SEATTLE, Wash. — A whopping 56 orcas were spotted in the Salish Sea over Easter weekend.
KIRO reports Southern Resident Killer Whales in the J Pod were seen moving up the east coast of San Juan Island.
According to the Pacific Whale Watch Association, pods of transient orcas were also seen among the San Juan islands in both President’s Channel and Haro Strait heading north into Canada and along the south end of Lopez Island.
Naturalists saw 56 killer whales in all, including unique whales like a rare gray and white orca and a transient known as Chainsaw for his distinctive notched dorsal fin..