5:47 PM: As dusk approaches, transient orcas are southbound off Constellation Park, reports Kersti Muul of Salish Wildlife Watch. Thanks to Sue Kearns for the photo of one of them off Alki earlier! In our afternoon snow coverage, we mentioned Kersti’s first report that the whales were in Elliott Bay.
ADDED: Here’s a photo from Kersti:
Aaaggghhhh!!! I’m snow bound in my alley… I can’t get my car out, to get down there to see them. Road grader pushed all the snow into the entrance/ exit of my dead end alley and I can’t get over it… Come back when the snow is gone Orcas…
These are the T124as and T87.Pictured here are t87 and t124a2
How close does the pod get to the shoreline? I have a full frame with a 70-200mm, and curious if I would be able to shoot them with my current setup.
I shot these with a 600mm, full frame… But 200 would have been suffice today as they were less than 100 yards of shore. Transients do come close now and then. Usually though we get them mid channel or west of mid channel which requires more zoom.
T87, the large male is thought to be the oldest male on the west coast
Awesome pics, thank you! I was down by the water a couple of times but missed them. How old is T87?
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