This morning at around 8:30, Lon Brocklehurst texted that he was hearing orcas on the Bush Point hydrophone. Though it… Read more Lon first to hear J+K pods entering Puget Sound at Bush Point
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Acoustic inference as J pod departs Puget Sound & heads to Canada
After their first foray of the Southern Resident Killer Whales into Puget Sound this fall over the last couple days,… Read more Acoustic inference as J pod departs Puget Sound & heads to Canada
Orcas head north & south for Salish Sea salmon
Today (9/27/2020) at least two pods of the endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW) came into the Salish Sea from… Read more Orcas head north & south for Salish Sea salmon
Orcasound wins 2020 Environmental Excellence award from the Port of Seattle
Today during a remote-only meeting of the Port Commissioners, the Port of Seattle’s 2020 Marine Environmental Excellence awards were announced.… Read more Orcasound wins 2020 Environmental Excellence award from the Port of Seattle
911: superpod northbound at Orcasound Lab on a smokey night
After not being present in the Salish Sea throughout August, the Southern Resident Killer Whales have visited Haro Strait this… Read more 911: superpod northbound at Orcasound Lab on a smokey night
Happy 4th! Bigg’s killer whales heard at Bush Point
Thanks to Orca Network — both for hosting the Bush Point hydrophone and for alerting the network (via a post… Read more Happy 4th! Bigg’s killer whales heard at Bush Point
Orcasound becomes host for Google Summer of Code students
Building on the successful generation of Orcasound open-source software through hackathons during 2018-2019, Orcasound applied in early 2020 to be… Read more Orcasound becomes host for Google Summer of Code students
Orcasound 2.0 launched via all-virtual hackathon
Thanks to multiple hall-of-fame Orcasound hackers joining forces with a few Orcasound Google Summer of Code students yesterday, we’re excited… Read more Orcasound 2.0 launched via all-virtual hackathon
K & L pods call in boat noise at Orcasound Lab
In a year when Southern Resident killer whales have been scarce in the inland waters of Washington, today was a… Read more K & L pods call in boat noise at Orcasound Lab
Quick tune-up for the Bush Point hydrophone
Over the last month or two the Bush Point hydrophone signal has been getting slowly weaker. Recently, I’ve had to… Read more Quick tune-up for the Bush Point hydrophone