If this was widely reported in Seattle media, we missed it; just happened onto the story at the Vashon Beachcomber site – the baby born last fall (as reported here) to the orca family group known as J-Pod, one of three resident pods in Puget Sound (often seen in West Seattle/Vashon waters) apparently didn’t survive. (Looks like it was reported earlier this month by this Kitsap Sun blog, too, based on this Center for Whale Research report – with pictures – of J-Pod appearing in the San Juans this month.)