Holy mackerel! Transient orca spotted

A transient orca appears to glide above the water after breaching the surface of Admiralty Inlet outside Fort Casey State Park in Coupeville in the late afternoon of Friday, June 12.

A transient orca appears to glide above the water after breaching the surface of Admiralty Inlet outside Fort Casey State Park in Coupeville in the late afternoon of Friday, June 12. Jill Hein, of Coupeville, photographed a pod of about six or seven orcas from her boat, using a 300mm lens. “All of a sudden, one breached, another one breached and then they all started breaching,” she said. “I think there were close to 30 breaches.” Hein said she didn’t realize she had captured Admiralty Head Lighthouse in the background.