Keep an eye out for Everett's marine guests: two gray whales

Two gray whales, part of a group that visits Puget Sound annually known as “the Sounders,” are hanging out between Hat Island and Jetty Island off the coast of Everett.

The group of roughly a dozen whales is part of the larger population of the Eastern North Pacific gray whales. During their migration from Baja California up to the Bering sea, the Sounders break off to feed on ghost shrimp for two to three months, usually from March to May.

But the two whales have decided to extend their stay in Everett.

“It’s a very neat story that we’ve got these gray whales hanging around year after year,” said Kelley Balcomb-Bartok, communications director for the Pacific Whale Watch Association.

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