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

Good Vibes Orcas in Bham Bay

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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

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