10:30 AM: First the Orca Network reported that Washington State Ferries called in a sighting of three or four orcas between Fauntleroy and Vashon just before 10 pm; then we just got a text about orcas in the “Vashon ferry lane.” So be on the lookout today!
11:07 AM: Another update via Orca Network – they’ve been spotted just off Vashon’s eastern shore at Dilworth, which Google Maps shows as directly across the Sound from Seahurst. But perhaps they’ll head back north later – on our side!
Just saw 2 orcas off of west side of Blake island between Blake and the Fauntleroy ferry dock…heading North 150pm
Saw 2 headed north between Blake island and fauntleroy on the Blake side around 150pm
They were still headed north around 3. We last saw them rounding the southeast corner of Bainbridge. They were breaching like crazy…but still hard to see without binoculars. (Thanks to REI for the pairs we passed around today!)
Mark Sears was able to ID them – it was a group of transients; females and juveniles. Keep watching – they might turn around again – and see you along The Whale Trail!
Thanks for the updates. I even had to go to Vashon shortly after the report – and I still managed to miss them (soon as I found my way over to the east shore and fired up the laptop to see if Orca Network had an update – they were reported to have turned around and headed north!) … TR
Saw 2 near my sailboat 1/4 mile northeast of Blake Island headed north at 2:20 pm
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