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Even More Orcas, Grays, Coos Razor Clams, Warm Temps: Remarkable Week on Oregon Coast Published 04/16/21 at 6:45 PM PDT By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff (Oregon Coast) – Temps in the 70s and maybe beyond, Orca sightings, gray whales migrating, and razor clamming opening up only in the Coos Bay area: this week and weekend are a brimming with fun times on the Oregon coast. (Photo courtesy Edith HItchings) Includes exclusive listings; major specials now that storm watch season is here Re...

Theyre Baaack: Finally, Orcas Spotted on Oregon Coast | New Info Emerges Published 04/09/21 at 6:46 AM PDT By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff (Oceanside, Oregon) – April, even March, is usually when you start spotting Orcas along the Oregon coast. However, sightings have been dry there recently – until now. At the same time, new information emerged about them two years ago that has shed more light on this particular group. (Above: Killer whales in Depoe Bay, courtesy Whale Watching Ce...

Rare celebrity orca whales Tluk and Chainsaw spotted in the Salish Sea near Washington Sign In FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Rare celebrity orca whales spotted near Puget SoundVal Shore, Eagle Wing Tours/Shoreline Photography/PWWAShow MoreShow Less 2of6 Rare celebrity orca whales spotted near Puget SoundRachael Dana Merrett, Orca Spirit Adventures/PWWAShow MoreShow Less 3of6 4of6 Rare celebrity orca whales spotted near Puget SoundVal Shore, Eagle Wing Tours/Shoreline Photography/PWWAShow MoreShow L...

“Every female is a future matriarch, a mother of potentially five, six or seven babies over their lifetime,” said Kelley Balcomb-Bartok of the Center for Whale Research in Friday Harbour, Washington, which tracks the endangered resident orcas. “Males are, of course, welcome and valued, too, but every girl born is precious to [the southern residents’] existence. Even after their reproductive days are over, they play major roles.” On Sunday — on the eve of International Women’s D...

Its a girl! J pods newest southern resident calf brings hope to endangered orcas Published  article Photos of J Pod calfs taken under Federal Permits: NMFS PERMIT: 21238/ DFO SARA 388 (Mark Malleson/Center for Whale Research) A small barrel roll gave Washington whale watchers a gender reveal over the weekend and reason to be hopeful about a pod of endangered southern resident orcas that frequent Puget Sound. The Center for Whale Research confirmed that the J pod’s newest calf, J58, is a fe...

A small barrel roll gave Washington whale watchers a gender reveal over the weekend and reason to be hopeful about a pod of endangered southern resident orcas that frequent Puget Sound.

Its a girl: Southern resident orca born last year confirmed to be female Sign In FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 J pods newest addition is confirmed to be female.Talia Goodyear and Leah Vanderwiel/PWWAShow MoreShow Less 2of6 Endangered J pod welcomes second orca calf born this monthTalia Goodyear/PWWA and Leah Vanderwiel/PWWA.Show MoreShow Less 3of6 4of6 J pods newest addition is confirmed to be female.jpodTalia Goodyear/PWWA and Leah Vanderwiel/PWWA.Show MoreShow Less 5of6 Endangered J pod welcomes ...

A small barrel roll gave Washington whale watchers a gender reveal over the weekend and reason to be hopeful about a pod of endangered southern resident orcas that frequent Puget Sound.

Whale researchers have determined that an orca calf born off Victoria last fall is a female, providing new hope for the future of the endangered southern resident killer whales in B.C.

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