🐬 ORCAS - South Puget Sound

07:03 - My husband and son are out fishing and saw orcas (3) under the Narrows bridges at 7:03. Southbound. [Marguerite via ONCG]
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08:05 - heading south mid channel between University Place and Fox Island. [Sarah via ONCG]

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🐦‍⬛🩵 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.

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17:51 - Jack southbound outside Hale Passage. Reporting party observed from Fox Island, photo shows him southbound in main channel. [WA app]

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16:18 - T036/T036Bs + T049A1 went up in Henderson Bay, have now been heading back south. Currently south of Cutts Island in Carr Inlet southbound. [WL]

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16:00 - T123s now south end Bellingham Channel (btwn Cypress & Guemes Islands) traveling southbound. [WL]

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Admiralty Orcas ID notes:

At least T37A2 and T37A from when we saw them coming in. Two others I haven’t IDed. [Kat via ONCG]

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🐬🐬🐬 🐬 ORCAS - Admiralty Inlet

15:10 - Watching from Fort Ebey saw a whale surface off the northern corner of Marrowstone. Looks to be a group of them possibly milling I don’t see them moving in any specific direction. Pretty surface active. [Natalie via ONCG]

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🐬🐬🐬 ORCAS - Hood Canal

12:27 - we saw them from Shine State Park then head under the bridge to the other side [video looked like 4-5 southbound]. [Jessica via ONCG]

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15:44 - T137A Jack has made it to the south end of Maury/Vashon Island heading SW. Likely to Quartermaster Harbor by this time. [per reports by jron via SSCH]

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Carr Inlet
14:50 - Just passed Kopachuck [State Park] continuing north [ Laurie via ONCG]

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Lone male, possibly Jack in East Passage:

14:31 - just found him. He’s moving slow towards the Point Robinson lighthouse. [Dan iva ONCG]

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Will adjust if any other updates warrants such, but dropping this one here since no updates since morning. Enough time has passed it could be...

13:23 - Just watched one lone orca mid channel between Vashon dock and Fauntleroy dock headed south. Closer to Vashon now. [Julaine via ONCG]

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13:05 - Orcas reported at entrance to Carr Inlet. [WA app]
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13:36 - northwest side of McNeal island near the shore right now heading further in to Carr inlet. [Scott via ONCG]

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🌻 Orcas off Orcas Island toward Rosario Strait:

13:12 - Bigg's orcas, reported as the T123s, traveling SE along NE side of Orcas Island nearing Lawrence Point.

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They've made it south of the Fox Island Pier:

12:49 - report has them foraging off NE side of McNeil island. [WL]
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12:54 - we are viewing from Steilacoom and that [they] are currently headed north [pin outside south entrance to Carr Inlet/NE side McNeil] [Paul via ONCG]

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12:01 - from [Tacoma] Narrows Park. SB [southbound] quickly, riding the current. Spread out. All have passed Narrows Bridge. [Hannah via ONCG]

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11:35 - T036 Flapjack w/T036Bs plus T049A1 Noah now in upper Tacoma Narrows heading southbound. [WL]

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10:32 - They are heading west toward entrance of Quartermaster. [Philip via PSWS]
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10:51 T49A1 (Noah) is definitely here with the T36s, but I haven’t seen Jack yet. [Bart via PSE]
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11:01 - group is middle of Dalco Passage Westbound. [WL]

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10:24 - Grey in the delta [between Hat & Port of Everett]. Near the center channel marker distance wise from shore. Milling, feeding. [Scott via WL]

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🐳 GRAYS

Possession Sound
09:51 - single gray whale reported 0.6 miles NE North tip of Hat Island traveling SE. [Scott via WL]

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