orcas’ abiding mysteries, namely, where they go and what they eat during the winter months. What we know about the orcas is mostly based on what we observe of them when they’re in Puget Sound and, for the majority of them, that means the months of May through September. J Pod will continue lurking about in the Sound throughout the year, although even that is sporadic; they’re often observed as far south as Vashon Island in the winter months. However, the K and L pods, which constitute the large majority of the clan, head offshore, but no one is sure exactly where they go, since they spread out
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