June 15, 2019: 3rd Annual Port Townsend Orca & Salmon Festival

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 25 Encounter with T101 Bigg’s Orcas & Dead Gray Whale

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 Brings Lots of Variety

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...

Humpback “Slate” Has a Calf in 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...