2:03 PM: Thanks for the tip! Orcas are in the area this afternoon – just got a report that at least three are visible southbound between Blake and Vashon Island. As always, if you’re going to go look, take binoculars. And let us know if/when you see them!
3:00 PM: Kersti Muul just texted to say they’re visible south of the Vashon ferry dock, on the Vashon side.
Thank you! I wish we could go down the hill to look but by the time we get a chance later this afternoon, unless they do a quick turn, they’ll probably be long gone from view.
There weresea-lions swimming close to shore earlier today as they were swimming by Lincoln Park around 11-11:30.
My wife and I saw the so-called “orcas”–they looked like either porpoises or dolphins to me. If they were whales they were very small ones! We were walking at Lincoln Park when we saw them.
Kersti is an expert observer so I don’t think she would have described them as orcas if they weren’t. That aside, there have been reports of porpoise/dolphin in the area this week so you might have seen something different! – TR
They are orcas, and transients at that…which are bigger than the residents!
On the 11:20 am ferry to Vashon I saw Orcas (at least 3-4) that appeared to be east of Blake and south of Bainbridge. I had my binoculars, as I always scan for birds when my work takes me to Vashon. The seabirds were slim in mid-channel but the whales were a nice surprise.
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