Jun 6, 2019
Come to Fort Worden on June 15, 2019 to celebrate the iconic species of the Salish Sea, Orca & Salmon! The 3rd annual Port Townsend Orca & Salmon Festival takes place from 11am-3pm at the Port Townsend Marine Science Center, where we will officially kick off...
May 26, 2019
Trip Report and Photos provided by Photographer/PSE Naturalist Bart Rulon. On May 25, 2019, whale watching vessels from Puget Sound Express came across the T101 pod just west of Cultus Bay, south Whidbey Island. This is a unique Bigg’s orca (or transient) pod...
May 24, 2019
May has been a month full of wildlife variety! The gray whales have continued to stay in our area a bit longer than usual, and we are seeing a bunch of new gray whales in the Salish Sea this year too. Killer whales, especially the transient variety, continue to come...
May 23, 2019
We’ve enjoyed spending time recently with Humpback BCX1210 ‘Slate’ this spring. This year Slate has returned to the Salish Sea with a calf. Here, PSE crew member Francoise Marmillion captured a video of Slate and her calf just south of Java Rock on...