||| FROM KING-TV 5 |||
Endangered Southern Resident orcas were seen in Puget Sound Saturday, the first whales to be see in the area since April.
This was the first autumn sighting of the orcas by researchers, according to the Orca Network, and seen swimming between Whidbey Island and the Kitsap Peninsula.
The orcas seen are members of the J pod, confirmed by the Orca Network’s Whale Sighting Network and the Center for Whale Research.
“Puget Sound is a key foraging area for Southern Residents in the fall. They regularly travel into this region pursuing Chum salmon, which make up a large majority of their diet during the fall and early winter,” said Dr. Michael Weiss, research director at the Center for Whale Research on San Juan Island.
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