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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 14d

9/23/25 23:01-23:31 SRKW calls, clicks, and faint whistles heard by live-listeners on the Orcasound Lab hydrophone in Haro Strait between noise from passing chemical & oil tankers and their tugs. Replay, share, & download the 30-minute bout here -- live.orcasound.net/bouts/bout_0...

#wssjis #psws

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 16d

Enjoy replaying & sharing this bout using this new visualization, including a spectrogram! Also, if you like Python, you can now select the EXPORT BOUT button and get a JSON file with raw data pointers and a Python script that will access the open S3 buckets and convert to WAV or MP4.

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 16d

J pod signals heard for nearly 3 hours last night (9/21/25) from 19:25-22:21, including lots of calls and echolocation clicks. Some of the clearest calls (and lowest vessel noise levels) happened around 20:00.

live.orcasound.net/bouts/bout_0...

#killerwhale #srkw #j-pod
#wssjis #psws #whalesky

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 19d

What is going on?!

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 26d

Seems like west towards San Juan Island (thanks recent to WSSJI observations)!

Maybe we'll get to listen for them tonight in Haro?! salishsea.io?x=-13678949&...

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · 29d

J pod called on the Orcasound Lab hydrophones for ~1.25 hr this eve as they traveled north in Haro Strait. Thanks to listeners for detecting their calls, whistles, and clicks. Here's the whole bout, but listen at 6pm for really cool vocalizations!

live.orcasound.net/bouts/bout_0...

#wssjis
#psws

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · Sep 4

00:05 Lots of S04 calls, whistles, and echolocation. It sounds like J pod is BACK after a long summer hiatus!

Listen live here -- live.orcasound.net/listen/orcas...

#orcas #srkw #whalesky #killerwhales #bioacoustics
#wssjis

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · Aug 1

The OrcaHello system detected Bigg's calls last night around 01:50 in Haro Strait. Here's the recording from the Orcasound Lab hydrophones -- aifororcas.azurewebsites.net/detections/d...

#wssjis
#psws
#biggs
#orcas

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · Jul 25

Explore the map here -- salishsea.io?x=-13715566&...

Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · Jul 25

10:37-10:53 this a.m., Bigg's #orcas called on the Orcasound Lab hydrophone. Thanks to AIS/radar vessel tracks & Pete Ancich sharing IDs, we know these sounds came from ~10 southbound orcas: the T36A & T65B matrilines.

LIsten to this highlight -- live.orcasound.net/reports/cand...

#wssjis
#psws

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · Jul 24

10:40 Bigg's KW calls on the Orcasound Lab hydrophone! Probably two different groups, based on relative amplitudes and whale watch boats that are already southbound past the site... based on the M2 radar system.

live.orcasound.net/listen/orcas...

#orcas
#Biggs
#wssjis
#wssji

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · Jul 16

Tue 7/15/25 20:20-23:45 J pod calls on the Orcasound Lab hydrophone (presumably southbound based on earlier acoustic detection on the SIMRES hydrophone). Here's a highlight clip -- live.orcasound.net/reports/cand...

Review other reports here -- live.orcasound.net/reports

#wssji
#srkw

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · Jul 6

Orcas calling last night (07/05/25, 11:51:46 PM Pacific) on the North San Juan Channel hydrophone hosted by @orcabehaviorinstitute.org

Thoughts on ecotype?

live.orcasound.net/reports/cand...

#wssji

Orcasound

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · Jul 2

Great progress! Is this Google sheet the best place to look up which common name goes with which alphanumeric ID?

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Or is another resource like finwave.io kept (more?) up-to-date?

Bigg's Orca/Killer Whale Nick Names

docs.google.com

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · Jun 24

Here's a map of the T37s movement this morning!

salishsea.io?x=-13631413....

SalishSea.io

salishsea.io

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · Jun 5

04 Jun 2025 21:00:08 PDT -- More Bigg's calls on the North San Juan Channel hydrophone!

#wssjis
#biggs

aifororcas.azurewebsites.net/detections/d...

OrcaHello

aifororcas.azurewebsites.net

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · Jun 5

04 Jun 2025 at 20:33:09 PDT the OrcaHello AI picked up Bigg's calls on the North San Juan Channel hydrophone hosted by @orcabehaviorinstitute.org and deployed/maintained underwater by David Howitt.

aifororcas.azurewebsites.net/detections/d...

#orcas #killerwhales
#biggs
#wssjis

OrcaHello

aifororcas.azurewebsites.net

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · May 13

Great shot! I wonder if their blows show up better on thermal cameras…

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · May 9

OrcaHello AI thought the Bigg's calls were SRKWs when the vessel noise subsided. Here's and example clip -- aifororcas.azurewebsites.net/detections/d...

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · May 8

11:10 Bigg's KW calls this morning on the Orcasound Lab hydrophone in Haro Strait! Thanks to David Howitt for the heads up.

Replay reports from other listeners via the new bouts page -- live.orcasound.net/bouts

Or listen live -- live.orcasound.net/listen/orcas...

#killerwhale #biggs
#wssji #psws

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · May 4

17:15 Can hear Triton WW vessel departing KWs to the north at 20kt -- live.orcasound.net/reports/cand...

Orcasound

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · May 3

Nothing on Orcasound Lab hydrophone except bulk carrier noise at the moment... but may be worth listening in ~15 min -- live.orcasound.net/listen/orcas...

Orcasound - Orcasound Lab

live.orcasound.net

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · May 3

Sat 5/3/25 ~15:55 -- 3 orcas NEbound into Haro Strait from Canadian side (via #WSSJI Facebook page post by Ryan Michael).

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · Apr 22

15:15:33 PDT Likely Bigg's calls detected by OrcaHello AI on the North San Juan Channel hydrophone!

Do you agree these are Bigg's calls coming through some vessel noise?

aifororcas.azurewebsites.net/detections/d...

#orcas #biggs
#killerwhale #bioacoustics
#wssji
#psws

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Orcasound @orcasound.bsky.social · Apr 22

14:51 Biggs KW calls fooled the OrcaHello AI (thought they were SRKWs). Listen to the clip here -- aifororcas.azurewebsites.net/detections/d...

#orcas #biggs
#wssji
#psws

OrcaHello

aifororcas.azurewebsites.net

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