles, and echolocation clicks detected around 4 a.m. this morning (3/25 Tues). They fooled the OrcaHello AI into thinking it was hearing SRKWs twice. No human listeners reported them. Best example clip -- aifororcas.azurewebsites.net/detections/d... #orca #biggs #wssji 050
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 24/03/202517:50 Hearing percussives, whistles, and a fain S16 call on the Orcasound Lab live stream. Listen in to the binaural array here — live.orcasound.net/listen/orcas... #orca #srkw 140
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 21/03/202514:09:09 PDT -- OrcaHello AI thought some of the Bigg's calls were SRKWs... aifororcas.azurewebsites.net/detections/d... #orca #biggs #wssji 050
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 21/03/202511:15-11:25 (Fri 3/21/25) Bigg's killer whale calls reported in North San Juan Channel by live-listeners! Review and replay play here -- live.orcasound.net/reports/cand... Thanks to @orcabehaviorinstitute.org and their local partners for hosting this hydrophone. #orca #Biggs #WSSJIlive.orcasound.netOrcasound 260
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 13/03/2025@srkws.bsky.social SRKWs heard early this morning by live-listening community scientists and the OrcaHello AI! J pod calls were heard from 02:10-05:40 and included the S01 and S04 call types. Clips: live.orcasound.net/reports AI detections: orcahello.ai4orcas.net #orca #killerwhale #srkw #wssji 080
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 06/03/2025J pod calls (S01s, S10s) and echolocation on the Orcasound Lab hydrophone! They are likely northbound based on exiting Admiralty Inlet last evening and a 06:56 detection this morning at Lime Kiln. Listen live here -- live.orcasound.net/listen/orcas... #wssji #srkwlive.orcasound.netOrcasound - Orcasound Lab 560
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 04/03/2025J pod calling on Sunset Bay hydrophones briefly this morning and again about 1/2 hour ago. Listen live for them here — live.orcasound.net/listen/sunse... #srkw 080
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 09/02/202502/08/2025, 18:00 -- J pod calls on the Orcasound Lab hydrophone! Listen live here -- live.orcasound.net/listen/orcas... #WSSJI #SRKW 4151
Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 05/02/202502/05/25, 04:43:26 AM — Orcasound listener monitoring the Orcasound Lab hydrophone in Haro Strait reports hearing Bigg’s KW calls! live.orcasound.net/reports/cand... #wssji #biggslive.orcasound.netOrcasound 0130