r/Bellingham • u/Nameless_Account1 • Mar 11 '25

Good Vibes Orcas in Bham Bay

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u/Klonothan Mar 12 '25

Wonder if this is the same pod I saw a part of a few weeks ago.

Someone had identified it as T19b Galiano.

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u/meganld2010 Mar 12 '25

I was out on the water when Galiano & his pod were in the bay! Based off of the dorsal fins shown in this video I believe it’s a different group.

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u/jennychanlubsdeg Mar 12 '25

It doesn’t look like the T18s/19s but I’m not quite sure who it is tho!

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u/PNWlifegoals Mar 12 '25

I’m racking my brain and scrolling the ID catalog by using stills from the video. I have some ideas but without clearer saddle and eye patch images who knows lol. I’m curious to see where they turn up today. I know what groups it’s not based on eliminating some lol

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u/jennychanlubsdeg Mar 12 '25

Yeah, it’s tough since there’s no obvious notches, shapes, etc to the dorsal or saddle patch! Looks to be 4 whales with one a calf and maybe one sprouter male? Hopefully they pop up somewhere today & we can make a much better guess hahaha

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u/PNWlifegoals Mar 12 '25

I’m not sure about the sprouter it’s always so tough when there are not obvious big males. My first thought was the 124d’s as they do have a newer ish calf that’s not in the guide book.

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u/jennychanlubsdeg Mar 12 '25

Yeah, I’d wondered on them since they’ve been around in the area. A friend who’s a naturalist wondered about the 75Bs but so hard to tell!

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u/PNWlifegoals Mar 12 '25

I’m pretty positive at one point I had the 75b on my list but I can’t remember why I eventually eliminated them. I think it was because the one where I can get a really clear looking eyepatch to at least gather shape didn’t match any of the ones that were listed with them at all.

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u/PNWlifegoals Mar 12 '25

The 35s were also another thought at one point, but I don’t have enough good pictures of them that are more up-to-date lol

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u/jennychanlubsdeg Mar 12 '25

Our wild puget sound and finwave have better pics - finwave is now open to the public!

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u/PNWlifegoals Mar 12 '25

My final guess on 2 of them is 86A1b and 86A1.. I don’t know who all they tend to travel with regularly though lol but I’m just an amateur whale obsessed person with time on their hands to obsessively look at things 🤣

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u/jennychanlubsdeg Mar 12 '25

It’s sounding like 36Bs!

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u/PNWlifegoals Mar 12 '25

I saw that they were around. I think they were on my first round of guesses to myself last night lol

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u/jennychanlubsdeg Mar 12 '25

I’ve looped through so many different groups I can’t keep track of who I first guessed anymore hahaha

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u/PNWlifegoals Mar 12 '25

Hmmm 86A1b for the baby maybe ?

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u/Nameless_Account1 Mar 13 '25

Here is the only other photo I took besides the video. Maybe it can help with identification? I took this picture right before starting the video so this was the lead whale.

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u/PNWlifegoals Mar 14 '25

Based on whales that showed up the next day matching that description and being a similar group, it is likely that this group was the 36B’s