Southern Resident
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L Pod From the Ferry! – 2/11/24
I saw that SRKW’s were heading North towards Edmonds so I walked onto the Edmonds Kingston ferry! We could see whales in the distance but nothing close. On the return trip we could see whales EVERYWHERE when we got East of mid channel! The ferry stopped for a very long time while L pod surrounded…
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L Pod Returns to Penn Cove – 3/11/24
I was lucky to be a witness to L Pod’s historic return to Penn Cove today, 54 years post capture. As L Pod approached the entrance to the cove, I kept waiting for them to turn south and go back down Saratoga Passage. The turn never materialized, and they went in. They passed the Coupeville…
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J Pod from the Ferry – 29/10/24
Hopped on the Edmonds ferry today when the downpours stopped and got to see endangered Southern Resident killer whales J Pod pass by! Ferry Captain announced the whales and stopped the boat! đŸ™‚ -Janine
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Best Day Ever – 7/13
We went whale watching out of Friday Harbor. We were on the west side just hanging out with a hydrophone in the water, engine off and all of a sudden we hear squeals and start seeing blows. J pod comes rolling in splashing, spy hopping, and breaching. There were so many we didn’t know where to…
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A Brief Encounter with K Pod – 7/23
This is one my favourite encounters of 2023 – the brief time I got to spend with K Pod of the Southern Resident Killer Whales. They were traveling southwards down the coast about 2 miles offshore and were very spread out when we approached. There was breaching, tail lobbing, and spyhops. You could see splashes…