Orca Conservancy
@orcaconservancy.bsky.social
We're a 501c3 non-profit organization committed to protecting the endangered Southern Resident killer whale population
J63 IS A GIRL! 🩷🎉
In early July, @whaleresearch.bsky.social photographed the underside of J63, confirming she is female!
In early July, @whaleresearch.bsky.social photographed the underside of J63, confirming she is female!
July 18, 2025 at 3:43 AM
J63 IS A GIRL! 🩷🎉
In early July, @whaleresearch.bsky.social photographed the underside of J63, confirming she is female!
In early July, @whaleresearch.bsky.social photographed the underside of J63, confirming she is female!
🚨 ACTION ALERT
Contact your representatives to protect the Marine Mammal Protection Act from weakened regulations. We have put together additional information, contacts, suggested talking points, & resources. Hearing Date is July 22nd.
www.orcaconservancy.org/blog/action-...
Contact your representatives to protect the Marine Mammal Protection Act from weakened regulations. We have put together additional information, contacts, suggested talking points, & resources. Hearing Date is July 22nd.
www.orcaconservancy.org/blog/action-...
July 15, 2025 at 4:52 AM
🚨 ACTION ALERT
Contact your representatives to protect the Marine Mammal Protection Act from weakened regulations. We have put together additional information, contacts, suggested talking points, & resources. Hearing Date is July 22nd.
www.orcaconservancy.org/blog/action-...
Contact your representatives to protect the Marine Mammal Protection Act from weakened regulations. We have put together additional information, contacts, suggested talking points, & resources. Hearing Date is July 22nd.
www.orcaconservancy.org/blog/action-...
Happy International Orca Day! Here in the Pacific Northwest, we’re lucky to share our waters with multiple orca populations, including the endangered Southern Residents, the Transients/Biggs, and the Northern Residents.
July 15, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Happy International Orca Day! Here in the Pacific Northwest, we’re lucky to share our waters with multiple orca populations, including the endangered Southern Residents, the Transients/Biggs, and the Northern Residents.
We have some exciting news!
The J Pod Eye Patch Guide 2025 is NOW AVAILABLE for free digital download and printed booklets are available for pre-sale.
Get yours here: www.orcaconservancy.org/eye-patch-gu...
The J Pod Eye Patch Guide 2025 is NOW AVAILABLE for free digital download and printed booklets are available for pre-sale.
Get yours here: www.orcaconservancy.org/eye-patch-gu...
June 26, 2025 at 3:36 AM
We have some exciting news!
The J Pod Eye Patch Guide 2025 is NOW AVAILABLE for free digital download and printed booklets are available for pre-sale.
Get yours here: www.orcaconservancy.org/eye-patch-gu...
The J Pod Eye Patch Guide 2025 is NOW AVAILABLE for free digital download and printed booklets are available for pre-sale.
Get yours here: www.orcaconservancy.org/eye-patch-gu...
These rollbacks would remove key protections under the Clean Air Act and weaken the federal government’s ability to respond to the climate crisis.
Photo: T99 Barakat with fire smoke in the background
Photo: T99 Barakat with fire smoke in the background
June 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
These rollbacks would remove key protections under the Clean Air Act and weaken the federal government’s ability to respond to the climate crisis.
Photo: T99 Barakat with fire smoke in the background
Photo: T99 Barakat with fire smoke in the background
Congratulations to our Intern/Restoration Technician, Samantha Hazard, on her successful completion of her Green River College capstone project.
Her project focused on restoration efforts at Orca Conservancy’s Berrydale site, where she played a key role toward restoring this vital salmon habitat.
Her project focused on restoration efforts at Orca Conservancy’s Berrydale site, where she played a key role toward restoring this vital salmon habitat.
June 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Congratulations to our Intern/Restoration Technician, Samantha Hazard, on her successful completion of her Green River College capstone project.
Her project focused on restoration efforts at Orca Conservancy’s Berrydale site, where she played a key role toward restoring this vital salmon habitat.
Her project focused on restoration efforts at Orca Conservancy’s Berrydale site, where she played a key role toward restoring this vital salmon habitat.
It’s Orca Action Month! Here are upcoming events:
🌱 Salmon habitat restoration
(June 14th & June 28th at Berrydale Tree Farm)
💕 A Majestic Matriarchy: Honoring Southern Resident Orcas
(June 14th at St. Joseph Parish, Seattle)
💻 Beneath the Surface: Southern Resident Stories
(June 18th, virtual)
🌱 Salmon habitat restoration
(June 14th & June 28th at Berrydale Tree Farm)
💕 A Majestic Matriarchy: Honoring Southern Resident Orcas
(June 14th at St. Joseph Parish, Seattle)
💻 Beneath the Surface: Southern Resident Stories
(June 18th, virtual)
June 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
It’s Orca Action Month! Here are upcoming events:
🌱 Salmon habitat restoration
(June 14th & June 28th at Berrydale Tree Farm)
💕 A Majestic Matriarchy: Honoring Southern Resident Orcas
(June 14th at St. Joseph Parish, Seattle)
💻 Beneath the Surface: Southern Resident Stories
(June 18th, virtual)
🌱 Salmon habitat restoration
(June 14th & June 28th at Berrydale Tree Farm)
💕 A Majestic Matriarchy: Honoring Southern Resident Orcas
(June 14th at St. Joseph Parish, Seattle)
💻 Beneath the Surface: Southern Resident Stories
(June 18th, virtual)
WIN BIG!
Help us in our mission to recover the critically endangered Southern Resident killer whales by making a donation to our GiveBIG campaign
To show how much your donation means to us we are giving away an Orca Conservancy prize pack to one lucky donor!
Help us in our mission to recover the critically endangered Southern Resident killer whales by making a donation to our GiveBIG campaign
To show how much your donation means to us we are giving away an Orca Conservancy prize pack to one lucky donor!
May 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
WIN BIG!
Help us in our mission to recover the critically endangered Southern Resident killer whales by making a donation to our GiveBIG campaign
To show how much your donation means to us we are giving away an Orca Conservancy prize pack to one lucky donor!
Help us in our mission to recover the critically endangered Southern Resident killer whales by making a donation to our GiveBIG campaign
To show how much your donation means to us we are giving away an Orca Conservancy prize pack to one lucky donor!
GiveBig is here and we need YOUR help!
Help us reach our $10,000 goal! Your contribution enables us to work to recover the critically endangered Southern Resident killer whales by funding our projects and initiatives.
Donate today ⬇️
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Help us reach our $10,000 goal! Your contribution enables us to work to recover the critically endangered Southern Resident killer whales by funding our projects and initiatives.
Donate today ⬇️
donorbox.org/orca-conserv...
May 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
GiveBig is here and we need YOUR help!
Help us reach our $10,000 goal! Your contribution enables us to work to recover the critically endangered Southern Resident killer whales by funding our projects and initiatives.
Donate today ⬇️
donorbox.org/orca-conserv...
Help us reach our $10,000 goal! Your contribution enables us to work to recover the critically endangered Southern Resident killer whales by funding our projects and initiatives.
Donate today ⬇️
donorbox.org/orca-conserv...
In March of this year, J Pod traveled inside of Bellingham Bay, and the last documentation of them there was in March of 2023.
April 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
In March of this year, J Pod traveled inside of Bellingham Bay, and the last documentation of them there was in March of 2023.
With increased sightings data and awareness, we are noticing SRKW visiting less frequented places.
Last year L Pod made history when they returned to Penn Cove on Whidbey Island after nearly 50 years since the 1970s captures.
L88 entering Penn Cove on Nov 4, 2024
Last year L Pod made history when they returned to Penn Cove on Whidbey Island after nearly 50 years since the 1970s captures.
L88 entering Penn Cove on Nov 4, 2024
April 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
With increased sightings data and awareness, we are noticing SRKW visiting less frequented places.
Last year L Pod made history when they returned to Penn Cove on Whidbey Island after nearly 50 years since the 1970s captures.
L88 entering Penn Cove on Nov 4, 2024
Last year L Pod made history when they returned to Penn Cove on Whidbey Island after nearly 50 years since the 1970s captures.
L88 entering Penn Cove on Nov 4, 2024
J Pod made a surprise visit into Northwest Bay, Nanoose, BC!
While Southern Residents frequent the waters around Vancouver Island, this seems to be the first time in recent years they have been documented in the bay.
J51 Nova, J41 Eclipse, J62, and J39 Mako @intertidalkendy.bsky.social
While Southern Residents frequent the waters around Vancouver Island, this seems to be the first time in recent years they have been documented in the bay.
J51 Nova, J41 Eclipse, J62, and J39 Mako @intertidalkendy.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
J Pod made a surprise visit into Northwest Bay, Nanoose, BC!
While Southern Residents frequent the waters around Vancouver Island, this seems to be the first time in recent years they have been documented in the bay.
J51 Nova, J41 Eclipse, J62, and J39 Mako @intertidalkendy.bsky.social
While Southern Residents frequent the waters around Vancouver Island, this seems to be the first time in recent years they have been documented in the bay.
J51 Nova, J41 Eclipse, J62, and J39 Mako @intertidalkendy.bsky.social
While some of our team was with the T124As and friends in Port Susan, another OC team member caught up with the T124Ds near Vancouver, BC.
If we didn’t know any better we’d say the T124 family groups have taken over the Salish Sea!
📷 T124Ds taken by @intertidalkendy.bsky.social
If we didn’t know any better we’d say the T124 family groups have taken over the Salish Sea!
📷 T124Ds taken by @intertidalkendy.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 6:51 AM
While some of our team was with the T124As and friends in Port Susan, another OC team member caught up with the T124Ds near Vancouver, BC.
If we didn’t know any better we’d say the T124 family groups have taken over the Salish Sea!
📷 T124Ds taken by @intertidalkendy.bsky.social
If we didn’t know any better we’d say the T124 family groups have taken over the Salish Sea!
📷 T124Ds taken by @intertidalkendy.bsky.social
Orca Conservancy team members spent some time with the T124As on Sunday afternoon!
They were traveling with T100E Tharaya, T100B Freya, T100B1 Seird, & the infamous T49A2 Jude, who you may remember from his time spent in Barnes Lake
📷 1: T124A7
📷 2: T100E & T100Bs
They were traveling with T100E Tharaya, T100B Freya, T100B1 Seird, & the infamous T49A2 Jude, who you may remember from his time spent in Barnes Lake
📷 1: T124A7
📷 2: T100E & T100Bs
April 29, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Orca Conservancy team members spent some time with the T124As on Sunday afternoon!
They were traveling with T100E Tharaya, T100B Freya, T100B1 Seird, & the infamous T49A2 Jude, who you may remember from his time spent in Barnes Lake
📷 1: T124A7
📷 2: T100E & T100Bs
They were traveling with T100E Tharaya, T100B Freya, T100B1 Seird, & the infamous T49A2 Jude, who you may remember from his time spent in Barnes Lake
📷 1: T124A7
📷 2: T100E & T100Bs
Hello J63!!
Earth Day was extra special this year! In addition to kicking off the first day of Storming the Sound with Salmon, members of the Orca Conservancy team got first looks at the newest calf in J Pod, J63!
📷 J40 with new calf J63 - taken by @intertidalkendy.bsky.social
Earth Day was extra special this year! In addition to kicking off the first day of Storming the Sound with Salmon, members of the Orca Conservancy team got first looks at the newest calf in J Pod, J63!
📷 J40 with new calf J63 - taken by @intertidalkendy.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Hello J63!!
Earth Day was extra special this year! In addition to kicking off the first day of Storming the Sound with Salmon, members of the Orca Conservancy team got first looks at the newest calf in J Pod, J63!
📷 J40 with new calf J63 - taken by @intertidalkendy.bsky.social
Earth Day was extra special this year! In addition to kicking off the first day of Storming the Sound with Salmon, members of the Orca Conservancy team got first looks at the newest calf in J Pod, J63!
📷 J40 with new calf J63 - taken by @intertidalkendy.bsky.social
Thank you to everyone who took the time to comment in support of these bills! They may be small in the grand scheme of recovery, but every small change we can enact will help!
Photo: J Pod
Photo: J Pod
April 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thank you to everyone who took the time to comment in support of these bills! They may be small in the grand scheme of recovery, but every small change we can enact will help!
Photo: J Pod
Photo: J Pod
Happy Saturday! To kick off the weekend off, we want to share some good news!
During this year’s legislative session we have been tracking a handful of policies that support orca recovery. A few of the bills we have been supporting have passed! These include:
During this year’s legislative session we have been tracking a handful of policies that support orca recovery. A few of the bills we have been supporting have passed! These include:
April 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Happy Saturday! To kick off the weekend off, we want to share some good news!
During this year’s legislative session we have been tracking a handful of policies that support orca recovery. A few of the bills we have been supporting have passed! These include:
During this year’s legislative session we have been tracking a handful of policies that support orca recovery. A few of the bills we have been supporting have passed! These include:
Everyone who donated a tree for the 128 for L128 fundraiser, next month you will received your email packet with details on your tree/plant in April. Thank you so much for your support and helping to make this event happen!
March 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Everyone who donated a tree for the 128 for L128 fundraiser, next month you will received your email packet with details on your tree/plant in April. Thank you so much for your support and helping to make this event happen!
Not only were we able to get all the 340 plants installed, our volunteers ended up planting 426 trees and shrubs!
Some of the plants that were installed include:
🌳 Willow
🌳 Ninebark Tree
🌲 Spruce
🌿 Elderberry
🌼 Canada Goldenrod
🌿Salmon Berry
🌿Twin berry
🌱Ocean Spray
🌸 Red Flowering Currant
Some of the plants that were installed include:
🌳 Willow
🌳 Ninebark Tree
🌲 Spruce
🌿 Elderberry
🌼 Canada Goldenrod
🌿Salmon Berry
🌿Twin berry
🌱Ocean Spray
🌸 Red Flowering Currant
March 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Not only were we able to get all the 340 plants installed, our volunteers ended up planting 426 trees and shrubs!
Some of the plants that were installed include:
🌳 Willow
🌳 Ninebark Tree
🌲 Spruce
🌿 Elderberry
🌼 Canada Goldenrod
🌿Salmon Berry
🌿Twin berry
🌱Ocean Spray
🌸 Red Flowering Currant
Some of the plants that were installed include:
🌳 Willow
🌳 Ninebark Tree
🌲 Spruce
🌿 Elderberry
🌼 Canada Goldenrod
🌿Salmon Berry
🌿Twin berry
🌱Ocean Spray
🌸 Red Flowering Currant
Thank you so much to all of our volunteers and Free the Green for helping make our “128 Trees for L128” planting event a success!
We had initially set out plant 128 trees, but thanks to everyone’s generous donation we more than doubled that amount and funded 340 trees!
We had initially set out plant 128 trees, but thanks to everyone’s generous donation we more than doubled that amount and funded 340 trees!
March 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Thank you so much to all of our volunteers and Free the Green for helping make our “128 Trees for L128” planting event a success!
We had initially set out plant 128 trees, but thanks to everyone’s generous donation we more than doubled that amount and funded 340 trees!
We had initially set out plant 128 trees, but thanks to everyone’s generous donation we more than doubled that amount and funded 340 trees!
Last week J Pod had been in the Strait of Georgia, before making a surprise visit into Bellingham Bay, followed by three days in Puget Sound.
📷 J Pod members in the Strait of Georgia by @intertidalkendy.bsky.social
📷 J Pod members in the Strait of Georgia by @intertidalkendy.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Last week J Pod had been in the Strait of Georgia, before making a surprise visit into Bellingham Bay, followed by three days in Puget Sound.
📷 J Pod members in the Strait of Georgia by @intertidalkendy.bsky.social
📷 J Pod members in the Strait of Georgia by @intertidalkendy.bsky.social
We caught up with J Pod again last afternoon before they exited Puget Sound.
Our encounter was brief, but we were able to get some good looks at J45 Se-Yi-Chnn & his big sister J40 Suttles, along with J41 Eclipse & her two youngest daughters J58 Crescent & J62.
Our encounter was brief, but we were able to get some good looks at J45 Se-Yi-Chnn & his big sister J40 Suttles, along with J41 Eclipse & her two youngest daughters J58 Crescent & J62.
March 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
We caught up with J Pod again last afternoon before they exited Puget Sound.
Our encounter was brief, but we were able to get some good looks at J45 Se-Yi-Chnn & his big sister J40 Suttles, along with J41 Eclipse & her two youngest daughters J58 Crescent & J62.
Our encounter was brief, but we were able to get some good looks at J45 Se-Yi-Chnn & his big sister J40 Suttles, along with J41 Eclipse & her two youngest daughters J58 Crescent & J62.
There have been multiple family groups of Transient/Bigg’s killer whales spending time in Puget Sound & on Thursday we caught up with the T124As at Elliot Bay in Seattle!
📷 T124A Kittiwake and T124A7
📷 T124A Kittiwake and T124A7
March 2, 2025 at 3:01 AM
There have been multiple family groups of Transient/Bigg’s killer whales spending time in Puget Sound & on Thursday we caught up with the T124As at Elliot Bay in Seattle!
📷 T124A Kittiwake and T124A7
📷 T124A Kittiwake and T124A7
The wait is over! The new Southern Resident flashcard deck is now available!
The new deck features the newest members J62, L127 Scuba, and L126 Ken, as well as updates to existing members like L115 Mystic, a sprouting male, and K37 Rainshadow, who has a new notch on his dorsal fin.
The new deck features the newest members J62, L127 Scuba, and L126 Ken, as well as updates to existing members like L115 Mystic, a sprouting male, and K37 Rainshadow, who has a new notch on his dorsal fin.
March 2, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The wait is over! The new Southern Resident flashcard deck is now available!
The new deck features the newest members J62, L127 Scuba, and L126 Ken, as well as updates to existing members like L115 Mystic, a sprouting male, and K37 Rainshadow, who has a new notch on his dorsal fin.
The new deck features the newest members J62, L127 Scuba, and L126 Ken, as well as updates to existing members like L115 Mystic, a sprouting male, and K37 Rainshadow, who has a new notch on his dorsal fin.
ACTION ALERT: It’s the 2025 Washington Legislative Session, & there are a handful of bills & initiatives that will impact salmon & orca recovery, including a time-sensitive bill seeking to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act with comments due today.
www.orcaconservancy.org/conservation...
www.orcaconservancy.org/conservation...
February 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
ACTION ALERT: It’s the 2025 Washington Legislative Session, & there are a handful of bills & initiatives that will impact salmon & orca recovery, including a time-sensitive bill seeking to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act with comments due today.
www.orcaconservancy.org/conservation...
www.orcaconservancy.org/conservation...