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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 9h

🧡🍑 Sun, Oct 4 New calf T36A1B, mom Tierna T36A1 & big bro Drift T36A1A along w/T137s ended their inland Puget Sound stay & made their way west in the Strait of Juan de Fuca yesterday. Farewell peachy little orca, safe travels, we look forward to your return. 📸T36A1 + T36A1B by Bart Rulon. #psws

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🧡💚🖤 Sat, Oct 3 Our new little friend & mom Tierna and others continued their inland stay. Just got word baby has officially been given the ID designation of T036A1B by Bay Cetology. It has been so heartwarming to welcome & meet this new babe. 📷 T036A1B & family. By April Basham 10/01. #psws

New orca calf surfaces between mom and sibling in water painted in fall colors of orange, green, yellow.

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🖤💚🩶 Fri, Oct 2 Yesterday the little one & family + T137s (-Jack) + Indy T65A5 traveled South Puget Sound together. At some point one, presumably Indy, split off & last seen up East Passage, the others kept south. This morn, whales reported. 📷 Thursday in Hammersley Inlet by Susan Hoover. #psws

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🩶🐥🩶 Thu, Oct 1 The newest cutie in the Bigg's orca population, their family, & T137s continued their inland Puget Sound stay yesterday. Little one continues traveling w/Tierna (T036A1), but official ID designation still to come. 📸 T036A1 + calf 💛. By Duangjai Vasantana-Berntsen 09/28. #psws

New orca calf surfaces alongside adult female Tierna in silvery blue waters of South Puget Sound.

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

💙🖤💙 Wed, Sep 30 There were orcas yesterday around Whidbey, but reports were few. Perhaps whoever they were stayed overnight. 📷 Cutie new calf who's been traveling w/T36A1 Tierna has won the hearts of us all. Here's another of them, opposite side from yesterday's share. By Bart Rulon 9/27. #psws

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🧡🐣🧡 Tue, Sep 29 New calf at T36A1's side continues their 1st foray in their Puget Sound home waters. Official ID to come, but likely is Tierna's 2nd. Per Bart Rulon: "...still fetal folds visible on the dorsal fin so this calf is probably only days or weeks old". 📸 By Jami Cantrell 9/28. #psws

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🧡💜 Mon, Sep 28 Yesterday: T36A1s + T137s found Indy in Carr Inlet & traveled about South Puget Sound together ending their day in Case Inlet. Likely still inland this morn. 📷 Have wanted to share this sublime image since Aug: T077s in Puget Sound under Mt Baker. By Hongming Zheng 8/23. #psws

Two orcas rising in waters of vibrant blue, backdropped by a purse seiner and beautiful Mt Baker painted in sundown colors of peaches to purples.

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

💛🩶🩵 Sun, Sep 27 Yesterday: 🐣 Super precious new baby (w/T036A1) learning their life of being an orca. T036As & T137s (-T137A) continued down the Sound. Indy spent the day in Carr Inlet 💛. 📸 Bonuses of whale watching: setting sun over Olympics & rising moon over Cascades. By Alisa LB 9/26. #psws

Sun settling down over the expansive Olympic Mountain range, painted the blue sky & wispy clouds in colors of oranges & yellows with sunbeam shine on the waters of Puget Sound in foreground.

Full moon rising above fir and other tree tops, with sky blue and clouds floating in front of golden moon.

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

💦🩶💦 Sat, Sep 26 12-year-old solo adventurer Indy continued his Carr Inlet/S Puget Sound stay thru yesterday as T037A, T037A2 + T037B group appeared to be exiting Puget Sound, but flipped south. Be interesting to 👀 who's where today. 📷 Beautiful ID compilation of Indy. By Ryan Dicks 09/24. #psws

Left and right side ID dorsal and saddle compilation of Indy the orca.

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🖤🪩🖤 Fri, Sep 25 Yesterday: T37A Volker, her son T37A2 Inky, & sister T37B Harald (w/her 2 offspring T37B1 Lance & T37B3 Slice) continued inhabiting Saratoga Passage up north. Meanwhile, ♥️T65A5 Indy continued his stay in Carr Inlet down south. 📷 Indy in Carr Inlet by Jennifer Swenson 9/24. #psws

Indy the orca rises above gray waters of South Puget Sound. His dorsal fin has a kink to it.

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

💛 🐦‍⬛ Thu Sep 24 Friday Harbor 08:30 - Solo male just outside Jensen’s, headed toward Brown Island. [Suz via WSSJI] #wssjis #psws

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🏭🩶🏭Thu, Sep 24 After leaving Puget Sound overnight, the T36s & T137A spent yesterday in Haro Strait while the T37 group spent their day primarily back in Port Susan. 📷 Wild in urbanized waterways; T036B1 Bhotia navigates around Tacoma in glassy Puget Sound waters. By Jason Cook Sun, 9/20. #psws

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🔹💙🔹 Wed, Sep 23 Many orcas inland yesterday: Indy who kept to Carr Inlet; T36s + Jack group who moved up the Sound; T37s group who moved up Saratoga Passage. Gray whale Little Patch holding presence too! 🩶 📷 Especially spunky youngster playmates Auk & Maple. By Hongming Zheng 09/20. #psws

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🩶🤍🖤 Tue, Sep 22 Morning reports tell us at least some of yesterday's orcas stayed overnight. Based on locations likely Bigg's, but J pod was off San Juan Isl. last night, if Js didn't head west maybe they'll show up too 🧚. 📷 T036B1 Bhotia from Harstine Isl. bridge. By Becky Adams 09/21. #psws

close up of a female orca, top of body, dorsal fin and eye patch visible in silvery gray sunlit water.

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🐦‍⬛🩵 Mon, Sep 21 An abundance of inland orcas yesterday: T36/36Bs + T49A1 down south & T137A Jack making his way towards them; orcas in Hood Canal; T37A, T37A2, T37Bs inbound Admiralty! Today, orcas in S Puget Sound! 📷 Again, our beloved friend Jack in Port Susan. By Thomas McKane 09/19. #psws

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

🩶💚🖤 Sun, Sep 20 Yesterday began w/Jack, who of late has dispersed from his family. This solo traveling for this long is new for Jack & possibly life from here on out for him. This morning he & others reported off Tacoma. 📷 T137A Jack traveling solo in Port Susan. By Michael Brazeal 9/19. #psws

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

💛🩶🖤 Sat, Sep 19 While inland waterways remained whale quiet yesterday, there was an abundance of beings beyond Puget Sound proper: Bigg's, humpbacks, minke, & SRKWs reported southbound in Strait of Georgia. 📸 J pod member spyhops in upper Admiralty Inlet. By Hongming Zheng, Wednesday 9/16 #psws

A resident orca, a member of J pod (endangered Southern Residents) spyhops (rises above the water to look around) in glassy golden waters during sundown.

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🩶🤍🩵 Fri, Sep 18 Yesterday, Bremerton peeps spent time w/T36s who stayed inland Puget Sound. After their time inland, J pod continued north in the Salish Sea to BC waters. 📸 Illuminated J pod members passing close inshore Whidbey upon exiting Puget Sound at sundown. By April Basham 9/16. #psws

Four members of J pod (endangered Southern Resident orcas) ride in the smooth blue waters, three in tandem whose exhalations are illuminated in the glow of setting sun.

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

⛰️🧚⛰️ Thu, Sep 17 Wed: T36/36Bs ended up back in Possession Sound while lovely J pod was exiting Puget Sound as the sun settled in. Recordings on Orcasound tell us Js were off San Juan Isl. early this morning. 📷 Js off Ebey's Landing, Whidbey. Framegrab of video by Marilyn Armbruster 09/16. #psws

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

💫💛💫Wed, Sep 16 A very sweet & lovely Tuesday w/J pod inland Puget Sound! Js ended their day where it began for us in the area some of us call the "Possession Triangle", w/last reports Js aiming Admiralty (as Bigg's were coming in). Wonder who today? 📸 J pod breach by Hongming Zheng 09/15. #psws

A member of J pod of the endangered Southern Resident orca clan launches out of the beautiful blue waters of Puget Sound backdropped by homes in the far distance.

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Orca Behavior Institute @orcabehaviorinstitute.org · 15/09/2026

On September 6, Samish Indian Nation held a naming ceremony for J63, the youngest member of J-Pod. She will be known as “Ts’ele7álhse”, meaning “heart of the Salish Sea”. Read the article at the link below for additional information about the ceremony. www.goskagit.com/anacortes/th...

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'They have always been our relatives': Samish Indian Nation names baby orca

The Samish Indian Nation held a naming ceremony Sunday, Sept. 6, for the region’s latest baby Southern Resident orca whale.

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

💚🍀 💚 Tue, Sep 15 - Southern Resident orcas are back! 08:13 - Auto-detection on @orcasound.bsky.social Sunset Bay hydrophone picked up J pod call, putting Js somewhere in Possession Triangle. Listen live: live.orcasound.net/listen/sunse... Recording: live.orcasound.net/reports/cand... #psws

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

💕♥️💕 Mon, Sep 14 Endangered Southern Resident orcas (fish-eaters) in Haro Strait this morning! Js at least came down from the north & were audible & visible on hydrophones/livestream on the west side of San Juan Island. Scroll back beginning ~ 06:40. #wssjis #psws www.youtube.com/live/sG7sDJT...

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The Whale Museum Live Stream

YouTube video by TheWhaleMuseum

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

🩵 Sat, Sep 12 - Orcas in Haro Strait 06:28 - 06:53: At least 3-4 orcas, including a male, were heading down west side San Juan Island south of Lime Kiln, then flipped and headed back up island all visible on TWM Lime Kiln webcam. Few whistles and call at 06:53 on LK sounded like Ts. #wssjis

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

💜☔🩶 Sat, Sep 12 Grays 53 Little Patch🩵 & the two newbies 2686 & 2687 🩵🩵 keeping to Puget Sound as of yesterday. Meanwhile orcas were meandering around the San Juans. Looking forward to return of Resident J, K, & L pods & Bigg's (Ts) to PS. 📷 T fluke in Cattle Pass. By Kas Alexis 09/06. #psws

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🖤🤍🩶 Fri, Sep 11 Been south watching Pacific Coast Feeding Group grays along Oregon Coast (some Sounders are PCFG whales) 🩶 Orcas have been sparse inland Puget Sound, but a few over-summering grays remain. Good strategy! 📸 T60C Yelnats off Smith Isl. (off W Whidbey). By Hongming Zheng 9/9. #psws

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🩶🤍🖤 Tue, Sep 8 Hopefully soon J, K or L pods have reason (🐟🐟🐟) to return to their inland Puget Sound habitat. We ♥️ sunny days, but rivers need rain to call salmon home. 📷 J pod youngster being their adorable lovely orca self during J pod's 1st foray inland last week. By Jason Luc 09/03 #psws

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

💎💙💎 Mon, Sep 7 Yesterday in the San Juans a cool foursome consisting of T65 Whidbey, T63 Chainsaw, T65A3 Amir/a, T137A Jack! These Salish Sea icons traveled together down San Juan channel & off into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. 📷 Photos by Kas Alexis 1) Chainsaw 2) Amira, Jack, Whidbey #psws

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

♥️😍 Sun, Sep 6 Awesome group of orcas in San Juan channel: T65 Whidbey, T63 Chainsaw, T65A3 Amir/a, T137A Jack! Southbound off Friday Harbor at 09:55. [Bethany Shimasaki via SSCH] #wssjis

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

👀🩶👀 Sun, Sep 6 After their wonder-filled month spent inland Puget Sound the T36/36Bs headed north. Yesterday they were in Howe Sound, north of Vancouver BC. Fascinating to understand their range. 📷 A look back at Greenfelder (T36B2) looking around Commencement Bay. By Amber Stanfill 8/30. #psws

a 13 year-old orca named Greenfelder does an aerial scan to take a look around their surroundings, in this image water is gray, backdrop is homes and industrial.

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

♥️💞♥️ Sat, Sep 5 J pod moved up Admiralty Inlet in resting mode, awoke in a lively lovely breach-fest south of Bush Pt (Skunk Bay video), continued along Whidbey, exited inland Puget Sound waters, headed NW & ended their Friday off west San Juan Island at nightfall. ♥️ #psws youtu.be/vEXGv-IhyMI?...

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An Orca Breach Fest - September 4, 2026

YouTube video by skunkbayweather

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🖤🤍🩵 Fri, Sep 4 A beautiful surprise yesterday w/the 1st late summer/early fall inland Puget Sound foray by Southern Residents - J pod moved in & Ls at least flipped & headed back out. 📷 Sweet little J pod face peeking out in their expansive home. By Jason Luc from WS ferry Puyallup Sep 3. #psws

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

♥️🧡💜 Thu, Sep 3 The rains & season change brings a mood shift & ♥️ anticipation that soon beloved J, K, & L pods, endangered Southern Resident orcas (fish-eating type), will begin their inland Puget Sound forays.🐟🐟🐟 📷 SRKW male in Haro Strait off west side San Juan Isl. By Cindy Hansen 8/12. #psws

Adult male resident orca at sunset in Haro Strait in sea colored purplish gray and sky painted in hues of red, orange, pink.

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

💜🤍 Wed, Sep 2 A quiet Tuesday: orcas other nearby Salish Sea locales, but none reported inland Puget Sound; grays in various spaces; a minke just outside Admiralty. 📷 2-year-old T36B4 Auk's fin (in front of grandma's fin tip) is so teeny compared to big cousin Jack's. By Jason Luc 8/30. #psws

Two-year-old Bigg's orca Auk's tiny dorsal (next to grandma Flapjacks fin tip) with older large adult male orca cousin Jack trailing behind. Water of purple and blue-gray hues.

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

🖤🤍🤎 Tue, Sep 1 One reason to welcome September: mid to late month is when endangered Southern Resident orcas tend to begin inland Puget Sound forays 🤍 After a month inland, T36s & T137A spent yesterday around the San Juans. 📷 T36B1 Bhotia & daughter T36B1A Maple. By Amber Stanfill 8/30. #psws

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🩶🩵🤍 Mon, Aug 31 Just like that we are at the end of August. A stunning month it's been w/great-grandma T36 Flapjack & her family (T36Bs & T137A) investigating many intimate waterways (the Locks!) & marinas. Did they stay another day? 📷 T137A Jack breaching off Tacoma. By Jason Cook 08/30. #psws

Bull orca T137A Jack launches himself in Commencement Bay, backdropped by homes of Browns Point community.

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

☔🩵☔ Sun, Aug 30 T36/36Bs & T137A Jack all stayed over & reunited & spent yesterday traveling about S Puget Sound. Meanwhile, the T100s + T101 & T101B were making their way towards & down Admiralty. Hope they stayed over too! 📷 Entire family T36/T36Bs off Whidbey. By Michele Brodsky 8/28. #psws

All members of this 4-generation family of orcas T36 & T36Bs are represented in this photo, rising in blue water of Puget Sound:
T36 Flapjack (f) <1970
>T36B Tattertip (f) 1998
>>T36B1 Bhotia (f) 2009
>>>T36B1A Maple (f) 2025
>>T36B2 Greenfelder (f) 2013
>>T36B4 Auk (m) 2024

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

💦🌧️💦 Sat, Aug 29 Entirely lovely to awaken to the sound of lively pouring rain & report of a big guy orca in Central Puget Sound (looks like Jack). Wonder if T36s stayed too. 📷 Sweetly lined up photo w/WS ferry & a human fishing as the T36/36Bs went by the Edmonds pier. By Jason Luc 8/28. #psws

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

🖤🤍🩶 Fri, Aug 28 Yesterday, Flapjack (T36) & her fam moved up the Sound scouted along the Everett waterfront & ended in Port Susan @ sundown. T137A Jack moved down Saratoga, kept going & ended daylight hours off Kingston. 📷 T36B1 Bhotia & daughter T36B1A Maple. By April Basham earlier Aug. #psws

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

💚🖤🩶Thu, Aug 27 The T36/36Bs seemingly exited South Puget Sound last night, last reported northbound nearing the Tacoma Narrows. T137A Jack returned, 1st w/an incoming Admiralty group who went stealthy, but Jack split & continued to Possession Sound. 📷 Jack being Jack. By April Basham 8/12 #psws

Bull Bigg's orca Jack "flying" above waters surface after breaching. Backdropped by a bridge and forest like setting with concreted structure looking like greek ruins...

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

🖤🐦‍⬛ Wed, Aug 26 T137A Jack swam & breached his way up the Sound yesterday, last up Admiralty Inlet. And, the T36/36Bs inhabited furthest reaches of Hammersley Inlet, again. 📷 T77 family passes by a curious gull in Port Orchard Passage the night they left Puget Sound. By April Basham 08/23. #psws

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

🩵🤍🖤 Tue, Aug 25 T36/36Bs (4 gens) continued their inland Puget Sound stay; Tattertip, her daughter, granddaughter & great-granddaughter, & her 2 other offspring ended the Monday's daylight hours in Hammerseley Inlet. 📸 Great-grandma T36 Tattertip in all her power. By Amber Stanfill 08/13. #psws

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

🩶🤍🖤 Mon, Aug 24 Yesterday was lovely & bonkers w/orcas everywhere: T36/36Bs Sth Sound; T137A C & S Sound; T77s Bremerton>Agate>north; T46Bs Admiralty>Hood Canal>Admiralty; T49A2 Jude around Marrowstone & PT! And grays... 📷 Face of a T77 member under Agate Pass bridge. By Jason Luc 8/23. #psws

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

🧡🩶🖤 Sun, Aug 23 Whales already this morn: T36/36Bs & T77s spent yesterday in South Sound, looks like one/both stayed over; T137A Jack is back & may be the lone orca off Vashon; orcas in upper Admiralty; a gray whale in Saratoga. 📸 A T77 member surfaces veiled in water. By Jason Cook 8/20. #psws

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

♥️💛🩶 Sat, Aug 22 Bigg's T36/36Bs & T77s made their down Puget Sound yesterday, at times together, at times apart. They ended up splitting Anderson Island & both continued heading deeper south. 📸 T77C during a Tacoma waterfront close pass by the family Thursday eve. By April Basham 08/20. #psws

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

☔ Sat, Aug 22 - Orcas in Guemes Channel 07:09 - 4 orcas reported: "right at Anacortes terminal hugging the shore traveling kind of slow". No direction included. [WA app] #wssjis #psws

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Orca Behavior Institute @orcabehaviorinstitute.org · 22/08/2026

Overheard on the marine radio last night as T137A Jack got some *serious* air in the Strait of Juan de Fuca south of Victoria! 👀 Photo by the talented Alex McIntire! #orcas #killerwhales #salishsea #whalesky

A water-clearing breach from an adult male Bigg's killer whale with the text "Jack just made the ending of Free Willy way more believable"

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

💛🧡🩶 Fri, August 21 Yesterday: gray Little Patch fed around Langley; T36/36Bs made their way down Whidbey, T77s down the Sound w/close passes off Tacoma & T65A3 Amir/a went north in Admiralty. 📸 T77s (& T65A3 not pictured) while incoming Admiralty Inlet Wednesday evening. By Jason Luc 8/19. #psws

orcas backdropped by distant island and mountain foothills in sundown colors, their exhalation illuminated.

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🩵🤎🩶 Thu, Aug 20 Yesterday started quiet, but then our friends the T36s showed up in btwn Jetty Isl. & the Everett Marina then headed NW in Possession Sound while T65A3 & the T77s were heading in Admiralty. 📸 T36B1 Bhotia & daughter T36B1A Maple (b.2025) off Fox Isl. By Jason Luc 08/12 #psws

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Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

🖤🌬️💨 Wed, August 19 T137A Jack split from the T36/36Bs sometime Mon eve/early Tue morn, wherever did he go? T36s ended the day NB in Port Orchard Passage after hunting off Brownsville Marina docks. T46s were around Whidbey along w/lovely grays. 📸: Jack 🖤 By Jami Cantrell 8/17 from Vashon. #psws

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