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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

AI detected humpback vocalizations for the first time this fall in Haro Strait last night! Around 2:30 this morning (2:25-2:32), faint “whups”& other non-song vocalizations rang through an otherwise quiet soundscape. Listen to the recording here — live.orcasound.net/bouts/bout_0... #wssjis #psws

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Bigg's calls heard by humans and machines around dawn this morning in Haro Strait! Around 06:12, their calls were audible at Andrews Bay and Orcasound; around 8:02 only at Andrews Bay. You can review these acoustic events at live.orcasound.net/bouts or on the salishsea.io map. #wssjis #psws

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Bigg'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

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

18:40 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

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Map from salishsea.io?x=-13629512&... Thanks to Orca Network and many other community scientists/tools for putting occurrence data on a shared, transboundary map!

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

J & 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

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Orca Behavior Institute @orcabehaviorinstitute.org · 31/12/2025

Our 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

A map showing the travels of members of J, K, and L Pods in the central Salish Sea on December 29, 2025

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Extended 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

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Haro 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

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

04:15-04:45 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

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

11/22 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.

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

11/15 Mon 17:43 Short humpback bout (~4 minutes long)! live.orcasound.net/bouts/bout_0... #wssjis #psws

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

15:00 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! #psws

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Another 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

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Gratitude to the Port Townsend Marine Science Center and their A-team volunteers led by Eric McRae who keep the hydrophone going. #psws

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Thanks 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-...

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Amazing 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

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

J 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!

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

14:00 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!

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

J, 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

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Between 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

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

J 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

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

9/23/25 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

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Enjoy replaying & sharing this bout using this new visualization, including a spectrogram! Also, if you like Python, you can now select the EXPORT BOUT button and get a JSON file with raw data pointers and a Python script that will access the open S3 buckets and convert to WAV or MP4.

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

J 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

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Seems like west towards San Juan Island (thanks recent to WSSJI observations)! Maybe we'll get to listen for them tonight in Haro?! salishsea.io?x=-13678949&...

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

J 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

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

00:05 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

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

The 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

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Explore the map here -- salishsea.io?x=-13715566&...

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

10:37-10:53 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

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

10:40 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

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Tue 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

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Orcas 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... #wssji

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Great progress! Is this Google sheet the best place to look up which common name goes with which alphanumeric ID? docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Or is another resource like finwave.io kept (more?) up-to-date?

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Here's a map of the T37s movement this morning! salishsea.io?x=-13631413....

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

04 Jun 2025 21:00:08 PDT -- More Bigg's calls on the North San Juan Channel hydrophone! #wssjis #biggs aifororcas.azurewebsites.net/detections/d...

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

04 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 #wssjis

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Great shot! I wonder if their blows show up better on thermal cameras…

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

OrcaHello AI thought the Bigg's calls were SRKWs when the vessel noise subsided. Here's and example clip -- aifororcas.azurewebsites.net/detections/d...

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

11:10 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

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

17:15 Can hear Triton WW vessel departing KWs to the north at 20kt -- live.orcasound.net/reports/cand...

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Nothing on Orcasound Lab hydrophone except bulk carrier noise at the moment... but may be worth listening in ~15 min -- live.orcasound.net/listen/orcas...

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Sat 5/3/25 ~15:55 -- 3 orcas NEbound into Haro Strait from Canadian side (via #WSSJI Facebook page post by Ryan Michael).

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

15:15:33 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

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

14:51 Biggs KW calls fooled the OrcaHello AI (thought they were SRKWs). Listen to the clip here -- aifororcas.azurewebsites.net/detections/d... #orcas #biggs #wssji #psws

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