March 2022 Whale Sightings

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March 31

SOUTHERN RESIDENT ORCAS - Thu, Mar 31 - Gulf Islands, BC (Saturna)/Boundary Pass - 21:31 - It was J-Pod calls. -Monika Wieland Shields, Orca Behavior Institute
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21:26 - Heard a squeak. -Matt Leaman
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21:25 - And quiet.
21:14 - Calls on Simres hydrophone on Saturna Island. -Rachelle Hayden
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BIGG’S/TRANSIENT ORCAS - Thu, Mar 31 - Gulf Islands, BC (T137s) - Over 70 Bigg’s reported and identified in the Salish Sea today! We were fortunate to see T137’s in Active Pass today… Shore of Galiano Island, BC. -Rachelle Hayden, SSOS
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Thu, Mar 31 - Hood Canal (T65As) - 16:10 - [orcas] East side of Hood Canal heading north from Dewatto. 4:10pm. -Jimbo Jonze
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15:33 - Crossing the mouth of Dewatto Bay, northbound. I'm heading home.
15:00 - Just relocated them at 3:00. They have turned back north and are almost to Dewatto.
14:15 - They stalled north of Hoodsport. Made another kill close to the east side, just lazing.
13:33 - Continuing south at Sund Creek. Grouped up nearer the east shore.
12:56 - Looks like they circled back around and have made a kill just south of Dewatto.
12:50 - They have been really difficult to follow, long down times. The main group appears to be five with one bull and a lone bull that's been staying out mid-channel. The main group has been hugging the east shore. They're passed Dewatto.
12:15 - Still moving south, very stealthily approaching Eagle Creek, spending a lot of time underwater, seals everywhere.
11:35 - Slowly continuing southbound, maybe 3 closer to the east shore. One bull closer to me on the west shore.
11:15 - Volunteer Jim Pasola called to report orcas in Hood Canal off Hamma Hamma Oyster heading southbound. One large male dorsal and several smaller. -Jim Pasola
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GRAY WHALES - Thu, Mar 31 - Haro Strait - ~14:00 - A pair of Grey Whales- including CRC 766, was filmed in Haro Strait, off of Finnerty Cove, Cadboro Bay, Saanich, at approximately 2 PM today, Thursday, March 31, 2022. -Gerald Graham - video - https://youtu.be/iIkPU1ncNrc
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Thu, Mar 31 - Possession Sound - 11:37 - Grays 22 and 2259 southeast of Gedney. -Brian McGinn, Puget Sound Express
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11:13 - Sandra Pollard & Richard Snowberger called to report: 2 gray whales have passed really close to shore at Sandy Point, Whidbey, heading southbound, pointed toward Hat Island.
----Coffee time bonus at Sandy Point, Langley, on Thursday morning (03/31/2022) - two grey whales travelling companionably together close to shore southbound toward Hat Island. -Sandra Pollard
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11:10 - They’ve turned at Sandy Point and are heading south along the Whidbey coast towards Clinton.
10:50 - 2 grays at Sandy Point heading east. Closer to Whidbey. -Luanne Seymour
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Thu, Mar 31 - South Puget Sound - 18:15 - Pretty sure a whale (or 2) just swam by in the Case Inlet south of Vaughn Bay, heading south. Saw the spout and spiny back. 6:15 pm. -Leslie Hanks
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17:45 - Cammy LaRiviere called to report gray whale north end Pickering Passage circling/ milling around 1/2 way between Dougall Point, Harstine Island (northend) and mainland in between 2 rainbows.
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13:03 - Gray whale heading south in Pickering Passage - near Harstine Bridge. -Ken Donald

MINKE WHALES - Thu, Mar 31 - A minke here! [San Juan Channel, N of Friday Harbor, closer to Shaw Island, per map] Currently southbound. [“This animal is in the Catalog” -Frances Robertson, Marine Program Coordinator for San Juan County] -Yifan Ling

March 30
BIGG’S/TRANSIENT ORCAS - Wed, Mar 30 - Hood Canal (T65As) - ~13:02 - We watched them from the overlook on the west side of the bridge for about 10 minutes and they were just hanging out.
12:52 - There is a pod of orcas just south of the Hood Canal Bridge. At least one male and several smaller dorsal fins. -Nick Sue
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GRAY WHALES - Wed, Mar 30 - South Puget Sound - 16:00-16:30 - I’m so excited to share our gray whale is home. I can see the blows just down by the Reach (Treasure) Island Bridge. Video: Standing on the Reach (Treasure) Island bridge looking towards Victor (State Route 302) about 4:30 pm Wednesday, March 30th. -Beverly Lynch McCallum
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13:43 - Karen Weber called to report gray whale in Case Inlet shallow passage near Treasure Island, south of the bridge. It has been out there circling.

March 29
BIGG/TRANSIENT ORCAS - Tue, Mar 29 - Strait of Georgia (T137s) - T137’s tonight off Galiano! (Shore of Galiano Island, BC). -Rachelle Hayden, SSOS
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Tue, Mar 29 - San Juan Islands (T30Bs, T117B, and T172) - 14:10 - Visible from Cattle Point but appear to be heading SW now (offshore).
13:40 - Small group of Ts westbound off Iceberg Point. [“T30Bs, T117B, and T172.” -Ellie Sawyer] -Monika Wieland Shields, Orca Behavior Institute
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Tue, Mar 29 - North Puget Sound (T65As pos. minus T65A3) - 19:48 - 6 orcas headed south. just crossed Fauntleroy/Vashon ferry. east side of Vashon Island. -William Colter Austin [PSWS]
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14:55 - They went back east and are heading south, out from Faye Bainbridge Park, close to Bainbridge side!
14:08 - [orcas] The group of them are in Port Madison heading west toward Agate Pass. -Torrey Hall Volk
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After spending some time with the Grays, we cruised south of Edmonds to find the T65A pod of Transient Killer Whales! They seemed to be socializing while moving quickly south from Point Wells. We did not see T65A3 "Amira" nearby, but he may have been further out than we were looking. The other 5 members of this family were swimming close together and rolling over each other with the occasional lobtail!… -Justine Buckmaster, Naturalist, Puget Sound Express
photo - T65A, T65A6, T65A2 (ID: GS)
photo - T65A4, T65A5 (ID: GS)
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13:22 - Heading south, southeast of Jefferson Head. T65As. -Trevor Tillman
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~13:30 - They were headed south westbound towards Port Madison Bay when we left them around 1:30.
13:20 - T65As southbound. See my map for location [SE of Jefferson Head]. (T65As we’re pretty grouped up but we never saw Amira (T65A3) during our brief visit with them. All the other family members were present.) -Bart Rulon
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13:03 - Seems like they drifted a little further south, circling/hunting behavior now.
12:53 - [orcas] Midchannel out from Point Wells. Too far to tell direction. 3 whales. Viewing from Edmonds dog park. -Ariel Yseth
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11:28 - There were 3, heading north towards Edmonds.
11:05 - 2 orca feeding just north of Pt. Wells. -John Slomnicki
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10:30 - 3 orcas off Edmonds, spotted from the ferry! Headed toward shore. -Jennifer Feldman Spanton
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UNIDENTIFIED ORCAS - Tue, Mar 29 - Gulf Islands/Vancouver Island, BC - Spotted four orcas at Yellow Point Lodge (BC) [Ladysmith] this morning. They entertained us for 20 minutes! Pretty amazing!! -Connie Sabo
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GRAY WHALES - Tue, Mar 29 - Haro Strait - ~11:30 - A pair of Grey Whales were spotted off of Finnerty Cove on the west side of Haro Strait at approximately 11:30 AM, March 29, 2022. [video]. -Gerald Graham
https://youtu.be/rAB1hCpB5CA
https://youtu.be/H5a03odFMSA
https://youtu.be/w0Ui3hHgPkQ
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Tue, Mar 29 - N Saratoga Passage - 13:50 - There is a gray spouting out in upper Saratoga Passage - it's mid-channel out from Mariners' Cove/Whidbey, heading north (just approaching Utsalady/Camano area). -Marianne Parry
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Tue, Mar 29 - Saratoga Passage - ~17:00 - Didn’t get a pic, but grey whale off of the boat launch area at Camano Island State Park around 5 pm. -Dona Fretz [PSWS]
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~16:00 - Gray whale feeding around 4pm today in Elger Bay, Camano Island. -Susanne Alberg [PSWS]
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Tue, Mar 29 - Possession Sound - 16:45 - south tip of Whidbey, there’s a grey there now. About a mile or so west of the green buoy. -Alice Thuy Talbot
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13:13 - On the ferry going to Whidbey and saw blows off the east side of the ferry from at least 3 gray whales VERY close to the ferry. I hope the WA State ferry is aware. -Donna George
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12:00-12:30 - [grays] 2 feeding off Tulalip N of Everett. 12-12:30pm. Near where Saratoga was. -Aurora Bearse
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11:10 - MV Saratoga has one small gray whale at Tulalip southbound toward Everett.---- We saw 5 Gray Whales throughout Possession Sound and Port Susan, spending most of our time with CRC21 "Shackleton" and CRC22 "Earhart" who swam from Camano Head to north Tulalip. -Justine Buckmaster, Naturalist, Puget Sound Express
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12:55 - CRC44 was circling off Possession Bar.
12:30 - We spotted CRC383 northbound off Glendale, south end of Whidbey Island.
11:28 - Gray whale CRC22 is just about 2 miles due west of Tulalip. CRC21 is with CRC22.
11:05 - One gray whale off Tulalip. Just one surfacing so far….this one was CRC185. -Bart Rulon, Naturalist, Puget Sound Express
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Tue, Mar 29 - Port Susan - 16:40 - Close to Tillicum Beach, headed north, then south, then north and now headed south again. Was close to shore.
16:08 - Two grays in Port Susan, currently near N. Tillicum. -Linda Raines Tyner
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~11:30-16:30 - Shack and Earhart swam by about 20 feet from us at our home. Had a crowd down on Tillicum Beach today! Watched them swim around from about 11:30 until 4:30. Amazing. -John Storbeck 

March 28
SOUTHERN RESIDENT ORCAS - Mon, Mar 28 - Gulf Islands, BC (Js) - J59 and family in Active Pass today. -Rachelle Hayden, SSOS video - https://youtu.be/q4zcQN5SCfE
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GRAY WHALES - Mon, Mar 28 - Possession Sound - Maija Holston, WSF Marine Ops, emailed: Kitsap 3/28 1540: Master reports two grey whales south of mid channel in Possession Sound headed NB.
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Mon, Mar 28 - Haro Strait - ~11:00 - Two as yet unidentified Grey Whales were filmed foraging together on the west side of Haro Strait off of Cadboro Bay at approximately 11 AM Monday, March 28, 2022. -Gerald Graham
video - https://youtu.be/qQBzCf9_YVk
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Mon, Mar 28 - Possession Sound - 15:00 - Grays just S of Gedney. More than one. 3pm. -Aurora Bearse
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11:30 - CRC21 is at Camano Head, southbound. -Bart Rulon, Naturalist, Puget Sound Express
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11:15 - The Chilkat Express spotted 2 gray whales feeding way in on the Snohomish River Delta, just north of Everett. They were too far from us to get IDs and generally non directional. -Justine Buckmaster, Naturalist, Puget Sound Express
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09:57 - I Also observed a gray whale near MUK Lighthouse from 9:30 ferry, traveling south. It was an elusive one! I saw one series of 3-4 blows, a deep dive, and never saw it again as the ferry continued on its crossing. -Steve Smith
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08:40 - While crossing the 8:30 Clinton/Mukilteo Ferry, saw gray east of Hat Island, midway between Hat and Everett, northbound. -Marilyn Armbruster 

March 27
SOUTHERN RESIDENT ORCAS - Sun, Mar 27 - Saturna Islands, BC - 16:40 - Lovely J-Pod vocals with low background noise now, 16:40, on the Monarch Head hydrophone from SIMRES! -Orca Behavior Institute
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J26 “Mike” cruising down the Strait of Georgia today! We spotted him and the rest of J pod on their typical leisurely southeasterly swim down the Strait towards East Point on Saturna Island. -Rachelle Hayden, SSOS
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BIGG/TRANSIENT ORCAS - Sun, Mar 27 - Strait of Georgia (T49As minus T49A2, T49Bs) - T049A’s & T049B’s (sans 49A2) traveling up the Strait of Georgia yesterday. Shore of Galiano Island BC CA. ID by Gary Sutton. [video] -Rachelle Hayden, SSOS
video - https://www.facebook.com/salishseaorcasquad/posts/1133099397454110
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HUMPBACK WHALES - Sun, Mar 27 - Haro Strait - These whales were confirmed as BCX1068 "Split Fluke" (born 2006) and BCX1193 "Zig Zag" (first photographed in 2006). Zig Zag has been matched to the Hawaiian breeding grounds while Split Fluke has been matched to the Mexican breeding grounds. Both of them had a calf in 2019 and they both had another calf in 2021. [Haro Strait] -Erin Johns Gless, PWWA
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14:45 - [2 HB] Off of Sunset Pt. right now. And it appears they have turned S/SW. smaller boat still following. Still pretty far out. -Dave Czaja
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13:54 - [Two humpbacks] Looks like Kelp Reef area now headed NW. -James Richardson
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13:45. I’ve lost sight of them. Last seen across from Edwards Point area heading northwest.
13:27 - 2 humpbacks northbound 1 mile south of Landbank.-Michelline Halliday
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GRAY WHALES - Sun, Mar 27 - WA Coast/Grays Harbor - At the point of Damon Pt. [gray]. -Randy Maurer
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Sun, Mar 27 - N Saratoga Passage - 15:24 - Grey whales in Crescent Harbor next to the Navy Commissary in Oak Harbor. -Mel Riley-McGregor
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14:13 - 2 grays continue to feed at Crescent Harbor.
13:14 - There’s 2!!!
13:09 - This beauty is right off shore crescent harbor! -Anya Sika
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11:30 - [gray] Today in Crescent Harbor. [video] -Heather Sheppard
https://www.facebook.com/heather.sheppard.98/videos/2053005841539190
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12:27 - CRC383 is circling southwest of Tulalip. Viewing from MV Saratoga. -Bart Rulon, Naturalist, PSE
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Sun, Mar 27 - Port Susan - 13:34 - Whale changed direction and headed back toward Camano. Still well north of Kayak Point.
12:51 - One different gray viewing through binoculars from Kayak Point looking northwest towards Warm Beach, heading east and feeding up in Port Susan. -Michelle Goll
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12:09 - CRC2362 is now slowly southbound from my last post.
11:45 - CRC2362 is northbound near Tulalip Shores. Viewing from MV Saratoga, Puget Sound express. -Bart Rulon, Naturalist, PSE
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Sun, Mar 27 - South Puget Sound - 11:44 - [gray] Case Inlet right now! Looking out towards Vaughn (from Treasure Island). -MobyGoose Miltimore [PSWS] 

March 26
BIGG/TRANSIENT ORCAS - Sat, Mar 26 - Haro Strait (T30Bs, T49As minus T49A2, T49Bs, T117B, T172) - While orcas continued to thrill people in inland Puget Sound, there were several more in northern waters. What a treat today to meet some "new to me" whales off Sidney & Mandarte Islands in Canadian waters. T30B's, T49A1, T49B's, T117 and T172.  Say what? T30B's, T117[B] and T172 were all new to me. Abundance of Bigg's in the Salish Sea! -Debbie Stewart
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We were so excited to meet this little tyke today: T49A6 was first seen just over three weeks ago, and is the sixth offspring to T49A Nan. Most of the T49As were there (just no T49A2) along with at least the T49Bs, T30Bs, T117[B], and T172, so it was a unique group! -Monika Wieland Shields, Orca Behavior Institute
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We encountered T30Bs, T49As, T49Bs, T117B, T172 in Swanson Channel. [video] ----When a report came in of some uncommon Bigg's killer whale visitors to our region, we were lucky enough to be able to hop out with our friends at Maya's Legacy Whale Watching to go see them yesterday afternoon as they headed north into the Canadian Gulf Islands. -Jason Shields, Orca Behavior Institute
video - https://www.facebook.com/jason.shields.969/posts/10166825591475019
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13:30 - Just left that group of T’s north of Sidney Island heading north. -Sara Baldwin
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Sat, Mar 26 - North Puget Sound - 08:00 - Passed Apple Tree Point. Very close to the Kitsap side. Only saw 3. Male and two females. -Sara Frey
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07:05 - In the dawn’s early light, a half dozen? orcas just passed President Point area, Kingston, heading north straight toward Apple Tree Cove at a very fast pace. -Chris Beamer Otterson
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Sat, Mar 26 - South Puget Sound - 09:30 - This morning, 03/26/22, we spotted at least one orca in Case Inlet north of Devil’s Head between the white mansion at Johnson Point and the opposite shore. -Bette Sereia
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UNIDENTIFIED ORCAS - Sat, Mar 26 - Strait of Juan de Fuca - 15:32 - Right now, if I have my geography right, they are closer to Adelma Beach area.
15:23 - Orcas in Discovery Bay! They were in the bay pretty far. -Nancy Lindsley [PSWS]
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GRAY WHALES - Sat, Mar 26 - N Saratoga Passage - 16:10 - Gray leaving Crescent Harbor southbound. -Anya Sika
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13:08 - Correction - at least 3.
12:55 - 2 grays in Crescent Harbor. Viewing from sea plane base. -Natasha Beach Draper
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Sat, Mar 26 - Saratoga Passage - 17:17 - Blows are now south of Summerland, so they are heading south close to Camano side.
16:55 - 2 grays blowing off south end of Mabana Beach. 4:55. Long down times. Not sure of direction yet. -Krista Paulino
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13:46 - [grays] I’m at Camano Island State Park, and they’re feeding in Elger Bay or moving north. -Linda Aitkins
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13:38 - Viewing from high bank mid Baby Island Heights, 2 grays and possibly a 3rd, as 3 surfaced one right after the other, with one of them fluking, NB. See map [48.126744,-122.465708]. -Marilyn Armbruster
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13:35 - 383 and 531 still hugging Camano Island heading north, stopping to feed every now and then. -Janine Harles
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12:35 - Saratoga has 531 and 383 feeding in the shallows just south of Elger Bay pointing north!
----Gray Whales can swim in very shallow water as we saw near Mabana Beach from CRC383 and CRC531! These two were ready to feed and went into the shallows to filter some Ghost Shrimp from the intertidal zone. -Justine Buckmaster, Naturalist, Puget Sound Express
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12:30 - CRC383 and CRC531 are actively feeding along the Camano Island Shoreline. See my map for the location [Mabana, Camano]. -Bart Rulon, Naturalist, Puget Sound Express
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12:25 - [grays] Saratoga whale watching boat is tracking at least one, if not two, whales directly off Mabana Beach on Camano. We’re seeing two spouts from near Langley. -MC Spencer
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12:35 - Viewing from in front of Langley Whale Bell. On Camano side. Appear to be SB. -Tiffany Jo Cheyann Waldner, Orca Network
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Sat, Mar 26 - Possession Sound - We first encountered CRC2362 north of Gedney/Hat Island and with each dive sequence, they showed their beautiful flukes! Fluking is a behavior the whales often display while resting or travelling in deep water. -Justine Buckmaster, Naturalist, Puget Sound Express
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11:30 - CRC2362 is northbound [map shows SE] east of Camano Head. -Bart Rulon, Naturalist, Puget Sound Express
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Sat, Mar 26 - Port Susan - 07:56 - Port Susan off Warm Beach - at 7:56, Port Susan Whale Watchers reported 2 Grays heading north off Warm Beach. -John Storbeck
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Sat, Mar 26 - South Puget Sound - ~10:00 - Whale sighting this morning (3/26) roughly 10 AM in Pickering Passage headed north. [gray whale in video by Andrea -gs] -Andrea Simpson Donald [PSWS]
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09:30 - Solo gray whale in Pickering Passage headed north towards Fair Harbor at 9:30 AM. -Ken Donald
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~08:10 - Gray whale heading southbound in Pickering Passage off the west side of Harstine Island, ~1.5 miles north of the Harstine Bridge at ~08:10. I didn't see any ridges, and I thought I saw the gray mottled look. -Rex Wheeler
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UNIDENTIFIED BALEEN WHALES - Sat, Mar 26 - South Puget Sound - Jasmine Clark Dominguez reports [PSWS] seeing a large whale (humpback or gray) around Chambers Bay heading towards Steilacoom around 15:00 or 16:00.

March 25
BIGG/TRANSIENT ORCAS - Fri, Mar 25 - Gulf Islands, BC/Strait of Georgia (T137s) - ~15:00 - We saw some Bigg's orcas on Friday around 3pm [Strait of Georgia, NE of Active Pass, per map provided]. Two pods got together after making a kill. -Stephanie Held
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T137’s went north in Active Pass today to meet up with a Bigg’s party in the Strait of Georgia. -Rachelle Hayden, SSOS
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Fri, Mar 25 - Strait of Juan de Fuca (T77 & T77E) - After T77 and T77E broke off from the larger group they had been traveling with in Puget Sound, we caught up with them in Juan de Fuca Strait outside of Port Angeles Friday (3/25) afternoon.  In steady travel mode heading west with purpose, some sudden directional changes and lunges indicated they had an opportune snack.  A gull swooped in for a big prize (T77E is apparently a messy eater) and several others came in for a slick of oil that had formed on the water.  T77 did a double breach in post meal celebration and off they went west again. 
These were also "new to me" whales and I had seen T77A a few years ago so knew he was dispersed from his mother and often traveled as a solo whale.  What was astounding is that the rest of her calves dispersed (with the exception of T77E who is now six years old) after the death of T77B a couple of years ago.  Because we know the role of the matriarch and that generally orcas stay together in family pods for life, it leaves wonder and curiosity as to why this family is different.  The more we know, it seems the more we don't. -Debbie Stewart
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Today we got out on the water with T77 Asja and her youngest, six-year-old T77E Misneach. A few days ago they were hanging out with the T65As and T99s, but they have now split off and the two of them were booking it west in the glassy waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca this afternoon. -Orca Behavior Institute
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Fri, Mar 25 - Admiralty Inlet - Nice Bigg's killer whale calls detected by the OrcaHello AI on the Bush Point hydrophones early this morning (05:43 on 3/25/22)!
Thanks to Orca Network for hosting this location. We've been hearing pigeon guillemots recently here, too, but this is an exceptional acoustic experience with the T08 calls (and maybe an excitement call) reverberating across Admiralty Inlet. -Orcasound - Listen for Whales
https://aifororcas.azurewebsites.net/.../8432f278-b2f7...
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Fri, Mar 25 - Central Puget Sound (T65As) - 19:22 - [orcas] We see them from Kingston, north of Edmonds ferry. I think 3, heading north. -Segundo Guerrero
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16:43 - Some seem to be milling north of Fay Bainbridge...
16:16 - Mid channel. Northbound. Viewing from Sunset Hill. They’re passing fay Bainbridge.
15:58 - Just saw one bull northbound. I’m viewing from Sunset Hill Park. It’s approximately straight out from Discovery. -Matt Leaman
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14:40 - [orcas] Spotted 2 fins northbound, midchannel, off Mee Kwa Mooks, 240pm. -Jennifer Farley
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13:04 - Sandhya Ballal called to report the orcas hanging around south side of Three Tree Point, Burien, for the past hour, close to shore. Her husband has been keeping track as they've circled around, they presume hunting. He saw a baby breach. She'll head out now to view them.
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(~13:12) 13:22 - They headed north about 10 minutes ago. They were definitely hunting and eating. Lots of activity. Tail slaps, spy hoping, breaches, porpoising--it was incredible. We watched them, one large male, three females and a baby. Best day of my life! At Three Tree Point.
12:07 - Viewing now from Three Tree. They have been circling but seem to be going south. -Kylie Williams
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11:50 - [orcas] Can be seen from Three Tree Point looking northwest right now. -Melanie Carver [PSWS group]
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10:52 - 3-4 others mid channel closer to mainland side, as well. All stealthy, headed northbound. T65A is in this group.
10:41 - Seeing one lone male, so far, from Point Robinson heading north leisurely, island side of channel, very long downtimes. T65A3 was the lone male, did not see T65A2... Heard some folks saw another male after the pass, trailing mid channel, might have been him.
----Another thing to note, the T65A's spring return to Island waters was on the exact same day as last year. Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not, but it definitely is something to note as we get used to the new rhythms of an ever-changing Salish. -Marla Smith
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(~10:36) 10:43 - About 7 min ago, someone reported them here [ S. of mid Maury Island] going northeast. -Jami Cantrell
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09:15 - [orca eastbound in Dalco Passage] from Dune Peninsula, -Laura Farmer
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Fri, Mar 25 - South Puget Sound/Carr Inlet (T99s) - 19:50 - [T99s] Watching with a very enthusiastic group from the Narrows Park . Northbound at 7:50. -Patrick Ofenloch
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19:35 - They are almost ready to go under the Narrows Bridge, NB, 7:35, to the west of the west tower.
19:18 - They are headed slowly towards the Narrows Bridge along the Gig Harbor side. 7:18.
19:00 - They are milling close to shore on the NE shore of Fox Island.
18:49 - [orcas] They are right by the Fox Island Pier moving NB very slowly. -Karen Caldwell
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18:24 - [orcas] Just passed southern tip of Fox Island close to shore heading toward Narrows ! Saw 5! -Dina Ragow O’Brien
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18:26 - Right now. No direction yet [SW of Pt. Fosdick, Fox Island].
17:26 - [orcas] Heading towards Chambers Bay [mid-channel between N. tip of McNeil and NW tip of Fox Island, per map]. 5:26. 4-7. -Kelly Butler
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16:39 - At Kopachuck [State Park] [orcas] on the other side heading south. -Danielle Wood
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(~15:46) 16:01 - They were just hanging out in that area. We saw them first heading towards the Purdy spit and they circled around and we’re staying near Allen Point when we had to leave about 15 minutes ago. They were on the purdy side of Allen point. They were just circling that area.
15:46 - Orcas near Allen Point in Henderson Bay right now. -Laura Jewell St
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12:26 - There are 3 or 4 leisurely heading up east side of McNeil towards kpn [Key Peninsula]. Just passed Gertrude Island. -Blake-Linda Worland Little (Fox Island) vis T.L. Stokes
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10:00 - I just saw at least two orca in Carr Inlet, midchannel, headed south, off of Cutts Island. No ID. Too far from my vantage point. 10am 3/25. -Randy Witter
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~09:40 - They headed out of Henderson Bay and headed southwest about 9:40am.
~09:00 - 5 orcas around 9am in Henderson Bay by Purdy.
[“From the video we see who looks to be the T99s.” -ALB/ON] -Jennifer Burton Stolz
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GRAY WHALES - Fri, Mar 25 - Haro Strait - Cheryl Alexander posted this video of two Greys travelling together off of Ten Mile Point in Cadboro Bay, on the west side of Haro Strait, on Friday, March 25, 2022. [video] -via Gerald Graham
video - https://www.facebook.com/groups/251036672591357/posts/699567601071593/
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Fri, Mar 25 - E Strait of Juan de Fuca/W Whidbey - 10:28 - There is a gray whale just off West Beach, viewing from Joseph Whidbey. Milling, long dives, staying around the same spot. -Amie Welden
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Fri, Mar 25 - N Saratoga Passage - 16:10 - Same location, but there are two grays (saw two spouts at the same time right next to each other). They apparently did not make much northbound progress.
15:35 - I just spotted a gray out in the middle of northern Saratoga Passage, northbound, between Mariners' Cove/Whidbey and Utsalady Bay/Camano. -Marianne Parry
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Fri, Mar 25 - Saratoga Passage - 16:22 - Southbound, Hidden Beach area now. 4:22.
16:04 - Saw a blow on Whidbey side directly across from Cama Beach where I'm located. Don't have direction yet. I believe it's a gray. -Krista Paulino
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10:34 - Traveling NB between Pebble Beach and Summerland out from Camano shore. Currently not feeding.
09:15 - Viewing from Sandy Point, gray at Camano Head. S/he now 9:40 about a mile into Saratoga Passage, Camano side, traveling NB. -Marilyn Armbruster
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Fri, Mar 25 - Possession Sound - 15:30 - [grays] 2 headed toward Camano Head from Hat Island. -Clinton Duckworth
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11:23 - At least 2 grays off Brighton Beach in Clinton. Seem to be northbound. -Mary Ann Flanders
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12:45 - CRC531 was also nearby crc22 at Southeast Hat Island.
12:40 - CRC22 is southbound off southeast Hat Island.
11:20 - CRC383 and CRC2362 are northbound from the Clinton Ferry. -Bart Rulon, Naturalist, Puget Sound Express
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11:05 - 2 grey whales heading north right of the Clinton ferry dock. -Danielle Pennington
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Fri, Mar 25 - Port Susan - 17:52 - Long down times with occasional surfacing and a single blow. Still traveling south, across from McKees Beach, closer to Camano Island.
17:27 - Two gray whales currently (5:27 pm) in Port Susan, across from Kayak Point and Pirates Cove area. One more mid channel, another closer to Camano. Traveling slowly south. No pics, too far away! -Linda Raines Tyner

March 24
BIGG/TRANSIENT ORCAS - Thu, Mar 24 - NW Strait of Georgia (T18s, T23Ds, T36Bs, T37As, T87, T90s, T101s, T124A2s, T125 & T127) - Collection of photos from March 24th encounter with Bigg’s in the upper Strait of Georgia. Probably the largest group I have seen together, with approx. 30 animals, ID'd with help from colleagues, including T018/19's T023D's T036 T036B's T037A's T090's T087 T101's T124A2's. And two "bucket list" orcas from me being T127 and T125 a first time in 25 years watching these animals. -Nick Templeman
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Thu, Mar 24 - San Juan Islands (T34s, T36As, T37s, T137s) - ~16:00 - T34s and T36As split off SW, T37 & T37Bs were left heading southbound at Smith Island, and T137s trailed the others going west at Salmon Bank can around 4pm. -Eric Eisenhardt
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15:05 - Continuing S., now halfway between Lopez and Smith.
14:55 - Spotted far off from Cattle Point, appear to be southbound of SE Lopez.
14:20 - Something cooking SE Lopez?
[“A friend on the water has reported this group as the T34s, T36As, T37, T37Bs, and T137s” -Monika Wieland Shields, Orca Behavior Institute] -Fred Horn
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Thu, Mar 24 - Central Puget Sound (T65As, T99s) - ~19:30 - About 7:30pm, 6-7 orcas were heading towards the Fox Island Bridge. I’m viewing them from Pt. Fosdick in Gig Harbor. -Goldin
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19:13 - SB at a good clip, passing Titlow.
19:06 - [orcas] Cleared the Narrows Bridge, SB towards Titlow. -Jason Cook
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19:05 - 4 orcas heading southbound about to go under Tacoma Narrows Bridge, 7:05pm, middle of channel. -Amanda Van Meter
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18:30 - Just saw a pod off Point Defiance last night around 6:30pm. Swimming right toward us so we shut down the engine and they swam under and around us as they passed heading south. Spectacular! -Kim Hall
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18:29 - [orcas] Left them heading towards Pt. Defiance. Lots of tail slaps and even a breach from a youngster, anyone down on Owen Beach got quite the show! It was unclear if they will take Colvos or Narrows. 6:29pm. -Brooke Casanova
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17:50 - Orcas off Point Defiance in front of Anthony's right now!
----That was totally fun! We were having dinner at Anthony's, I just happened to look up and there they were. I yelled.....ORCAS! The entire restaurant got excited. -Lisa Long Betz
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Amber Stanfill - photo - T99C & mom T99 w/T65A beyond her. -ALB - photo - T99C and mom T99 -ALB
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I counted 7, with a little one. -Ryan Dicks
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~17:30 - From Owen [Beach] around 5:30. [“Sara Hysong-Shimazu did confirm that is T65A, third from left. -alb] -Jami Cantrell
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17:31 - Trending east northeast through Dalco, have not crossed the ferry line yet. Picking up speed, looks like travel mode.
17:15 - [orcas] Milling, mid-channel and Dalco. Grouped closely together. Just kind of swimming in a little circle with long down times. -Ashley Whitman
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20:14 - I can't see them anymore but can still hear them & they are trending back towards the Narrows/ Pt. Fosdick.
19:59 - Still milling in the same general location in Hale Passage.. being incredibly active. It's quiet out here, & you can hear their blows & tail slaps & breaches clearly.
19:41 - Milling about here [out from Wollochet Bay/47.258322,-122.608937] in Hale Passage. Adult male on my side (Gig Harbor).
19:31 - Milling at the entrance to Hale Passage.
19:15 - Entering Hale Passage!
19:10 - They are at the entrance of Hale Passage, still southbound. Fox Island Fishing Pier will get an amazing pass.
19:03 - At the Narrows Bridge, mid channel, southbound.
18:57 - Southbound in the Narrows, mid channel, passing Point Evans, heading for Narrows Bridge.
18:30 - Right off Owen Beach, trending towards Pt. Defiance proper, real close to shore.
18:12 - Large group right off east end of Pt. Ruston, heading back westbound, towards Dune.
18:10 - Saw one mid channel off the east end of Pt. Ruston, milling, haven't spotted the others.. from Ruston Way.
17:53 - Hitting Dune now, eastbound at a good clip.
17:46 - Heading eastbound towards Dune, off Owen Beach, mid channel.
17:36 - They are milling in Dalco still, closer to Pt. Defiance.
16:45 - From my vantage point above Dune, they're right about here [SE of Sunrise Beach Park/Gig Harbor].. southbound still, I think.
16:51 - [orcas] Traveling at a good pace, potentially heading towards Point Defiance proper at the moment. -Melissa Burks
video - They were REALLY active in Hale Passage this evening. There must have been 40 Breaches in my time with them there. Even after dark, I continued to hear the concussions of their bodies hitting the water. That's Fox Island in the background & they were across from Wollochet Bay here.
https://youtu.be/oLz_D2shn9E
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(~16:45) 17:05 - [orcas] Past Sunrise Beach saw 3 on Vashon side and heading east about 20min ago viewed from sunrise. -Cherie St.Ours
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16:21 - [orcas] First ones visible [S. Colvos] from Dune, SB. -Jason Cook
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15:40 - South of Lisabuela now, mainland side, 5-6 or so female/juveniles, one bull (I think, they were very far away) plus a calf, steady southbound loosely grouped. [T99B & T65A4 ID’d in Marla’s back-of-camera photos by Sara Hysong-Shimazu] -Marla Smith
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14:10 - Two Orcas southbound in Colvos Passage, traveling slowly, acted as though they are hunting. (2:10pm, about 1/3 mile south of Southworth Pt., southbound). Appliance repair man looked out the window and said, “There’s a whale!” -Joy McFate Lee
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Kevin Bartoy forwarded WSF report: Log entry 1149hrs: Vessel reports via 800MHz they have spotted a single orca headed southbound in the traffic lanes. WENATCHEE reports they have taken way off after spotting four orca headed southbound. [mid channel slightly south of Bainbridge/Seattle ferry traffic lanes]
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11:00-11:30 - We saw a male near Bainbridge, heading south, around 11-11:30 a.m. Near Blakely Harbor, as best as I can remember. -Tamara Miller
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~10:50-11:00 - We also thought we saw at least one male headed south from the 10:40 Seattle to Bainbridge ferry.. approx. 10:50-11AM. -Aaron Berg
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GRAY WHALES - Thu, Mar 24 - N Saratoga Passage - 12:30 - Looks like they have finally moved southward past Mariners Cove/Whidbey.
11:05 - There are two grays mid-channel upper Saratoga passage, between Mariners Cove and Brown Point on Camano. One has the xl first knuckle - maybe Dubknuck? Also, that huge ferry/catamaran (says San Francisco Bay Ferry on it) that’s been going up and down the channel the past few days is heading their way, so hopefully they’re aware and watching. -Marianne Parry
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Thu, Mar 24 - Saratoga Passage - 18:49 - One lone grey heading south….directly out from Sandy Point 6:49pm. -Christy Grant
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13:45 - Posting for friend who isn't able to post right now. "2 grays southbound between Langley and Sandy Point about 1/4 way between Whidbey and Camano (Whidbey side)".
11:50 - Seeing blows across Saratoga Passage near Mabana Shores. Can’t tell for sure but possibly NB.
08:00 - Secondhand information - a friend messaged me at 8 am she could hear gray(s) from her place just north of Saratoga Woods. This is about 2 to 3 miles of Langley. 
I have no direction but yesterday they were feeding near there for about an hour before heading south to Langley. -Marilyn Armbruster

March 23
BIGG/TRANSIENT ORCAS - Wed, Mar 23 - Haro Strait (T65As, T77 & T77E, T99s) - It was really nice to see these families together this evening. If whales ever get the zoomies I think T099E had them. T065A5 was back with the family and as we headed home, we found T065A3 way across the [Haro] strait, parallel to the rest of the whales, just a few miles away. -Sara Hysong-Shimazu, Naturalist/Captain, Maya’s Legacy Whale Watching
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GRAY WHALES - Wed, Mar 23 - Haro Strait - ~11:30 - The second Grey Whale to grace the southwest side of Haro Strait- CRC766, was spotted off of the Queenswood area of Cadboro Bay, Saanich, at approximately 11:30 AM this morning. [video] -Gerald Graham
https://youtu.be/XK5YEpD9v30
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Wed, Mar 23 - E Strait of Juan de Fuca - We went out of Port Townsend yesterday with Puget Sound Express. Saw a Grey NW of Whidbey Island and another (or two) just N. of Deception Pass Bridge. Great trip! -Dick Schulte
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Wed, Mar 23 - N Saratoga Passage - 12:45 - Two grays heading west from Camano to Whidbey. Probably the same two from yesterday. -Terra Parham
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Wed, Mar 23 - Saratoga Passage - 11:53 - [grays] They are headed east. Now about even with Sandy Point, mid-channel. -Luanne Seymour
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11:20 - [grays] Right off the whale bell, Langley! -Tiffany Jo Cheyann Waldner, Orca Network
screenshot - #22 ID: ALB
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11:32 - 21, 22, and 2356 are passing just south of Langley now aiming toward Sandy Point.
11:29 - 22 Earhart is here too!
11:21 - We’re right at the Langley waterfront now and we have 3 grays! One is 21 Shackleton but no positive ID on the other two yet. Still southbound.
11:07 - MV Saratoga has 2 grays feeding just north of Langley! Will update with IDs shortly!
---we experienced a rather unique double-header! We encountered Gray Whales CRC21 "Shackleton", CRC22 "Earhart", and CRC2356 just north of Langley, feeding in the shallow water near shore and followed them south toward Camano Head as they made their way out into deeper water with the retreating tide. -Justine Buckmaster, Naturalist, Puget Sound Express
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10:25 - still feeding in same area. [48.053059,-122.444123]
09:45 - Hugging shore still, between Bells Beach and Langley. I’m viewing from Seawall Park below Doghouse in Langley.
09:00 - Have just passed Bells Beach southbound. hoping they continue to Langley.
8:22 - 3 grays just passing mid Bells Beach [southbound].
8:00 - southbound Bells Beach area. Beautiful morning.
7:38 - 2 grays feeding just north of Bells Beach area.
[IDs: includes 22 Earhart per one of Marilyn's back-of-cam photos. -ALB] -Marilyn Armbruster
video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCBKXmKCSvI
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Wed, Mar 23 - Port Susan - 08:11 - Port Susan Whale Watchers are tracking 2 Grays heading north toward Kayak Point at 8:11 am. Pretty Foggy out there. -John C Storbeck
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MINKE WHALES - Thu, Mar 23 - S Saratoga Passage - Definitely a whale with a dorsal about 2/3s down the back but only 8-12 feet long. VERY cryptic but we got a few good looks. We’re assuming Minke since that’s most likely but open to other possibilities. I got some photos I’ll share later, just wanted to update with a description of the animal. We last saw it pointed north. -Justine Buckmaster, Naturalist, Puget Sound Express
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11:56 - The whale watching boat Saratoga spotted a possible small Minke whale between Langley and Camano head northbound.

March 22
UNIDENTIFIED ORCAS - Tue, Mar 22 - Admiralty Inlet - 09:05 - Staff member Tiffany Waldner relayed a report from her boyfriend, Dan Wilder, who said there were orcas off the Coupeville ferry. He thought they were heading southbound.
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GRAY WHALES - Tue, Mar 22 - Haro Strait - 14:00 - Grey Whale filmed in Haro Strait off of Glencoe Cove, Saanich, at 2 PM Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Not CRC 2440, and probably the same whale that has been spotted in the area over the course of the past week or so.
[We sent Gerald’s video to Alie Perez, Cascadia Research Collective: “Yes, I was able to match that to the photos I have of the individual seen on the 15th and 17th from Val Shore and Karac Lindsey of Eagle Wing Tours (they saw yesterday again as well). I finished comparing to the catalog and found that it matched CRC766. IDed once on 9/30/2000 off Gordon Head, Haro Strait.”video - https://youtu.be/dOEsWQ4vy1c] -Gerald Graham
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Tue, Mar 22 - S Rosario Strait/E Strait of Juan de Fuca - ~11:30 - Near Joseph Whidbey [State Park] around 11:30am. -MaryElla Gardiner
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~09:30-10:00 - [gray] Feeding right off shore at Rosario Beach. Same one who was at Bowman Bay. -Dianne Norton
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09:00-09:30 - Volunteer Elizabeth Drozda called to report a gray whale in Bowman Bay, Anacortes (just north of Deception Pass). She first heard the whale then watched it engage in feeding behavior for 30 minutes in the bay close to shore. The whale is now heading back out of the bay towards Rosario Head.
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Tue, Mar 22 - N Saratoga Passage/Skagit Bay - 17:00 - Two whales in the Saratoga Passage [S. Skagit Bay per map provided]. 3/22 @5:00. -Terra Parham
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Tue, Mar 22 - Saratoga Passage - ~07:00 - Friend/neighbor had one gray feeding in front of his place this morning, no photos. Around 7ish am. Southeast of Baby Island in Saratoga Passage, not the Holmes Harbor side. -Marilyn Armbruster
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Tue, Mar 22 - Possession Sound - 11:00 - Grey whale between Hat Island and the Clinton ferry dock. I could just see the blows at a distance. I wasn’t able to observe the whale long enough to determine direction. -Danielle Pennington

March 21
SOUTHERN RESIDENT ORCAS - Mon, Mar 21 - Boundary Pass (Js) - ~13:00 - [J pod] It looked like they went north through Swanson…but no further sightings from Pender. -Kath Durant
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12:48 - J pod here [U.S. side/N. of Stuart Island]. And good news! J59 was really really active. -Yifan Ling
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BIGG’S/TRANSIENT ORCAS - Mon, Mar 21 - Gulf Islands, BC (T49As) - Awesome way to start the day! We had the pleasure of seeing the fresh new babe T049A6 in Active Pass today. Taken from shore. -Rachelle Hayden, SSOS
ID’d by Brendon Bissonnette.
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Mon, Mar 21 - San Juan Islands (T123s) - 14:45 - Approaching Cattle Pass on the San Juan side, southbound.
13:45 - Group of Ts on Shaw side across from Friday Harbor, fast southbound. -Orca Behavior Institute
[T123’s per Sara Hysong-Shimazu]
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Mon, Mar 21 - Strait of Juan de Fuca (T11A) - Bigg’s/Transient Killer Whale T11A right off our docks in Sooke Harbour! [video: https://www.facebook.com/sookewhalewatching/videos/529954211891962] -Paul Pudwell, Sooke Coastal Explorations
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15:51 - T11A has now left the harbour...2 minutes ago!
13:52 - Single bull in Sooke Harbour off Whiffin Spit now ..no direction yet. -Paul Pudwell
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BIGG’S/TRANSIENT ORCAS - Sun, Mar 20 - San Juan Islands - 17:15 - One male Bigg's killer whale inside of Goose Island, Cattle Pass, northbound. -Orca Behavior Institute
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GRAY WHALES - Mon, Mar 21 - Strait of Georgia - 13:21 - Today Gray whale reported at Singing Sands in Comox, close to shore. -Kathy Nygren
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17:30 - Just heard that at 5:30 the Grey Whale was still off Singing Sands, swimming back and forth from there to the Singing Sands beach access…
11:02 - Grey whale off the beach access around the corner from Singing Sands [Comox, B.C.].
----"thanks to Jackie Hildering, aka The Marine Detective, and Ashley Hoyland & Mark Sawyer of The Whale Centre. Ashley advises, today’s Grey Whale was seen almost exactly a year ago (Mar 16th, 2021) over in Tofino. It spent a bit of time in very shallow water close to town over a sandbar known to local First Nations as 'The place where whales stand on their tails'. This whale had not been seen locally (in Tofino) before last year (to their knowledge).” -Comox Valley Wildlife Sightings
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Mon, Mar 21 - Saratoga Passage - 15:00 - Both traveling close together, trending slowly southbound for now approx. mid channel again between Mabana Shores and Bells Beach just shooting the breeze [48.093761,-122.460].
14:00 - Mid channel out and to the east from Camano State Park. Both just milling back and forth. -Marilyn Armbruster
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Today on MV Saratoga, CRC531 stole the spotlight from the other 2 Gray Whales we saw! We encountered her in Saratoga Passage near Elger Bay travelling with CRC723 "Lucyfer" but he remained submerged for most of the encounter! [531], on the other hand, surfaced and fluked frequently as the pair slowly swam north. -Justine Buckmaster, Naturalist, PSE
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11:33 - Gray whales CRC723 and CRC531 are northbound offshore from Elger Bay. -Bart Rulon, Naturalist, Puget Sound Express
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10:50 - Viewing from mid Baby Island Heights. Both are traveling NB and about a mile off shore from Camano Island. See map [48.124214,-122.524148].
10:15 - Out front of Camano State Park Boat Launch.
10:06 - One gray just south of Camano State Park and other is north of the park northbound and on Camano side.
10:00 - Just saw a blow out from Camano State Park not too far off shore. Could be of the same grays that were in Elger Bay.
09:45 - Altho I’m viewing from across Saratoga Passage (midway between Baby Island Heights and Fox Spit), I saw 2 simultaneously blows looking like out from shore a little bit. [48.122663,-122.473287 Elger Bay]. -Marilyn Armbruster
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At 07:30, Doug Anderson posted to Camano Whale Watch, report of two grays in Elger Bay, Camano Island, again this morning. From his video we could ID 531 feeding & 383 moving around alongside her.
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Mon, Mar 21 - Possession Sound - 11:00 - CRC2362 was milling about a mile east of the east side of Hat Island. -Bart Rulon, Naturalist, Puget Sound Express 

March 20
Sun, Mar 20 - Admiralty Inlet (T46Bs, T99s, T125 & T127, T137s) - March 20: After nine days of the T99s thrilling whale watchers with their presence around Whidbey's shores, the local seals can now venture back into the water... Accompanied by the T46B pod, T137s, T125 and T127 ('Hacksaw' est. to be about 38 years of age not seen in the region since 2015) making a total of 17 whales - thanks Orca Network and Bart Rulon for confirming IDs - the T99s blew north in Admiralty Inlet with panache, slowing down the ferry and attracting a unique escort as they passed Fort Casey, teeming with visitors who could hardly believe their luck. What an adventure! -Sandra Pollard
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15:55 - [orcas] Viewing from Point Wilson Lighthouse at 3:55 pm. Moving slowly north with some changes in direction. Slightly west of mid channel. -Monica Little
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15:50 - [orcas] Still trending NB, approaching Ft. Worden.----We got to see our old friend T137A (Jack), met a new friend, T127 who has the craziest dorsal fin and watched the baby of the bunch, T99E get active with several spyhops in the waves. These are the days I dream about and I'm so grateful to the network of people that make them happen! -Dori Dace
photos - T99B & T125 ID: GS
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15:46 - Have been viewing group of at least six from Fort Casey Lighthouse for past 30 minutes. Barely moving NB. West of mid-channel. -Amy Smith Norris
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18:39 - In shipping lanes, NB, spread out [map shows off of downtown PT].
18:02 - Seeing at least 3, still that area, with blows- slowly NB still 6:02 pm.
17:55 - Just saw one male NB slowly between tug and ship it is pulling. Closer to PT side again.
15:25 - [orcas] Watching from my house with binoculars- Coast Guard boat passing them. Port Townsend side, NB [NE of Pt. Wilson]. -Jennifer Fulton Carpenter
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16:20 - NB north of Fort Worden.
15:05 - Orcas passed right behind Coupeville ferry, incredible. Northbound. [video]
----With the whales more on the west side of Admiralty Inlet, we decided to hop the ferry and hope for the best. The timing could not have been more perfect as the whales popped up right next to the ferry. I'm so incredibly grateful to meet T127, just look at that fin and how huge he is! And of course, seeing my beloved T137A made my heart so full. T99E became very active with lots of spyhops off Fort Worden. -Rachel Haight
video - https://www.facebook.com/rachel.haight.7/posts/10220874439873766
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16:33 - Still watching from Pt. Wilson, they seemed to be headed north but have slowly gotten pushed back towards for Casey- the juvenile has been spy hopping and tail slapping.
14:40 - [orcas] Viewing from the Port Townsend Marine Science Center- they seem about mid channel heading towards Fort Casey, maybe 6-10. -Erin Merklein
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14:27 - [orcas] They are off Fort Casey right now. -Josh Thomas
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14:10 - Orcas still northbound almost at north tip of Marrowstone. -Ron Newberry
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14:40 - The big group came, big males. they're kind of stuck right off Fort Flagler; the incoming tide is really strong, and they're fighting it hard.
14:21 - They're actually well west of mid-channel; they're pretty close to this side, the Jefferson side, heading north.
14:15 - As I'm heading back to the car, I see two big male dorsal fins, mid channel, heading north midway between Bush Point and Lagoon Point.
14:13 - Passed Fort Flagler heading for Port Townsend moving north pretty quickly.
13:59 - They are right off the lighthouse. I can't tell for sure how many, but I've only seen four or five. I don't know if this is the whole group.
13:30 - [orcas] Viewing from Fort Flagler. Whales are a bit east of mid-channel, just north of Bush Point from my perspective. Whale watching boat is with them. -Jim Pasola
photos - T137D & T46B2 ID: GS
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14:20 - Closer to Jefferson side, NB still. Please see map [48.114432,-122.697581]. Viewing from Fort Casey.
13:30 - [orcas] Group between Bush Point and Lagoon Pt., mid channel. Northbound. -Marilyn Armbruster
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~12:15 - I got to Point No Point about 12:15 and a man there said they had already passed heading north northwest. -Jim Pasola
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3/20/2022 We experienced another double header today on MV Saratoga! Several Bigg's/Transient Killer Whales were spotted north of Kingston and we viewed this awesome gathering near Point No Point. Pods present in the T party included the T46Bs, T99s, T137s, and T125 with her son T127! -Justine Buckmaster, Naturalist, PSE
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11:44 - The T46Bs are in this group too. I’ve Got IDs on T46B2, T46B4, and T46B6.
11:20 - The superpod of Bigg’s KWs include T125, T127, T137s, T99s, and more. Northbound. More IDs will come soon hopefully. Follow-up: Also 46B, 46B1, and 46B3 were there. All members of the T99s and T137s were present. -Bart Rulon, Naturalist, Puget Sound Express
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10:25 - Around 8 orca whales moving north just past Kingston. -Jeremy Maldonado
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09:30 - Sara Frey called at 10:30 to report a fairly large group of orcas, 8-10 including one male we could ID as T127 from her image. Pod was off President Point at 09:30 and currently is just north of Apple Tree Point, Kingston, still northbound, west of shipping lanes.
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UNIDENTIFIED ORCAS - Sun, Mar 20 - Strait of Georgia - 18:49 - We just saw killer whales out of Duke Point [E. of Nanaimo] travelling north. We were on the ferry and got to see them. -Amanda Stewart
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Sat-Sun, Mar 19-20 - Bellingham Bay - A humpback whale was spotted in Bellingham Bay the weekend of March 19-20 and shared on Facebook by the Port of Bellingham on Monday, March 21. -Beau Whitehead, Bellingham Herald article https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article259660145.html
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GRAY WHALES - Sun, Mar 20 - N Skagit Area - ~19:15 - We saw a gray whale in Similk Bay heading toward Deception Pass around 7:15 pm last night (Sunday, 3/20). -Beth Angelo
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Sun, Mar 20 - Saratoga Passage - At 07:30 Doug Anderson [CWW] filmed gray whale 531 feeding in Elger Bay.
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Sun, Mar 20 - Possession Sound - 12:30 - We also spotted CRC383 and CRC2362 swimming northbound, north of Hat Island about a half mile away from CRC22 and CRC2356 who were closer to the Hat Island Shore.
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12:00 - Gray whales 22 "Earhart" and 2356 (a 2021 newbie) are at the north end of Hat Island heading northbound. -Bart Rulon, Naturalist, Puget Sound Express

March 19
BIGG’S/TRANSIENT ORCAS - Sat, Mar 19 - San Juan Islands (T123s) - 17:34 - [orcas] They turned into Harney Channel. -Fred Horn
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16:00 - T123s heading up San Juan Channel almost abeam the top of Shaw Island, mid channel. -April Ryan
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Relaying a 12:30 sighting of 4 orca coming down Upright Channel. -Barbara Howitt
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Sat, Mar 19 - San Juan Islands (T60s) - 16:35 - 5 more whales northbound through Cattle Pass. -Monika Wieland Shields, Orca Behavior Institute
[“This is likely the same group who had just gone through Cattle Pass and milled a bit. My last image was at 16:17, before they had reached the bottom of Cattle Pass. They then seemed to be going east but lost sight of them with the chop, wind & their distance at that time. T60s.” -Jeanne Hyde]
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Sat, Mar 19 - Holmes Harbor/Saratoga Passage/Penn Cove (T99s) - 15:17 - [orcas] Orcas just passed Coupeville Pier going south. -Alisa Dibler
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15:10 - [orcas] Eastbound past Coupeville wharf. -Rachel Haight
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15:30 - Very fast pass on Long Point. Heading south.
14:51 - West side of mussel rafts now. Right next to them.
14:37 - Whole pod slowly moving north near red marker [west end of Penn Cove]. -Shelby Nicole
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14:20 - [orcas] Just passed the Coupeville Wharf at 2:20 heading into the cove. -Anna Fick
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13:38 - Heading into Penn Cove, boat has left.
13:27 - [orcas] Milling around Long Point. Boat with them. -Dina Blackstone
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13:30 - [orcas] At Long Point, Island Explorer is with them. At the entrance of Penn Cove still milling. -Jeanne Hamilton, Langley Whale Center/Orca Network
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13:08 - [orcas] Eyes on them from the bluff above Monroe Landing. Distance and rough conditions make it hard to see what they're doing, but they keep surfacing in different directions. Maybe on a kill? IE5 on scene north of them. -Durand Dace
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13:00 - [orcas] Entering Penn Cove. -Tiffany Jo Cheyann Waldner, Orca Network
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15:02 - Just heading east past the mussel rafts, south side of Penn Cove.
12:58 - Out from Long Point..active still kinda far..IE moving toward them.
----Oh my goodness, another awesome day with the T99s!!! They snuck up from an early sighting around Holmes Harbor/Baby Island, then were spotted off Long Point, very active, obviously hunting, lots of birds following.  They milled around for a bit, maybe catching something else, then headed into Penn Cove again!! 7th day!  Another hunt at the mouth of Penn Cove, then they zoomed by the wharf, pretty close! Further west into the cove, where they headed back to the mussel docks, then quickly out. Very windy with white caps, but so fun! Lots of people watching, again. -Bonnie Gretz
photo - “At the west end of Penn Cove, heading south toward the mussel docks. Sail boat on the beach is at Long Point at the mouth of the cove. Mom Bella T99 and calf T99E”
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13:15 - He just saw another one from our deck. Unfortunately, our view for this visit is mostly blocked by some trees.
09:17 - My husband saw multiple orcas on the east side of Long Point, looking towards Snakelum Point beach at 9:17am today. -Mary Hand
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09:10 - [orcas] We saw them this morning!! 9:10 in Holmes Harbor heading north, the direction of Baby Island. First time seeing them from shore. So exciting! -Alyce Dreewes
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UNIDENTIFIED ORCAS - Sat, Mar 19 - Haro Strait - 00:15 - Multiple orca blows heard traveling south/down island 1 mile south of Landbank. Loud breaching or fluke slaps. (5-10 orcas). -Michelline Halliday
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Sat-Sun, Mar 19-20 - Bellingham Bay - A humpback whale was spotted in Bellingham Bay the weekend of March 19-20 and shared on Facebook by the Port of Bellingham on Monday, March 21. -Beau Whitehead, Bellingham Herald article https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article259660145.html
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Sat, Mar 19 - Admiralty Inlet - 10:38 - Just left a humpback southbound off of Lagoon Point. -Trevor Tillman
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GRAY WHALES - Sat, Mar 19 - N Saratoga Passage - 14:00 - 1 gray just east of Mariners' Cove for the past 1/2 hour back and forth - now heading further east, 2 p.m. -Paul E. Belanger
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Sat, Mar 19 - Possession Sound - 12:35 - Gray whales CRC22 and CRC2356 off the southeast side of Gedney Island. Eastbound
12:12- CRC21 [Shackleton] is about one mile northeast of Camano Head at the outside edge of Port Susan, circling right now. -Bart Rulon, Naturalist, Puget Sound Express

March 18
BIGG’S/TRANSIENT ORCAS - Fri, Mar 18 - San Juan Islands (T90s, T123s) - After having to wait longer than we expected, we finally had our first Bigg's killer whale research encounter of 2022! We met up with the T90s and T123s in Rosario Strait, where all 8 whales were traveling north together in a tight group. Pictured here are adult male T123A Stanley and his youngest sister, 3.5-year-old T123D Darcy. -Orca Behavior Institute
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11:25 - At 11:36 Donna Sanders, WSF Marine Ops, emailed: SAMISH@1125 C/M reports 4-6 Orca whale of Shannon Point (Anacortes) heading westbound.
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Fri, Mar 18 - Penn Cove - ~12:45 - A visitor to our Langley Whale Center told staff member Tiffany that they saw a pod of orcas (4 adults and baby) slowly heading out of Penn Cove at about 12:45.
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GRAY WHALES - Fri, Mar 18 - N Saratoga Passage - 13:15 - [gray] Seeing this one now at same spot still. [see Terra Parham report] -Jamie Ewen
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12:28 - OMG he just breached!
12:03 - Gray heading west, mid channel. 12:03pm, 3/18 [between east of Polnell Pt., Oak Harbor, and Utsalady, Camano] -Terra Parham
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Fri, Mar 18 - Saratoga Passage - 18:00-18:15 - [grays] I made it in time to see them feed at Fox Spit and travel towards Bells Beach, 6-6:15. It was so beautiful and heartwarming. -Marilyn Armbruster
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~17:00 - 2 gray whales feeding Saratoga Passage... Just west of Baby Island (Whidbey Shores) it was around 5 and they stayed for a while. -Erin McCloskey Flynn
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12:20 - 3 gray whales northbound, south of Elger Bay. CRC383, CRC22, and CRC21. -Bart Rulon, Naturalist, Puget Sound Express
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11:47 - Two grays still northbound across from Whidbey Camano side.
11:36 - Still across from whale bell. Two-minute down times on average between spouts.
11:28 - [gray] Saw one blow across from whale bell, Langley. Heading north. Camano side. -Tiffany Jo Cheyann Waldner, Orca Network
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11:20 - Two gray whales traveling north near Camano, across from Langley. Viewing from Sandy Point. -Sandra Pollard
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10:23 - Peg Boley had 2 grays heading northbound in Saratoga Passage off the SE end of Camano Island.
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Fri, Mar 18 - Possession Sound - 11:43 - Gray whale CRC2362 is a mile north of Hat Island [map shows S of Hat], westbound.
11:15 - 2 grays off the southeast side of Hat Island. CRC2259 and CRC2356. Southbound. -Bart Rulon, Naturalist, Puget Sound Express

March 17
BIGG’S/TRANSIENT ORCAS - Thu, Mar 17 - Saratoga Passage (T99s) - ~18:30 - At least 3 Orcas, T99s? passing Hidden Beach, approximately 18:30, heading south. -Pamela Meyer
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17:17 - Lone male N. Off Harrington Lagoon, heading south. -Erik Anderson
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18:24 - Approaching Hidden Beach, SB.
17:18 - North Harrington Lagoon heading south.
16:55 - Super close pass eastbound, Long Point.
16:51 - Right in front of Long Point.
16:43 - Were on hunt close to south side shore near Long Point. Now pointed north.
16:26 - [orcas] Passed wharf. Moving quickly towards Long Point. -Tiffany Jo Cheyann Waldner, Orca Network
photo - by Marilyn of Tiffany & T99s
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17:55 - South of Shangri la, southbound.
16:20 - Almost to Coupeville Wharf, eastbound.
16:10 - Eastbound now at rafts.
16:00 - Westbound at mussel rafts.
15:20 - [orcas] Approaching Long Point, westbound.
----Day 6 of the T99s heading into Penn Cove and back out. They changed it up and flipped back east at the mussel rafts before a very close pass at Long Point. -Rachel Haight
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~15:00 - [orcas] They passed Harrington heading somewhat NW. -Jeanne Hamilton, Langley Whale Center/Orca Network
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14:45 - [orcas] They are now approaching Harrington Lagoon, northbound, on the Whidbey side. Just like yesterday. It's a bit foggy, so hard for me to see from Camano. -Kristina Trowbridge
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14:12 - Heather Anson called at 14:12 to report: at least 2 orcas just passed by close to shore about 3 miles north of Hidden Beach heading northbound towards Shangri La Shores.
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~13:30 - [orcas] …Hidden Beach today around 1:30 alongside a whale watching boat. -Karen Graham
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12:49 - Dines pt. Close to shore NB. -Ken Rea, Spirit of Orca
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12:07 - The orcas have just passed close under the bluff, hunting, northbound and north of golf course Holmes Harbor. -Sandra Pollard
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13:14 - Midway between Wonn and Baby Island. Trending W-NB quickly.
12:15 - NB directly across from Beverly Beach on west side of Holmes Harbor.
11:40 - [orcas] At Freeland Park slowly heading northbound toward Beverly Beach. -Amy Smith Norris
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10:57 - [orcas] They are inside Holmes Harbor now, eastern side. -Kevin Phillips
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18:27 - Orcas approaching Hidden Beach soon. About a mile north. SB.
14:30 - Out in front of Jill’s place north of Shangri La, NB.
12:00 - North of Holmes Harbor Golf Course close to west side of Harbor. Trending NB.
12:30 - Passed Honeymoon Bay area NB, close to west side of Harbor.
11:50 - They were going back and forth out from dock but now slowly trending north. Mid channel past golf course, super stealthy.
11:38 - Out from Freeland Park.
10:30 - Just inside Holmes Harbor about a mile heading south. Appeared to be closer to east side of Harbor. -Marilyn Armbruster
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10:10 - [orcas] Past Hidden Beach, still heading south. -Lisa Northagen
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18:15 - 1.5 mile north of Hidden Beach going south fast.
14:00 - Heading north 1.5 miles north of Hidden Beach moving fast.
9:45 - 1.5 miles north of Hidden Beach heading south, moving fast, hard to get a good photo. -Aaron Gill
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08:45 - Ts just passed Harrington Lagoon at 8:45am 3/17 headed south, about 500 yards off shore. -Erik Anderson
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08:00 - Bonnie Gretz relayed a report from her neighbor of a pod of orcas southbound off Long Point, Whidbey, at 8:00.
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GRAY WHALES - Thu, Mar 17 - Haro Strait - ~18:30 - Grey Whale spotted off of Glencoe Cove on the west side of Haro Strait, Thursday, March 17, 2022 at approximately 6:30 PM. [video https://youtu.be/Y1rQzPlVnXQ] - Gerald Graham
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18:00 - On the Lime Kiln camera, Grey Whale at Glencoe Cove (Canada). -Fred Horn
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Thu, Mar 17 - N Saratoga Passage - 12:54 - 4 whales in the Saratoga Passage...We actually saw one breach twice [from Polnell/Oak Harbor]. -Terra Parham
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12:35 - 3 gray whales feeding between Polnell Point and Strawberry Point off Whidbey Island. Including #53 Little patch. -Tyson Parker Reed, Island Adventures
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Thu, Mar 17 - Saratoga Passage - 18:44 - Gray whales feeding off of Eastpoint! -Janine Morrell
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18:30 - My friend from Fox Spit just told me and confirmed there were 2 grays close along shore at 6:30 but weren’t feeding; they were traveling south. -Marilyn Armbruster
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UNIDENTIFIED SPECIES - Thu, Mar 17 - North Puget Sound/W Whidbey - 15:45 - Kit Turner called to report a large whale in Admiralty Inlet off Lagoon Point traveling steadily southbound. Largest whale she's ever seen.

March 16
BIGG’S/TRANSIENT ORCAS - Wed, Mar 16 - Strait of Georgia (T2B, T60s). We encountered the T060's with T002B traveling with them just 25 minutes from our dock. There were at least 300 Steller Sea Lions at Belle Chain Islets with one Steller than had to be different from the rest... On our way home we came across the T060's and T002B again just 10 minutes from our dock. Another great spring day out on the Salish Sea! -Simon Pidcock, Ocean EcoVentures Whale Watching
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Wed, Mar 16 - Saratoga Passage/Holmes Harbor/Penn Cove (T99s)
~19:00 - Orcas were heading into Crescent Harbor around 7 pm, I didn’t stay much longer, as it was starting to get dark and rain a little. -Marilyn Armbruster
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18:40 - They are heading into Skagit Bay. Can't make them out from base anymore.
18:35 - [orcas] Heading northeast towards Polnell Point past Crescent Harbor. Viewed from Maylor Point. -Amie Welden
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18:00 - [orcas] Maylor Point, Oak Harbor, 16 March, 6PM. -David Carnes
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Cascadia Region Whale Sighting
Orca Sighting:
Sighting Time: Wed, Mar 16 @ 17:30:24 PDT
Sighting User Reported Location (Lat/Lon): 48.22029,-122.67912 [Penn Cove]
Number Sighted: 1
Submitter Name: Shelby Mass
Whale Alert App
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17:27 - Past Monroe Landing. Continuing east out of Penn Cove.
17:13 - [orcas] Still west of Monroe Landing heading east. -Tiffany Jo Cheyann Waldner, Orca Network
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17:07 - They are heading towards Monroe Landing. They were off the curve in Penn Cove by the pottery place.
16:50 - [orcas] Right off highway 20 again! Now slowly eastbound, north side. -Rachel Haight
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16:47 - [orcas] deep in the [Penn] cove! -Deb Barge
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17:56 - Pod is about where that marker is [S of Maylor Point, E of Oak Harbor]. Viewing from Long Beach. They did two huge breeches and seem to have made a kill. Now milling around that area While slowly moving SE.
16:12 - Scratch that (kind of). It looks like T099C is hugging the north side and the rest of the T99s are spread out/mid to south side.
16:10 - Into Penn Cove. Seem to be hugging the north side.
16:00 - [orcas] Rounded Long Point Beach and entered into Penn Cove. Seem to be doing the same loop along Monroe landing that they’ve been doing. Moving quickly. -Shelby Nicole
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15:54 - Straight out from Long Point now, still heading north, TBD on whether they turn into Penn Cove. -Sara Montour Lewis
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15:40 - [orcas] …still northbound, heading across the entrance to Penn Cove. I will lose sight of them now. Got the sun straight into my eyes too. I'm on Camano.
15:20 - …now at Harrington Lagoon, watching from Camano, so way too far for photos. Still northbound with Blackfish following. Very active! -Kristina Trowbridge
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Well - believe it or not - the whales came to me today - these photos all taken from my yard ------ oh what a total thrill. This is the 5th day in a row the T99s have been in the neighborhood. -Jill Hein
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15:20 - Still northbound off Race Lagoon, the boys are having fun horsing around a bit further off than mom and baby. Within a 1/4 of shore. -Matt Stolmeier, Outer Island Excursions
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14:58 - [orcas] At least 3 whales heading north, Whidbey side, just south of Onamac Point. -Marie Heil

14:15 - [orcas] Heading N 1.5 mile from Hidden Beach. -Aaron Gill
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15:12 - Just passed Shangri la... very active! Northbound.
14:33 - Still south of Shangri la, lots of splashing... maybe on a kill.
14:18 - [orcas] Spotted blows looking south from Shangri la.
----T99's doing the Saratoga/Whidbey shuffle again, 5th day in a row! Caught up with them at Shangri La, where they were very active, with distant breaches, tail slaps, leaps....probably having a second lunch (around 2:30). Then to Harrington Lagoon, fairly close, to Long Point...nice fairly close look at Mom T99 and calf T99E.  Into Penn Cove, more on the south side, then down to the mussel docks, over to the north side of the Cove, then down to Monroe Landing as they headed out. -Bonnie Gretz
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16:09 - In Penn Cove now.
13:59 - [orcas] Heading north off of Hidden Beach. -Dina Blackstone
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At 13:00 Brigitte Tennis called to report the pod of 5 orcas (3 traveling together, 2 nearby together). They have been watching them for about 30 minutes coming out of Holmes Harbor, then observed rolling, splashing, breaching, spy hopping. Pod has been generally heading north, but then circling back. Now heading north out of the harbor toward Hidden Beach.
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12:15 - MV Saratoga is leaving them still northbound on the north side of Holmes Harbor. It’s the T99s again! -Justine Buckmaster, Naturalist, Puget Sound Express
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17:00 - Spread out heading east towards Monroe Landing with mama and babee closer to north side of cove. 2 others more mid and single orca. Got a great group of whale watchers out today.
16:45 - Passed mussel rafts, mid channel, westbound, out from PRIVATE Rolling Hills dock.
13:00 - They are heading to Hidden Beach. Close to shore. Northbound. Viewed from north side of Greenbank off North Bluff Rd.
12:45 - They are pretty much hanging out from Wonn Rd. feeding. On kills.
12:30 - Orcas out from Wonn Rd., NB, and gray over near Baby Island.
12:00 - Orcas at Dines Point, NB. Viewing from Wonn Rd.
11:45 - They stopped momentarily off Rainbow Lane and have now resumed north again.
11:36 - Honeymoon Bay close to shore heading northbound. -Marilyn Armbruster
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11:39 - Still off Honeymoon Lake. Meandering and slowly headed north.
11:35 - Ts off Honeymoon Lake traveling north about mid-way out. -Erik Anderson
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11:30 - All over the place, hunting. Big splash and they seem to be easing north and getting smaller with distance now.
11.00 - Orcas in Holmes Harbor north of golf course.
----March 16: Here they are again - the T99s paid another visit to Holmes Harbor today, now Day 5 of their continuing presence in and around Saratoga Passage, intriguing whale watchers with their often close-to-shore activities as they worked to flush out unwary prey. The seals must be getting a little weary! -Sandra Pollard
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08:15 - Orcas past Race Lagoon in Coupeville about five minutes ago heading south towards Freeland...-Danny Zel
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GRAY WHALES - Wed, Mar 16 - S Rosario Strait - ~17:55 - At 18:03 volunteer Elizabeth Drozda called to report a gray whale. She's at Bowman Bay, Deception Island, and watched a gray whale surface twice, swimming northbound across Bowman Bay at about 17:55.
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Wed, Mar 16 - Skagit Bay/N Saratoga Passage - 17:00-18:00 - We watched 2 grey whales feeding off West Beach (Oak Harbor) last night [March 16] from 5 pm til we had to leave an hour later. They were going in a large circle over our second sandbar at first, and farther out as we watched. -Teri Wise
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14:00 - Dubknuck [#44] outside the west entrance to Swinomish Slough. -Matt Stolmeier, Outer Island Excursions
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14:55 - I spotted puffs way out off of the tip of Camano (Brown Point?), and after watching for a few minutes with binoculars, it appears to be two grays (simultaneous blows) slowly working their way down toward Utsalady.
13:30 - I peeked outside a few minutes ago and saw a gorgeous big arching dive complete with tail flip out in the channel straight out from Mariners Cove. This one was heading south, and I didn’t see it again.
Also, up to the north in Skagit Bay, there is another gray spouting a bit. It’s pretty far out (northeast), and I can’t quite figure out which direction it’s going yet. Perhaps these are the two that I saw this morning up in Skagit Bay working their way down the channel.
~11:30 - Update on the grays - there is definitely more than one out there, based on simultaneous blows in different locations. They moved slightly east toward Stanwood and further away from me now, so the puffs got smaller, and I haven’t spotted them for a good ten minutes.
10:50 - Gray in Skagit Bay: I saw a couple of puffs in the distance up in Skagit Bay, northeast of my vantage point here at Mariners Cove. It’s too far to judge any direction yet though, but I’ll let you know if they stop by for snacks. -Marianne Parry
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Wed, Mar 16 - Saratoga Passage - 17:41 - Two whales believed to be grays milling in front of Joseph Whidbey State Park for the last hour! -Crystal Dalton
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14:11 - Amateur here, but just spotted at least one whale rounding East Point? Fox Spit? on Whidbey. Not local, so not sure what landmarks everyone uses. Saw at least one whale's back, a few times, then several minutes later, we saw blow more than the times, followed by two separate trail slaps. This was at 2:11 pm, heading south, amazingly close to shore! -Bernadette Clapper
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Wed, Mar 16 - Possession Sound - 12:29 - Saratoga has 531 northbound from Baby Island.
----Our trip on MV Saratoga began northbound through Possession Sound where we encountered Gray Whale CRC2259 resting just north of Clinton! -Justine Buckmaster, Naturalist, Puget Sound Express
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12:20 - Multiple grays north of Hat Island, closer to Camano side. -Alexi Runnels 

March 15
BIGG’S/TRANSIENT ORCAS - Tue, Mar 15 - Saratoga Passage (T99s) - 19:18 - [T99s] They turned left leaving Penn Cove 5 min ago. -Dana Twichell
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18:38 - [T99s] On the Monroe Landing side of Penn Cove heading east. -Kendall Parrett
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18:57 - Heading towards Long Point. Long downtimes.
17:42 - Just passed Monroe Landing, west. -Anya Sika
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19:08 - Leaving Penn Cove, mid cove, earlier beautiful back lit blows.
16:20 - [T99s] Just passed Shangri la in the pouring rain… northbound.
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----3/15:  and the T99's came back for a 4th day!! Caught up with them in the pouring rain at Shangri La, then as they sped by Harrington Lagoon as the sun came out, and briefly at Long Point as they headed into Penn Cove. They went all the way down to the west end, turned around and headed out. Pictures aren't great but so lovely to see, especially in the early evening sun with backlit blows. -Bonnie Gretz
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18:50 - Eastbound past Monroe Landing.
18:15 - Eastbound along north shore approaching pier at Rolling Hills.
18:05 - Mom and baby near dock right off Highway 20.
17:40 - Westbound past Monroe Landing.
17:30 - Westbound into Penn Cove.
16:45 - Northbound past Harrington Lagoon.
16:15 - [T99s] Northbound past Shangri la. -Rachel Haight
photos - “Following the T99s from Hidden Beach to Penn Cove this afternoon. Another day with people all along the shores enjoying the orca.”
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14:30 - Orca sighting (at least two orcas) a few hundred feet from Greenbank (Whidbey Island) shoreline, heading north towards Greenbank Beach. -Martha Poppy Sinclair
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Email received @ 13:26 - We saw 4 orca in Homes Harbor south of Honeymoon Lake and north of Homes Harbor Golf Course! -Shannon O’Phelan
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13:08 - [T99s] Northbound approaching Honeymoon Bay, also a gray near Baby Island on long dives. -Matt Stolmeier, Outer Island Excursions
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12:57 - Seeing fins halfway up Holmes Harbor from Freeland Park. Mid channel and appear to be southbound.
----Day 4 of the T99s extended visit to and around Saratoga Passage, including a further foray into Holmes Harbor, sending nervous seals to seek sanctuary in the shallows. Although the whales came tantalizingly close to our viewpoint, they did not continue south deeper into the harbor after slowing down to flush out their next meal, and we last saw them in formation northbound toward Greenbank. -Sandra Pollard
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19:15 - Exiting Penn Cove. Beautiful time with many other whale loving people at Monroe Landing.
16:15 - Made close pass at Shangri La, northbound, and with a beautiful rainbow.
15:33 - Have angled back more towards Whidbey and northbound out from Hidden Beach.
15:20 - Orcas angling over towards Camano but closer to Whidbey just south of Hidden Beach. Viewing from Hidden Beach. Northbound.
13:45 - Off Rainbow Lane, northside of Honeymoon Bay on west side of Holmes Harbor, northbound.
12:17 - Have passed Dines Pt. moving fairly fast, southbound, west side of Holmes Harbor.
12:00 - Got them mid channel southbound into Holmes Harbor southern end of Greenbank.-Marilyn Armbruster
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11:58 - They are just entering Holmes Harbor from the Greenbank area. Southbound, very spread out. T99 pod confirmed. -Bart Rulon, Naturalist, Puget Sound Express
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11:20 - Orcas 1 mile north of Hidden Beach heading south. -Aaron Gill
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GRAY WHALES - Tue, Mar 15 - Haro Strait - ~19:00 - Grey Whale spotted off of Ten Mile Point on the west side of Haro Strait, on the southeastern tip of Vancouver Island this evening, Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at approximately 7 PM. Identity unconfirmed at this point. -Gerald Graham
video - https://youtu.be/VU6X6XyqBRw
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Tue, Mar 15 - Anacortes
09:43 - Laura Baker, WSF Marine Ops, emailed to report: Log entry 0943hrs: Vessel reports sighting a single, small gray whale just off Shannon Point as the vessel was departing ANAC. Whale appears to be headed eastbound.
[“It is CRC2441. Confirmed around 4:00pm near Anacortes waterfront.” -Sam Murphy, Island Adventures]
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Tue, Mar 15 - N Saratoga Passage
20:40 - I’ve got a visitor or two at the Happy Meal Mudflats tonight. I’m not positive, but I’m going to say that there are two grays based on the breathing frequency and perceived locations (it’s dark outside).  I think they are coming from the north, have passed Mariners Cove, and are hanging out at the mudflats but might be very slowly working their way southward. I stood outside listening to them for a good 15-20 minutes – so special! -Marianne Parry
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18:09 - A Gray is heading in to Crescent Harbor. -Terra Parham
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~15:00 - Little Patch #53 and #56 were traveling together near Strawberry Point, angling towards the Skagit Delta around 3:00pm. On the return trip home, we visited with Sounders Dubknuck (44), Little Patch (53) and #56!...-Sam Murphy, Naturalist, Island Adventures
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14:37 - 3 grays near Strawberry Pt., Whidbey. Moving toward Brown Point, Camano. Little Patch [53] and #56, plus another. Dubknuck [#44] was further south, crossing toward Onamac, earlier. -Matt Stolmeier
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14:41 - There is at least one gray, and I suspect two based on how close together the puffs are, heading north past Mariners Cove, but way out in the channel. It’s way too far out for me to see any detail, and I’m never pointing the camera in the right place when I try to guess where they’re going to pop up. One more note about this gray in case it helps with ID: my parents are visiting and my dad says that this gray looked like the one I saw a couple of days ago that I mentioned looked like a log. It presents a longer-than-usual length of its body above the waterline, which seemed different from the arch that we usually see. -Marianne Parry
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Tue, Mar 15 - Saratoga Passage - 14:11 - Gray whale has passed Hidden Beach, northbound, mid channel. -Sandra Pollard
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13:08 - Northbound [T99s] approaching Honeymoon Bay, also a gray near Baby Island on long dives. -Matt Stolmeier, Outer Island Excursions
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12:30 - I was with gray, Looks like Dubknuck [#44], viewed from Baby Island Heights. Miling around. -Marilyn Armbruster
10:20 - Solo gray whale traveling north off Bells Beach. -Anya Vahlolo
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Tue, Mar 15 - Possession Sound - 15:00 - Gray whale feeding off Camano Head, today, at 3pm on Tuesday. Taken from Scarlett, our feeding pit survey airplane. -Fred Lundahl
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11:25 - Gray whale CRC2362 northbound near [east of] Camano Head. -Bart Rulon
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UNIDENTIFIED SPECIES - Tue, Mar 15 - Columbia River - Just wanted to let you know that I'm 99% sure there was a whale right at the Lewis and Clark Bridge at Longview, WA, this morning, March 15, 2022. It was grey and white and appeared to be as large as a medium sized boat, in fact, there were log trucks parked on the Oregon side, and it was near to the shore there and was comparable to the cabs on those trucks. What was also strange is that there were other dorsal fins surfacing around it, and across the Columbia River. Appeared to be at least two dozen dolphins. -Stephanie Clemons

March 14
BIGG’S/TRANSIENT ORCAS - Mon, Mar 14 - Saratoga Passage/Holmes Harbor/Penn Cove (T99s)
17:40 - I saw yesterday someone posted here about the pod being in Penn Cove. I thought it was a long shot but went to Captain Whidbey Inn for a drink and light bite. I lucked out and saw the whole pod plus the new little baby orca! It was at 5:40pm today! They swam in and out of the cove, all within 15 minutes. -Crystal Prater
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12:31 - Yes, they are not too far out from Freeland Park.
12:20 - Sure looks like orcas coming straight towards Freeland dock. I’ll get back. I don’t know for sure???
12:35 - Marilyn Armbruster messaged with an update: the orcas (she thinks T99s, includes wee one) were ~300 yards from Freeland Park! She thinks heading back north, they are being stealthy, super long down times. -Marilyn Armbruster
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09:50 - Orcas, probably T99s (no pics, too fast, then out of sight), just passed my house [S. of Harrington Lagoon], saw them surface a couple of times, Whidbey side, southbound.  Saw 2 - then nothing since… -Jill Hein
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UNIDENTIFIED ORCAS - Mon, Mar 14 - Strait of Juan de Fuca - Orca sighting at Beckett Point Rd in Port Townsend, Wa. 3 Orcas were seen. -Dalis Sierra
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GRAY WHALES - Mon, Mar 14 - E Strait of Juan de Fuca/NW Whidbey - 18:00 - Hard to tell in the rain, but I have seen at least one gray whale spouting off of West Beach at 6pm. -Carla Field McCoy
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Mon, Mar 14 - Saratoga Passage - 11.00 - Brief glimpse of gray whale blow passing Hidden Beach southbound mid channel. Choppy seas. -Sandra Pollard
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Mon, Mar 14 - Port Susan - 09:20 - Melanie Serroels reported in Camano group one gray whale in Port Susan who was passing Port Susan Beach while feeding on ghost shrimp. It then headed SE towards Bretland.

March 13
BIGG’S/TRANSIENT ORCAS - Sun, Mar 13 - NW Strait of Georgia (T18s) - 11:49 - Orcas moving north along Cortes Island. Two big fins visible. Update: Once the whales got closer, we could see four whales in total. It was T18 and family, and they continued north past Campbell River. -Mark and Patti Perepeluk
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Sun, Mar 13 - Strait of Georgia (T36s, T37As, T49As, T49C) - We encountered 16 Bigg’s and identified the T49A's including the newly-documented calf T049A6, T036's, T037A's and T049C. Thanks to Captain Gary for capturing some great images! -Ocean EcoVentures Whale Watching - Cowichan Bay & Parksville B.C.
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Sun, Mar 13 - Saratoga Passage/Penn Cove (T99s) - 16:24 - [orcas] Milling right around here [mid channel, north of Penn Cove]. Definitely seem to be hunting something. -Shelby Nicole
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~16:30 - Watched them exiting Penn Cove, on the north side, from Long Point. -Bonnie Gretz
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15:43 - T99s headed slowly east out of Penn Cove after a seal hunt. -Matt Stolmeier
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15:36 - [orcas] We see them from Coupeville but way in the distance, they are at mouth of Penn Cove, north side - 336pm. -Segundo Guerrero
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15:14 - More so on Coupeville side 1/4 channel out just east of boat launch.
15:00 - they are back in Penn Cove again westbound, mid channel. Viewing from Monroe Landing.
12:50 - Viewing from Long Point, orcas are entering outskirts of Crescent Harbor NE bound. -Marilyn Armbruster
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12:54 - They look to be out in the channel now.
12:39 - [orcas] Off the northeast tip of Penn Cove. -Kathy LaMee
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12:32 - [orcas] Exited Penn Cove northbound.
12:17 - Middle of cove heading east. Viewing from Monroe Landing. -Tiffany Jo Cheyann Waldner, Orca Network
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15:00 - Headed west into Penn Cove, approaching Monroe Landing area.
12:02 - [orcas] Eastbound just off the pier at Rolling Hills. -Rachel Haight
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11:40 - Orca in Penn Cove near mussel rafts. Westbound, probably T99s. -Jill Hein
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10:28 - Good morning! It’s 10:28am and there are orcas (the Ts [Bigg’s] from yesterday) heading northbound on the Whidbey side towards Harrington Lagoon this morning! They’re beautiful! -Stephanie Smith
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UNIDENTIFIED ORCAS - Sun, Mar 13 - Central Puget Sound - 12:50 - WSF sent report: Walla Walla reports 1 Orca SB ½ mile of Restoration Point.
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HUMPBACK WHALES - Sun, Mar 13 - Central Puget Sound - 12:00 - [HB] View from Constellation, at south end of Blake Island heading north up against island. -James Tilley
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11:58 - 1 breached near Alki. Another just cleared the Southworth Ferry.
11:24 - [HB] Visible from Southworth. Slowly NB. 11:24. -Jason Cook
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Southworth this am... It was headed north, pretty fast long dives. -Noelle Morris
[Sent photo, taken by Noelle Morris from Southworth as whale exited northbound, to Cascadia Research: 
Yes, we can confirm this is the same whale that has been in Case Inlet and matches both a photograph I took of it in February and an earlier one someone else took…We have not found a match to it elsewhere yet or in HW [Happy Whale] or our catalog so have not assigned an ID to it, though if it continues to hang around we will assign an ID. -John Calambokidis, Cascadia Research Collective]
video - https://youtu.be/M8Aqgn-y2xM
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11:20 - Smaller size humpback, north end Colvos, NB [northbound]. -Tim Ferris
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11:45 - Moving east between Vashon and Blake.
10:33 - [HB] Northbound in Colvos, just south of Fragaria... Glass water — stunning. -Amy Carey
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10:14 - Still northbound, slightly north of Anderson Point. Can hear him very well!
10:05 - Humpback! Central Colvos Passage - between Al's Olalla Bay Market and Anderson Point, heading northbound leisurely. Took a dive. -Amanda Herberger
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08:20 - We just saw a whale off the south side of Vashon near the ferry. Sprayed and came up several times. Wondering if it’s this guy [humpback]! 820 am, Sunday. Whale was moving west from ferry. -Jen Clark
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GRAY WHALES - Sun, Mar 13 - E Strait of Juan de Fuca/NW Whidbey - 10:00-11:30 - I saw some grays at West Beach today! They were off shore from 10:00am-11:30am for the time we were there, there were 2 grays. They were traveling along West Beach in the direction towards Deception Pass. No breaching, but surfacing and blows during the time we were there, seemed to be moving pretty slow. -Carrie Bailey-Suamataia
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Sun, Mar 13 - N Saratoga Passage - 13:25 - Gray whale moving northbound between Crescent Harbor and Camano Island. -Anya Sika
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12:50 - Viewing from Long Point, gray whale milling mid Polnell Point and northend Camano Island. -Marilyn Armbruster
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~12:00 & ~12:35 - We had a gray pass by Mariners Cove, northbound, pretty far out in the channel around noon today, and then I spotted one coming by southbound much closer to shore and feeding a little bit around 12:35pm. Maybe it’s the same one – it didn’t pop up much at all so I didn’t manage to get any photos. It fed for just a couple of minutes close to shore and then headed out to deeper water, where I lost sight of it. Shy Gray. -Marianne Parry
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09:26 - Gray is feeding at Polnell Shores. -Terra Parham
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Sun, Mar 13 - Saratoga Passage - 12:45 (?) - Saw some blows, possibly grays, well off West Beach, Joseph Whidbey State Park; headed south. -Kathy VanderMeer
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Sun, Mar 13 - Possession Sound - 14:00-17:00 - we watched several gray whales cruising and feeding off of the southern tip of Whidbey, halfway between the Possession Head buoy and the Scatchet Head buoy between 2:00 pm and 5:00 pm. They were slowly heading in an easterly direction towards the Possession buoy. -Don Bowman
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Today we had beautiful weather and encountered 4 social Gray Whales on MV Saratoga! This lovely cuddle puddle consisted originally of CRC21 "Shackleton", CRC22 "Earhart", and CRC2356! It wasn't long until CRC2362 who was lingering in the distance came over and joined the party! They made their way over toward the northern end of Hat/Gedney Island and along the way displayed beautiful flukes and rainblows! -Justine Buckmaster
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12:00 - CRC2362 joined 21, 22, and 2356 so we have 4 now. A mile north of Hat Island, now, southbound.
11:40 - 3 gray whales, CRC21, 22, and 2356 off the north end of Hat Island, southbound.
----Sunday, we watched four gray whales interacting with each other near Hat Island. We started out watching CRC21 (Shackleton), CRC22 (Earhart), and CRC2356, but then CRC2362 swam over to join them.  The foursome grouped up pretty closely and at times they were close enough to be touching each other. -Bart Rulon, Naturalist, Puget Sound Express
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Sun, Mar 13 - Port Susan - 10:08 - We are seeing a whale (presume gray) from a distance, traveling north-ish in upper Port Susan, south of and headed directionally toward Livingston Bay. -Stephanie Raymond, Orca Network

March 12
SOUTHERN RESIDENT ORCAS - Sat, Mar 12 - Gulf Islands, BC - ~10:30 - My location:  Stoney Hill, Outside Maple Bay, BC (North Cowichan) north entrance of Sansum Narrows facing Saltspring Island. (Lat:  48.803377; Lng:  -123.579548). Sighted a pod on Sat, approximately 1030 hrs. The group was traveling slowly south from the vicinity of Vesuvius Bay, toward Sansum Narrows.  They spent 15 - 20 minutes apparently feeding at the north end of the narrows on the Saltspring Island side of the channel. Quite a bit of breaching and tail slapping. Some side and upside down "floating".  I suspect this is the same group (J pod) seen on Friday. Unfortunately, I didn't get any shots that have good images of distinctive fins or saddles. -Karen Lund
photo - Js ID’d by Melisa Pinnow (J41, J31, J37, J59, & J42)
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BIGG’S/TRANSIENT ORCAS - Sat, Mar 12 - Saratoga Passage (T99s) - What a treat to hear that orcas were in the neighborhood, finally!  Found them heading out of Holmes Harbor this morning, and caught up with them again this afternoon in Penn Cove. The T99s, a family of 5 - so good to see so many people out watching them too, along with fellow orca-dorks. -Jill Hein
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16:15 - Heading out of Penn Cove... from Monroe Landing.
15:08 - [T99s] In Penn Cove coming to the wharf, mid channel!!!! Good looks from the wharf. -Bonnie Gretz
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16:00 - Heading east out of Penn Cove, north side.
14:57 - [orcas] Closer to south side of Penn Cove heading west. -Tiffany Jo Cheyann Waldner, Orca Network
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14:55 - [orcas] Headed NB towards Coupeville wharf. Mid-way out. -Meghan Davis
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15:18 - Into Penn Cove, Oak Harbor side, past Monroe Landing.
14:17 - [orcas] Off Race Lagoon, heading north toward Long Point. -Dina Blackstone
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14:17 - [orcas] Off of Race Lagoon, heading north. -Laura Tarasoff
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~13:30 - [orcas] Heading north towards Race Lagoon. -Aaron Gill
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13:09 - Watching from CISP [Camano Island State Park]. They're trending north with whale boat on scene. Between CISP and Cama Beach, on Whidbey side. -Shelly Greybeck
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What a fun day today! Got to see Bigg’s Orca (T99s and a baby) in Holmes Harbor, as well as from Hidden Beach in Greenbank! -David Haeckel
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12:30 - Volunteer Karen Graham called to report seeing the orcas, including young one, just now leaving Holmes Harbor. They were right out from the Greenbank boat ramp. Appeared they were angling more toward Baby Island, but maybe strait across toward Elger/Camano. Little seal just popped up as we were saying goodbye.
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12:12 - The T99 pod is northeast-bound at the mouth of Holmes Harbor. -Bart Rulon, Naturalist, Puget Sound Express
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12:10 - Orca sighting (appeared to be two orcas) a few hundred feet from Greenbank (Whidbey Island) shoreline, heading north towards Greenbank Beach. -Martha Poppy Sinclair
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11:35 - Heading north out of [Holmes] harbor, 11:35. Great little session with some Ts! -Kayla Phillips
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~11:30 - Awesome pass deep in Holmes Harbor around 11:30! Gorgeous little baby! -Donna George
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15:15 - Orcas are off Coupeville Wharf, currently.
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12:50 - Orcas straight out from Hidden Beach on a hunt. Haven't seen gray in a bit, appeared to head towards Camano, Elger Bay.
11:30 - Now WW boat on scene. Whales northbound.
11:24 - [T99s] Just north of Freeland dock midchannel. -Rachel Haight
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11:26 - [orcas] Heading back toward Baby Island now…whale watching boat now on scene.
11:21 - Hunting for sure…tail slaps and spy hops too, center of Holmes Harbor. -Nikki Clarke
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11:44 - They went down for a long time and have disappeared…
11:19 - [T99s] Going slowly north in Holmes Harbor, maybe 4 of them.
11:10 - Orcas in Holmes Harbor, mid harbor, just north of Holmes Harbor Golf Course dock. -Cindi Bowen
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10:45 - Spotted at 10:45 am in the south end of Holmes Harbor very near the park. Counted 6 whales, including one large male, and it appeared there were 2 calves. Orcas moved very slowly, lots of milling about, spy hopping and tail slapping. Appeared to be feeding as gulls and an eagle were interested when the whales surfaced. Watched them for 40 minutes. Headed north towards Honeymoon Bay where two whale watching vessels arrived to view. Hopefully they can provide more details and photos. -Catherine Drews
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11:30 - The orcas have just cruised past the bottom of our road, north of the Holmes Harbor golf course, heading steadily outbound. At least a dozen seals were grouped up in shallow water close to Freeland beach. Safety in numbers!
11:15 - They are angling slowly north in Holmes Harbor. Had a meal judging by the waiting birds. Lots of spy-hops.
10.45 - They have slowed down, east side of harbor, and appear to be hunting.
10:40 - [T99s] They are in Holmes Harbor proper heading toward Freeland dock at speed, mid channel.
----Wow - whales deep in Holmes Harbor today with the T99s cruising right past the bottom of our road. With the first report of them near Baby Island before doing a disappearing act, we whizzed down to Freeland Park and soon spotted them heading at speed toward the boat ramp - they hadn't wasted any time. They slowed down and changed gear to hunting mode, circling and milling with frequent spy-hops as they angled more toward the east side of Holmes Harbor. Judging by the flurry of gulls overhead they probably had some success before re-grouping and heading back north from whence they came. Cool! (photos Richard Snowberger/Sandra Pollard, zoomed and cropped) -Sandra Pollard
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15:35 - Mid channel and now deep into the cove out from last row of mussel rafts. Still westbound.
14:45 - Heading into Penn Cove.
14:00 - Close pass to Shangri La Shores, moving swiftly NB.
12:00 - NB just south side of Greenbank and on west side of Harbor.
10:10 - Have lost them since last sighting, they could be deep into the Harbor? I’m viewing from the south side of Baby Island just inside Holmes Harbor. Pretty stealthy.
09:50 - Pod has moved into Holmes Harbor, about 1/8th mile in. Now about 4-minute downtimes.
09:32 - Angling a bit away, but still aiming towards Baby Island. 3-minute downtime.
09:27 - From Baby Island, seeing at least 4 heading towards Baby Island about 100 yards offshore. -Marilyn Armbruster
[T99s ID’d by Alisa Lemire Brooks from Marilyn’s back-of-camera images]
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~09:00 - Friends saw 3 orcas heading north off of Fox Spit around 9am this morning. -Jeremy Byrne
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09:17 - They've been just milling around east to west in front of East Point. Haven't seen him in about 10 minutes though.
08:58 - 3, maybe 4 orcas in Saratoga Passage just north of Baby Island. -Shannon Moore Kavanaugh
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~09:00 - Friends saw 3 orcas heading north off of Fox Spit around 9am this morning. -Jeremey Byrne
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COASTAL ORCAS - Sat, Mar 12 - OR Coast - We saw 2 maybe 3 orcas in the middle of the jetty at Yaquina Bay, Newport! 6:30ish a.m. today. We also saw a floating sea lion(?)carcass with the number 98 and maybe an x on it. Sorry, no pictures. All happened so fast. They were heading out to sea in the middle of the jetty. -Mark Hesterberg
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UNIDENTIFIED ORCAS - Sat, Mar 12 - NPS/Admiralty Inlet
Cascadia Region Whale Sighting
Killer Whale (Orca) Sighting:
Sighting Time: Sat, Mar 12 @ 14:05:00 PST
Sighting User Reported Location (Lat/Lon): 48.04400,-122.68511 [Marrowstone Island, S. of East Beach Park]
Number Sighted: 2
Submitter Name: Tessa O'Grady
Whale Alert App
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HUMPBACK WHALES - Sat, Mar 12 - South Puget Sound/Carr Inlet - 12:30 & 13:00 - The Humpback hung around Carr Inlet off of Horsehead Bay. Our neighbors spotted it around 12:30pm mid-channel. I took this series of pictures [GIF] around 1:00pm. -Randy Witter
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08:30 - [humpback] …our friend never exposed a fluke! [map shows location between Fox and McNeil Islands] -Ricki Selva
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07:00-07:10 - Spotted a humpback in Carr Inlet at 7-7:10 this morning. Rose a handful of times off Horsehead [Bay] in the deep channel north of there, sorry no pics. Time to get a good camera, I guess! Haven’t seen since. -Michael Rodenbaug
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GRAY WHALES - Sat, Mar 12 - S Haro Strait - Val Shore from Eagle Wing Tours has been passing on gray whale photos/sightings from the Victoria area to me and there have been a couple of new individuals in the last week or so. On March 12 there was an individual seen that I matched to CRC2383. It was first seen in July of 2019 near Beechey Head and a couple more sightings from May and June 2020 in Birch Bay. -Alie Perez, Cascadia Research Collective
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Sat, Mar 12 - N Saratoga Passage - 16:25 - There’s a gray just out from the Happy Meal Mudflats just south of Mariners Cove, and it appears to be heading south down toward Polnell. (4:25pm Saturday). -Marianne Parry
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14:36 - Gray whale off Utsalady heading into Skagit Bay. -Sara Montour Lewis
photo - [b.o.c. image #44 Dubknuck?/sending photos]
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Yesterday was another great day on the water, with T99s and three gray whales seen on the Island Explorer 5 (Little Patch by Strawberry Point, and two others seen briefly and unidentified). The photos are from very far away, and don't show much of the dorsal ridge. The T99s passed right by this individual and it was as if it knew they were close because it stayed as shallow as possible and was incredibly subtle with any surfacing or movement until they passed. (All of the photos are of the same whale.) -Sam Murphy, Island Adventures Whale Watching
[Whale in two of the photos is 22 Earhart. -Alisa Lemire Brooks, Orca Network]
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12:29 - Little Patch now heading back toward Strawberry Point, Whidbey. Probably going in another feed run.
12:23 - #53 pushing off Strawberry Point, Whidbey Island, heading toward middle of pass/Utsalady Point direction. -Tyson Parker Reed, Island Adventures
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Sat, Mar 12 - Penn Cove - 10:45 - Just talked to an older gentleman at Long Point, and he and his wife watched a Gray in Penn Cove at 10:45 am this morning first along the shores west of Long Point. He said it fed from there to Snatelum Point and then went back out in the passage. -Marilyn Armbruster
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Sat, Mar 12 - Saratoga Passage - 13:40 - Off of Lowell Point, heading towards Baby Island.
13:23 - Gray whale is leaving Elger Bay and heading west. I think it’s CRC-383. -Sara Montour Lewis
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13:00 - [gray] Straight out from Hidden Beach, Whidbey side, northbound. -Marilyn Armbruster
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12:33 - 2 greys off Hidden Beach. -Carina Raddatz
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12:30 - Gray whale at Hidden Beach, orcas just south of here! -Rachel Haight
photo - #21 “Shackleton” ID: ALB
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11:35 - Gray whale crc383 is feeding in the shallows of Elger Bay. Seen from MV Saratoga, Puget Sound Express. -Bart Rulon, Naturalist, PSE
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10:00 - The 3 grays are in Elger Bay. A few orcas north of Baby Island. -Jennifer Feldman Spanton
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09:20 - Several reports of 3 gray whales in Elger Bay, Camano Island. They had been further down island early morning. -ALB/ON
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UNIDENTIFIED SPECIES - Sat, Mar 12 - South Puget Sound/Carr Inlet - 07:17 - FoxIslandNews had a report of 2 whales near the old navy pier headed toward the sand spit early this morning. -Mignon Whitaker

March 11
SOUTHERN RESIDENT ORCAS - Fri, Mar 11 - Gulf Islands, BC - 10:15 - My location:  Stoney Hill, Outside Maple Bay, BC (North Cowichan) north entrance of Sansum Narrows facing Saltspring Island. (Lat:  48.803377; Lng:  -123.579548). Sighted a pod approximately 1015 hrs. The group appeared to be feeding for 30-40 min at the northern mouth of Sansum Narrows, making large sweeps from Saltspring Island across to Maple Bay and back around several times. Lots of tail slapping, some breaching, some spy hopping.  My friend took one photo showing 5 adults on the surface. I have one photo (included) showing a mother and calf. We can say at least there were 5 adults and one calf, although there may have been 1 or 2 more adults.  I heard orca traveling north at 0510 hrs (still very dark) and they also sounded like they were feeding for a short time in the northern mouth of the Narrows before moving on (20-25 blows with some splashing).  Impossible to know if this was the same group. -Karen Lund
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BIGG’S/TRANSIENT ORCAS - Fri, Mar 11 - Rosario Strait (T99s) - Here are some photos from 3.11.2022 of the T99s hunting a Steller sea lion in southern Rosario Strait. The hunt was drawn out and T99E was getting right in on the action, particularly towards the end once the family had tired the Steller out. Photos taken on the Island Explorer 5 by myself (Sam Murphy) naturalist with Island Adventures Whale Watching. -Sam Murphy
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COASTAL ORCAS - Fri, Mar 11 - CA Coast
Orca Sighting:
Sighting Time: Fri, Mar 11 @ 14:05:50 PST
Sighting User Reported Location (Lat/Lon): 39.31380,-123.80100 [Mendocino, CA]
Number Sighted: 4
Submitted Comments: Possible pod
Submitter Name: Sue Ellen Bolt
Whale Alert App
ON follow-up: Traveled a bit south from my original sighting. They were close in to shore, initially, actually. Later I saw them southwest - too far away for a photo. They appeared to be thrashing around for quite a while at that location (off of Goat Island, Mendocino Headland area). Will try to photo next time. It would help me to identify the group next time, as well. Thanks for the prompt response. -Sue Ellen McKenzie-Bolt
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UNIDENTIFIED ORCAS - Fri, Mar 11 - Gulf Islands, BC - 10:35 - [orcas] Update from another group, they are now seen from Maple Bay Beach, closer to Salt Spring side. -Christin Carruthers
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09:19 - [orcas] Whales on the north end of Salt Spring in the Canadian Gulf Islands. 3. They were near the Vesuvius ferry, southbound. -Shauna Ringquist
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GRAY WHALES - Fri, Mar 11 - Saratoga Passage - 12:26 - Chris Haas observed 2+ grays in Saratoga Passage heading northbound across from Madrona Beach, Camano. Whales were closer to Whidbey. -CWW
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Fri, Mar 11 - Possession Sound - We saw #21 on 3/11 in Possession Sound near the Possession buoy, traveling quickly north. We only had a few minutes with him as it was near the end of our trip. [per Alie Perez, Cascadia Research: first sighting of CRC21, that they know of.] -Alex Vanderzee, Cascadia Research Collective/Puget Sound Express

March 10
GRAY WHALES - Thu, Mar 10 - E Strait of Juan de Fuca - Naturalist Tyson Reed with Island Adventures Whale Watching photographed CRC2259 just south of Smith Island in the Strait of Juan de Fuca yesterday (3.10.2022). Alie Perez with Cascadia Research confirmed the ID. -Sam Murphy, Lead Naturalist, Island Adventures Whale Watching
photos - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MixCGIL84YY5x99pTGRZOJUIXnoFCQrq?usp=sharing
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At 1135 a friend messaged that she saw a blow off West Beach Road, Joseph Whidbey SP area. -Rachel Haight
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13:28 - There is more than one and they are milling.
12:41 - There is one or more gray whales between Joseph Whidbey State Park and Smith Island right now. -Luke Schwantes
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Thu, Mar 10 - Skagit Bay - 12:00 - I see some puffs very far in the distance out in Skagit Bay, NE from Mariners Cove. I’m going to guess that it’s just one gray based on the number and frequency of spouting. -Marianne Parry
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Thu, Mar 10 - N Saratoga Passage - 16:50 - It looks like there are two grays out in the channel in the line of sight between Mariners Cove and Maple Grove/Camano. They are way out there, maybe closer to Camano, and I think there are two because I just saw two puffs right next to each other, with just a split-second delay (just saw the same thing again). They appear to be heading south down the channel, but very slowly.
~13:00 - Earlier today (maybe 1pm-ish), I heard some second-hand reports of two grays out in the channel by Mariners Cove, but I didn’t see them personally. Hopefully someone else reported more details. -Marianne Parry
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08:30 - From Mariners Cove, gray heading east, mid channel from Utsalady Point. -Paul E. Belanger
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Thu, Mar 10 - Saratoga Passage - 17:16 - Allie Hudec called: She just got report from her neighbor of two grays about 250 yards off Fox Spit, Whidbey, heading southbound in Saratoga Passage, slowly, not much surfacing. She thought it was a log then saw blows. This was different than the ones she’s seen going by lately.
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~11:45 - The Elger Bay one left the bay at ~11:45 heading south at a fast clip. -Melanie Knudson
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12:08 - I think Dubknuck is east of Sandy Point a mile or so. No close photos but thru binoculars sure looks like him, just not for sure. PSE is with him. SE bound. -Marilyn Armbruster
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Thu, Mar 10 - Holmes Harbor - We saw the first gray whale divots of the year on Mar. 10 on the east side of Homes Harbor on Whidbey, visible at low tide, north of Beverly Beach. We have not yet seen the whales. They feed here on ghost shrimp. -Bruce Schwager

March 9
UNIDENTIFIED ORCAS - Wed, Mar 9 - Strait of Juan de Fuca
Cascadia Region Whale Sighting
Orca Sighting:
Sighting Time: Wed, Mar 9 @ 14:00:54 PST
Sighting User Reported Location (Lat/Lon): 48.35661,-123.72594 [Sooke, Vancouver Island, BC]
Number Sighted: 1
Submitter Name: Victoria Patterson
Whale Alert App
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GRAY WHALES - Wed, Mar 9 - NW Whidbey/E Strait of Juan de Fuca - ~17:00-17:30 - Saw spouts of water shoot up for 10-15 minutes yesterday at West Beach in deception pass park. around 5-5:30pm, but never was able to get a good look at the whale, never fully surfaced, only saw water shoot up from blowhole. looked to be heading heading south from West Beach. -Riley Kruger
[CRC2259 was confirmed by CRC in this area on the next day]
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Wed, Mar 9 - Admiralty Inlet - ~08:30 - Observed a large whale heading south between Lagoon Point (west side of Whidbey) and Marrowstone Point around 8:30 am, March 9.  Looked injured with what looked like fresh wounds near dorsal fin area. -Lachlan Pope
[“…can confirm 44 Dubknuck is here making his way in!” -Alisa Lemire Brooks, Orca Network]
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Wed, Mar 9 - N Saratoga Passage - 11:55 - From Mariners Cove [Whidbey], I’m watching a gray spouting out in the middle of the channel, and it has moved down Saratoga past Maple Grove [Camano] and is now past Rocky Point. The blows are tough to see with all the sunshine sparkles in the water! -Marianne Parry
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11:44 - Heading towards Maple Grove.
11:39 - From Mariners Cove, 1 gray Utsalady Bay side. Movements vary (had been east). -Paul E. Belanger
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Wed, Mar 9 - Saratoga Passage - 12:45 - [grays] They are still heading northbound. Onamac Point is my line of sight. I am mid Baby Island Heights.
12:30 - Watching 3 grays from home, heading northbound, they are approximately a mile west of Camano State Park. -Marilyn Armbruster
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10:45 - I’ve been watching 2 grays feeding very close to shore off Fox Spit. They are now moving south and are out from Bells Beach area. -Donna George
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Wed, Mar 9 - Possession Sound - 17:11 - 2 grays heading towards A division!! Close to the island. There may be 3. Darker photos taken in front of my house. The lighter photos taken from North Marina Beach. -Alice Moyal
[ALB ID'd three whales: 22, 185 & 383].
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UNIDENTIFIED SPECIES - Wed, Mar 9 - NW Whidbey - Saw spouts of water shoot up for 10-15 minutes, yesterday, at West Beach in Deception Pass Park. around 5-5:30pm, but never was able to get a good look at the whale, never fully surfaced, only saw water shoot up from blowhole. looked to be heading south from West Beach -Riley Kruger

March 8
GRAY WHALES - Tue, Mar 8 - N Saratoga Passage - 16:15 - I looked up from my laptop and was lucky enough to spot a puff in the distance - it appears to be pretty close to the Camano side and is just getting to Utsalady, northbound. Maybe it will swing by the Whidbey side for a midnight snack again tonight. -Marianne Parry
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09:47 - 2 Grey whales by Mariner Cove. -Stacy Haney [CWW]
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Tue, Mar 8 - Saratoga Passage - 14:50 - Grey? Heading south from Camano city towards Camano State Park, 2:50pm. 4 blows then lost sight. -Patricia Phillips
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17:30 - Pretty long downtimes. I'm pretty sure there are 3. Line of sight is mid Baby Island Heights and Camano State Park SB. The 3 have come together.
16:15 - Marilyn Armbruster reports on two whales: she was seeing a blow between Baby Island/Hidden Beach, Whidbey/Camano State Park. Also, a 2nd whale closer to Baby Island.
13:30 - 2 grays on the east side of Sandy Point. The one furthest north pretty much milling in the same spot. The furthest one south is slightly moving southeast. -Marilyn Armbruster
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12:10 - Gray headed south just off Pebble Beach. -Teena Robbinett [CWW]
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UNIDENTIFIED ORCAS - Tue, Mar 8 - San Juan Islands - 09:20 - At least 4 orcas on the east side of Blakely Island in Rosario Strait heading north 9:20 AM. -Monika Wieland Shields, Orca Behavior Institute

March 7
SOUTHERN RESIDENT ORCAS - Mon, Mar 7 - San Juan Islands - 16:50 - Seen these Orcas between Lopez and Friday Harbor today 3-7-22. 4:50pm. -Sean Wheeler/Photography by Tandem Wheels.
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16:40 - [J pod] Saw them by Lopez from Turn Point. Looked like a male took a couple breaths trending north at 16:40. -Cy Scammell
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17:12 - Maija Holston, WSF Marine Ops, emailed: Update: KALEETAN Master reports a pod of orca milling about off of the north end of Lopez, about 7-10 orca.
16:20 - At 16:27 Maija Holston, WSF Marine Ops, emailed: Samish reports at 1620, 3/7/22: Master reports 6-10 orca off Turn Island head north to Upright Channel.
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15:46 - [J pod] Past Turn Point now. -Lindsey Holloway
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15:30 - [J pod] Just passed big male off Brown Is. as seen from WSF headed home! 3:30pm. -Elliot Burch
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15:15 - [J pod] Leaders passing s end of Brown island, mid channel. -Fred Horn
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14:17 - They're pretty spread out - a big male closer to SJI and the others- including a fun breach! - closer to the Deer Harbor side.
14:05 - [J pod] Passing Mineral Point headed south. -Alex Shapiro
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13:22-15:20 - Center for Whale Research Encounter #14: "We could see a couple of whales, including a male, south of them but thought this might be members of the J16s. Right when we almost turned back to see if the J37s were behind us, Katie saw more whales down the channel toward the west tip of Shaw Island. We went there and, luckily, this turned out to be the J37s. The calf was still there and was keeping up with its mom as she traveled quickly down SJ Channel." https://www.whaleresearch.com/2022-14 [See CWR Encounter #14 for full Encounter Summary and more photos]
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14:50 - Near Friday Harbor, southbound.
13:44 - Some appear to be crossing towards San Juan.
13:30 - Leaders at Jones, aiming for SJ Channel.
12:30 - J-Pod southbound President's Channel. -Monika Wieland Shields, Orca Behavior Institute
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UNIDENTIFIED ORCAS - Mon, Mar 7 - Discovery Bay/Strait of Juan de Fuca - My neighbors just showed me a photo of three orcas they saw yesterday off Beckett Point. I'll ask them to send you photos. Looked like one adult and two kids. -Ron Hirschi
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GRAY WHALES - Mon, Mar 7 - N Saratoga Passage - 20:00-21:00+ - A neighbor alerted us to a gray feeding right outside tonight, so we just spent a good half hour down on the beach in the dark listening to our big gray friend splashing about and "raiding the frig" - lol. It finally got too cold, and the whale did not seem to be going anywhere at all, so we reluctantly went back inside. Tough to walk away though!
15:25 - I wish I had more info on this one - it came and went really quickly! One gray cruised by fairly close to shore and I thought maybe it was heading for the mudflats (just south of Mariners Cove), but then it simply vanished. I heard a few puffs, which is why I was able to spot it at all, but it only surfaced for a moment so I got just barely caught a glimpse of its back. It was low tide, so it must have misjudged snack-time. -Marianne Parry
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Mon, Mar 7 - Saratoga Passage - 18:15 - As it was getting dark, saw 3 gray whales that were pretty much milling around Baby Island, most likely waiting for late evening high tide feeding which is 8:48 pm. photos taken around 6:15 this evening. I have no idea who they are. -Marilyn Armbruster
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Mon, Mar 7 - Possession Sound - After that we spotted the beautiful flukes of CRC531 near the north end of Hat/Gedney Island and while we watched her, we noticed two more blows in the distance. We got closer to find CRC2362 hanging out with CRC383! As far as I know, today is the first day CRC383 has been documented in the area this year. Welcome back buddy! -Justine Buckmaster
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12:43 - CRC383 and CRC2362 off the east side of Hat Island.
12:20 - This is CRC531 a mile north of Hat Island aiming east towards Everett.
12:15 - [gray] We spotted another one off the north end of Hat Island. -Bart Rulon
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Mon, Mar 7 - Port Susan - We first found CRC2249 with CRC723 "Lucyfer" in Port Susan swimming close together, perhaps socializing. -Justine Buckmaster
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11:33 - 2 gray whales in Port Susan southbound CRC723 and CRC2249. See my map for location near Camano Island [N. of Port Susan Terrace]. -Bart Rulon, Naturalist, Puget Sound Express

March 6
BIGG'S/TRANSIENT ORCAS - Sun, Mar 6 - NW Strait of Georgia (T2Cs, T36s, T37As, T71s, T99s, T137s) 30 Bigg's Killer Whales passing CR [Campbell River] yesterday. 002Cs, 036s, 037As, 071s, 099s, and 137s from what I could see. -Nick Templeman
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Sun, Mar 6 - Strait of Georgia (T49As) - Captain Gary [Sutton] was on the water this weekend with our first guests of the season who were lucky to encounter a family of Bigg's Killer Whales with a new calf. The T049A's have a new little one traveling with them, welcome T049A6!!! -Ocean EcoVentures Whale Watching - Cowichan Bay
photo - T49A and T49A6 by Gary Sutton
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14:22 - Past Pipers quite far out - They are heading south.
13:30 - T049As going by Fillinger [N. Nanaimo], 1:30. -Frank Baja [NWW]
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UNIDENTIFIED ORCAS - Sun, Mar 6 - Central Puget Sound/Port Orchard Passage - ~08:00-08:30 - We watched about 4-5 orca traveling south inside of Bainbridge Island. I saw them just north of Fletcher Bay and followed them until they disappeared behind University Point. About 8 am to 8:30. 3/6. -David Sours
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GRAY WHALES - Sun, Mar 6 - Saratoga Passage - 17:02 - They are both heading towards Camano Island. Added: It might be three since the one I lost was heading southbound and further away from me. Once I realized I had 2 near the base water tower, I thought he snuck back but maybe 723 left and the other 2 stayed. 1 of the greys looked to be much bigger in size. I left them heading east towards Camano Island.
16:19 - Lost one, the second one is heading (west) to [toward, per Anya's map] Penn Cove.
16:09 - Saw 2 grey whales from Crescent Harbor. Between Whidbey Island and Camaro. Showed me 2 tales and went down. Looks to be aiming towards Whidbey. -Anya Sika
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14:03 - [grays] Spotted them from Madrona on Camano. It looks like they're close to Shangri-la on Whidbey, still heading north, and there's a research boat with them (assuming research? Black & red zodiac). Added: If Marilyn is seeing Lucyfer at Hidden Beach and Anya was seeing two further north at the same time I wonder if there were 3 up there together. When I was viewing from Madrona, I kept saying it looked like there were 3 spouts, but it was hard to tell because I was so far away and, of course, they never surface at the same time. -Sara Montour Lewis
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16:21 - Now coming near Hidden Beach. Southbound. Added: I thought I saw 3 when you [Sara Montour Lewis] posted from Madrona and research boat out there. I had just showed up at Shangri La. Watched for about 15 min then totally lost them. There was only 2 when I was at Hidden Beach earlier when they were about a few miles north of there.
16:15 - The one gray just fluked again, now nearing Cama Beach mid channel, southbound.
16:00 - just pulled up to Hidden Beach. Saw one fluke middish channel in line with Indian Beach, Camano. Appearing southbound.
13:24 - 13 min downtime. Def moving northbound. Still viewing from Hidden Beach. My best guess would be mid-channel north of Onamac Pt. (Camano) and Shangri La Shores (Whidbey).
13:00 - 2 grays, assuming 723 and 531 between Onamac and Whidbey Shangri La? Cannot tell direction but could be northbound still per previous report. I'm viewing from Hidden Beach. Loooooooong downtimes! -Marilyn Armbruster
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10:30 - [grays] 723 and another were NB [northbound] past Camano State Park at 1030. --Michael Colahan
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~11:35 - The 3 joined up right before we left and went down the east side of Hat at around 11:35 AM. They were 22, 2356, and 2362.
11:15 - MV Saratoga is on scene with 2 gray southbound on the west side of Hat Island another one is going down the east side of Hat in the distance! -Justine Buckmaster, Naturalist, Puget Sound Express
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12:17 - MV Saratoga is watching CRC531 and CRC723 off Hidden Beach, northbound.
11:15 - We had CRC 22, 2356, and 2362 at 11:15am from the north end of Hat Island on MV Saratoga. -Bart Rulon, Naturalist, Puget Sound Express
---- On Sunday, March 6, we spotted gray whales CRC 22 (Earhart), 531, and 723 (Lucyfer) in addition to spotting 2356 and 2362 again! We didn't see Earhart (CRC22) last year because she likely had a calf in 2021. Researchers determined she was pregnant using drone photography the last time Earhart was here in 2020 so we didn't expect her in 2021. The moms skip visiting Puget Sound when they have a calf, so it was exciting to see her back again in 2022 especially knowing she likely brought another gray whale into the world last year. Little Patch (CRC53) was the first gray whale to return this season, once again. For the second year in a row, he arrived in December. -photos (531, 22, 723)
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UNIDENTIFIED SPECIES - Sun, Mar 6 - NPS/Admiralty Inlet - I am on the bluff just south of [Bush Point] and hearing blows. Heard one, thinking it might be gray, then heard again, several times. Sounds like may be going north. -Susan Berta, Orca Network
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GRAY WHALES - Sun, Mar 6 - Rosario Strait - ~08:06 & 08:24 - Grey Whale sighted first around 8:06 AM from Rosario Head looking west/northwest. Hopefully these photos can help identify which whale. The tail was from the first sighting at 8:06; the other photo was taken at 8:24. The whale did four deep dives while we observed - we left the area approximately 8:38 AM. -Jacquelyn Owens, Natalie Thomas - Sedro Woolley WA
[CRC2441 confirmed from Jacquelyn’s photo of flukes by Alie Perez, Cascadia Research Collective]

March 5
GRAY WHALES - Sat, Mar 5 - Rosario Strait to Bellingham Channel - we encountered [2022 newbie] CRC-2440 traveling up Rosario Strait into Bellingham Strait [Channel] after first being spotted westbound in Burrows Pass in the morning. Attached are a couple shots for confirmation of CRC-2440. Surfacings were anywhere between 3- and 8-minute downtimes, with only 1-3 breaths per surface and no full fluking during our encounter. -Trevor Derie, Outer Island Expeditions
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Sat, Mar 5 - Similk Bay (N Skagit/E Fidalgo Island) - 14:00 - we found [2022 newbie] CRC-2441 just outside Similk Bay at 14:00 doing circles after previously being observed in Burrows Bay southbound and left at Bowman Bay until we reacquired it at Similk Bay. -Trevor Derie, Outer Island Expeditions
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Sat, Mar 5 - N Saratoga Passage - 22:00 - A neighbor alerted us to a gray at Mariners Cove, but by the time I went outside to listen it had passed us and was at the Happy Meal Mudflats just to the south. It has been hanging around for a good twenty minutes or so, but it slowly heading south toward Polnell. I love hearing the puffs in the dark - such an amazing sound on a beautiful, clear, still night. -Marianne Parry
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~15:00 - We saw a gray blowing mid channel in Saratoga Passage, viewed from bluff above Woodland Beach, Camano, about 3:00 today. It was trending northbound. -Krista Paulino
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Sat, Mar 5 - S/Mid Saratoga Passage - 16:10 - Gray whale sighting just east of Baby Island, heading north. After about 10 minutes it dove down, tail up, south of the navigational buoy. I watched about 20 minutes longer and didn't see it again. -Martha Poppy Sinclair
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16:28 - Back towards Fox Spit now. S/he has been going back and forth and back and forth.
16:02 - One gray heading towards Baby Island, westbound, close to Whidbey.
15:16 - One gray closer to Whidbey side, line of sight Fox Spit and Camp Diana, and other is just on the Cam side of mid channel. Both appearing to be heading towards Fox Spit and/or northbound.
15:00 - [gray] They are a few miles north of Mabana and still out from the Camp Diana bend and off Camano shore. Mid channel. -Marilyn Armbruster
["Your photo of the fluke top is 22 Earhart. With your fluke of 531, Sara's photo of 723 right side, and your right-side share on Orca Network of the unknown whale, you two were tracking 4 whales on March 5th, not 2 as thought. This is a great reminder of the importance of photo-documentation!" -Alisa Lemire Brooks, Orca Network]
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14:57 - I last saw them right here-ish and was viewing them from the very south point of Camano Island SP. (4806'11.5"N 12226'57.1"W)
14:15 - The two at Elger seem to be making their way south now. Currently at the little point in between Elger and Mabana, close to the Camano side.
12:45 - 2 grays off the south end of Camano Island State Park. They were heading south from ~Baby Island when I first got here and are now rounding the point and heading into Elger Bay. -Sara Montour Lewis
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12:01 - Bart Rulon messaged again: 2nd whale with 53 off Camano Head was CRC2249 (a 2019 newbie). [FIRST 2022 sighting for 2249 that we know of!]
11:40 - Bart Rulon, Puget Sound Express, messaged that they are with 2 gray whales at Camano Head (Saratoga Passage side). Whales are southbound. One of them is CRC53 Little Patch. -Bart Rulon, Naturalist, PSE
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Sat, Mar 5 - Port Susan - 15:15 - Gray surfaced off amongst the buoys at point at McKees Beach, dove facing west then surfaced again SE along south side of the point heading southbound almost out of view from Kayak Point.
15:00 - One Gray just passed by close to shore. Off Kayak Point southbound, angling toward McKees. -Alisa Lemire Brooks, Orca Network
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~14:45 - [gray] From 3/5 at 2:45ish off Kayak Point Pier. -Hannah Swanson
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12:37 - Also, CRC2356 (first 2022 sighting of this 2020 newbie!) was with 185 and 2362 heading northwest from Kayak Pt., when Bart, Saratoga left them.
12:25 - Bart Rulon, MV Saratoga, is now with 2 different grays by Kayak Point in Port Susan: they are PCFG (Pacific Coast Feeding Group) CRC185 and CRC2362 (a 2021 newbie arrival this year early Feb)! -Bart Rulon, Naturalist, Puget Sound Express
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UNIDENTIFIED SPECIES -Sat, Mar 5 - South Puget Sound - 18:23 - Watching it surface and dive now right at entrance to Wollochet Bay! -Rachel Wilbur
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17:00 - Now it is heading east at 5 PM. We were seeing it surface and dive between Ketner's Point and Hyak Place. Looked like it was heading for the Narrows. There was one boat watching it at a discreet distance.
16:44 - Large whale (gray?) heading west in Hale Pass towards the Fox Island Bridge. -Linda Graham Gruvman - Fox Island News FB
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HUMPBACK WHALES - Sat, Mar 5 - South Puget Sound - 15:30 - We saw a humpback in Hale Passage, not far from Point Fosdick, heading east on March 5th around 3:30pm. It came up a few times before disappearing. -Jeff Mills

March 4
GRAY WHALES - Fri, Mar 4 - N Saratoga Passage - 09:50 - I just spotted a gray spouting mid-channel between Mariners Cove [Whidbey Island] and Maple Grove [Camano Island], heading toward the point (Rocky Point?). Always a welcome sight! -Marianne Parry
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Fri, Mar 4 - Mid Saratoga Passage - 18:00 - Headed along the shoreline of Whidbey now towards East Point.
17:55 - [gray] Watching a lone whale off Rocky Point/Baby Island. 5:55. -Jered Phipps
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11:49 - [gray] Spotted a couple blows from the boy statue at Langley slightly north, Camano side. follow-up: I believe southbound... had to watch for a trend of the blows. And I think there are 2. -Tammy Ash
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Fri, Mar 4 - Possession Sound/S Saratoga Passage - 17:10 - 2nd whale has surfaced couple more times continues westbound travel directionally toward SE Hat/Gedney. Simultaneously seeing blows of who would be 3rd whale in far distance off NE side of Hat/Gedney Island. From elevated perch above Port of Everett (shipping).
17:00 - 2nd gray whale out from south end Jetty Island/entrance to Everett Marina facing west. Just saw couple of blows, then whale sounded presenting their fluke. Too far for ID.
16:50 - At least one gray whale feeding Snohomish River Delta off west side of Priest Point, Tulalip. -Alisa Lemire Brooks, Orca Network
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13:37 - [gray] Viewing from Sandy Point, I see gray blow approx. between Pebble Beach and Summerland closer to Camano. I think northbound? Its a little windy/choppy out. -Marilyn Armbruster
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12:18 - Grey whale headed for Camano Island along the coast of Whidbey Island. It breached between us, at H-10 & Clinton, but was traveling north at a pretty good clip. By the time I could get my DSLR on the tripod, all I was able to catch were a couple of blows, way out past the old gravel dock pilings, closer to Sandy Point on Whidbey. -Matt J. Kerr [CWW]

March 3
UNIDENTIFIED ORCAS - Thu, Mar 3 - Strait of Georgia
Cascadia Region Whale Sighting
Orca Sighting:
Sighting Time: Thu, Mar 3 @ 15:54:01 PST
Sighting User Reported Location (Lat/Lon): 49.31073,-124.21094 [S. of Beachcomber Regional Park/E. of Parksville]
Number Sighted: 4
Submitter Name: H Goebel
Whale Alert App
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GRAY WHALES - Thu, Mar 3 - Saratoga Passage - 15:30 - Another gray sighting this afternoon north of Pebble Beach [Camano], southbound at 3:30. Too far away to photograph. -Peg Boley
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15:38 - It was really lovely. They're almost back to Baby Island now, out of my sight.
15:23 - The grays are northbound now.
14:50 - Two grays are now just south of Saratoga Beach, closer to east shore of Holmes Harbor. Saw some pec fin action, so high be feeding. Slowly southbound. -Katie Davis Watkins, Langley Whale Center/Orca Network photos - 723 ID: ALB (back)
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17:07 - both grays feeding between Fox Spit and Bells Beach. 16:17 - Heading towards Fox Spit, close to Whidbey side, sb in the direction of Langley.
16:00 - Or close enough. Grays have left Holmes Harbor and have rounded Baby Island, southbound.
14:23 - 2 grays were heading into Holmes Harbor and were closer to east side of Harbor and about 1/2-mile in. ["The 2nd whale is PCFG 185! He was one I was considering, but your images here confirm." -Alisa Lemire Brooks, Orca Network] -Marilyn Armbruster photos - 185 & 723 ID: ALB
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09:00 - Peg Boley sent a message this morning to report, at 09:00 she was viewing one gray whale in Saratoga Passage on the Whidbey side, out from the south end of Camano Island, heading southbound. The whale was too far out to ID.
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Thu, Mar 3 - Possession Sound - 11:25 - Seeing two gray whales together travelling southbound toward Hat Island. Viewing from Sandy Point near Langley. -Sandra Pollard

March 2
BIGG'S/TRANSIENT ORCAS - Wed, Mar 2 - Haro Strait (T18s)
15:55 - I've lost them in the approaching fog bank, but I'll hang around for a while and see if they reappear.
15:40 - It seems the orcas flipped back west and the porpoises disappeared to the south. The big males (T19B and T19C) are still visible through binoculars.
15:30 - A large group of 20+ harbor porpoises are also visible much, much closer to my vantage point. Orcas seem to be milling still in the distance.
15:20 - Looking SW from Landbank, I can see very distant fins of about 3-4 Bigg's/Transient orcas. Still several miles out but appear to be aiming toward False Bay. -Justine Buckmaster
["T18s" - Val Shore]
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GRAY WHALES - Wed, Mar 2 - N Saratoga Passage - 11:40 - I'm seeing a gray spouting out in the channel between Mariners Cove and Utsalady, although it has moved south fairly quickly and is approaching my Maple Grove sight line now. My guess is that there is just one - a couple of puffs and then long downtime and quite a bit of distance covered. -Marianne Parry
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Wed, Mar 2 - Saratoga Passage - 16:45 - 2 grays feeding just south of Elger Bay. (48.113353, -122.461695) -Marilyn Armbruster

March 1
SOUTHERN RESIDENT ORCAS - Tue, Mar 1 - Haro Strait (J pod) - 19:30 - Lone orca blowing off County Park. Sounded like it came close from the south and then turned around heading back towards Lime Kiln. -Cy Scammell
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17:31 - [SRKW] Lots of chatter on the Haro Strait orcasound lab for the past half hour now. -Brooke Casanova
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18:22 - Male northbound half mile off Land Bank, likely J26 [J26 confirmed from photo by Michelline Halliday].
17:09 - Still great vocals on OS: S1, S4, S7, S10, plus clicks and whistles. -Monika Wieland Shields, OBI
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17:00 - [SRKW] Still hearing distant calls at 17:00. -Jim Pasola
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16:54 - [SRKW] 200 yards off, just south of county park with CWR on-scene. -James Richardson
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16:45-18:00 - 20-25 KW slowly northbound from county park. 4 subgroups. Larger group (~10) closest to shore very tight and tactile social with several juveniles (maybe this was the vocal group too). At least 2 males observed further offshore. -Michelle Savoie
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16:45-17:35 - Center for Whale Research Encounter #13: "The distant group turned out to be exactly who was being looked for as it was J40 traveling with the J37s and they were maybe a half mile east of Kelp Reef. J37s new calf was sighted immediately although it took several surfacings to properly photograph the quick little whale. The calf appears to be pretty young as it is still a little lumpy. The dorsal fin was upright which means the calf is over a day old but, due to its "lizard head" look, it is probably younger than a couple of weeks. Usually, new calves start filling out behind their blowhole after their third week. The calf appears to have a closed saddle on its left side with a hint of a black spine and a tiny finger." [See CWR Encounter #13 for full encounter summary and more photos] https://www.whaleresearch.com/2022-13
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16:45 - [SRKW] Stragglers headed north past Lime Kiln with the CWR boat. -Fred Horn
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16:43 - Now strutting their stuff off Small Pox.
16:36 - Many animals approaching Small Pox Bay. Plus, two about 2 miles offshore. All north.
16:20 - [orcas] Several offshore on Hannah Height, pointed north. -George Hamilton
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18:09 - Slow clicks, distant, but bout seems to be ending...
18:03 - Still hearing faint calls and clicks, mostly S1s... (Orcasound Lab).
17:30 - Despite what sounds like local calls and clicks, Val on the Orcasound Lab bluff has not sighted them yet.
17:25 - More intense clicks and calls, S10 craziness! Mayhem!!
17:12 - Lots of S1s, S7s, some S4s, and couple LONG S10 excitement calls. Also, they are starting in on a big ebb now!
16:58 - Great echolocation, an S10, and lots of S7s today!
16:50 - Val on Orcasound Lab bluff looking south says: leaders off Center for Whale Research w/CWR boat.
16:39 - Echolocation clicks + calls at Orcasound Lab.
16:22 - I heard S4 and S7 calls at Orcasound Lab.
16:32 - Val on bluff at Orcasound Lab says "I am hearing but not seeing them!!"
16:17 - Val at Orcasound Lab hearing SRKW calls on the live feed. He's heading down to try to get a few photos (~500 m south of Smuggler's Cove). -Scott Veirs, Orcasound/Beam Reach
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17:45-18:10 - At least 2 miles out J27 Blackberry circled and traveled back and forth plying the same location, perhaps hunting, until the sun set. Photographed from shore, cropped and enlarged.
15:10-15:50 - Approximately 11-12? members of J-Pod northbound, 1 mile south of Landbank, about 1/3-1/2 mile offshore. The first group of 4 had in the center J37 Hy'Shqa with her new calf J59. In attendance was an unidentified male. Following this group, came a second tight group with J41 Eclipse and calf J58 Crescent along with J42 Echo and J19 Shachi. Later another group relaxed just south of Edwards Point (south of Landbank), including J47 Notch. They slapped the waters with their flukes while rolling and drifting on their backs.
12:00-12:07 - 3 members of J-Pod silhouetted against the fog bank 1-1/2 to 2 miles out, veering away from shore traveling southwest. I lost sight of them in the fog. -Michelline Halliday, SJI
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16:51 - Just went by Sunset Point heading north.
10:52 - Five orcas off Sunset Point/County Park. Moving south, quickly. -Dave Czaja
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10:45 - Looks like J Pod heading down island from Small Pox Bay. -April Ryan
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10:44 - Multiple orcas headed S past county park. -Phil Green
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12:00 - J16s and J31 and J56 pulled SW from Land Bank.
11:41 - Visual from Land Bank southbound.
10:43 - Vocals. photo - "Sisters J42 Echo and J36 Alki heading south in Haro Strait" -Monika Wieland Shields, Orca Behavior Institute
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17:24 - What is going on!? I've never heard anything like this before ["J-Pod busting out their whole repertoire now." -Monika Wieland Shields, OBI]
15:51 - For sure this time.
15:49 - Think I just heard a distant call on the Orcasound Hydrophone.
10:39 - I'm hearing some echolocation. -Matty Leaman
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15:40 - I see J38 just outside the kelp line to the south. It's J Pod!
15:36 - I'm at the north end of Land Bank and just saw a breach to the south at 3:36 PM!
11:50 - Bull bringing up the rear about 1/4 mile out now south of LK still moving south.
11:40 - More stragglers close to shore north of LK!
11:37 - At least 3 trailers including a large male still about a mile N of lighthouse. Still angling S but slow.
11:22 - At least 2 more still north of Lime Kiln. Lost sight of leaders in the fog, roughly 1/2-3/4 of a mile off shore (at least the leaders were).
11:03 - Angling SW toward Discovery Island and toward the fog.
11:00 - SB fast from the lighthouse. Two groups.
10:52 - I see blows north of Lime Kiln!
10:22 - I think I'm hearing some SRKW calls on Orcasound hydrophone! photos - J16 ID: GS -Justine Buckmaster
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GRAY WHALES - Tue, Mar 1 - Haro Strait - Video of Grey Whale CRC 2440, aka The Haro Strait Grey, in Haro Strait, off of Ten Mile Point in the Cadboro Bay area of Saanich, on southern Vancouver Island this morning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shkFqK51_VM -Gerald Graham
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Tue, Mar 1 - N Saratoga Passage - 15:30 - We were treated to two grays feeding outside Mariners Cove a few minutes ago! It looked like they were feeding near the marina entrance (it sounds like they came from the south but I missed them when they went by the first time), and then one went out into the channel and the other kept feeding but moving back down south toward the Happy Meal Mudflats. The one that went out in the channel is looping back in toward Whidbey but was still pretty far out the last time I saw it. The one feeding at the mudflats moved along fairly quickly and I'm guessing they will meet up again at Polnell (but who knows - lol). -Marianne Parry
[CRC56 and CRC723 "Lucyfer" ID'd from Marianne's photos by Alisa Lemire Brooks, Orca Network]
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UNCONFIRMED SPECIES - Tue, Mar 1 - Possession Sound - Judy and Tom Nowak called again to report seeing whale(s) in Possession Sound between Hat Island and Tulalip area 4 of the past 6 days. Still think best description is sperm whale (see Friday Feb 25 report), still convinced not grays even though we've shared that those are the only whales being confirmed in that area.