PHOTOS: Baby orcas born to pods that frequent Puget Sound

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PHOTOS: Baby orcas born to pods that frequent Puget Sound

Another baby orca was born to whales that frequent Puget Sound waters -- this time to the L Pod. In all, 5 new baby orcas have been born to the region's three pods (J, K and L) since December. (Updated Sept. 8, 2015)

Crews from the Pacific Whale Watch Association spotted a new calf today in L-Pod, one of three resident pods in Puget Sound’s endangered Southern Resident Community. The baby, dubbed L122 by the Center for Whale Research, is the first born to L91, a 20-year-old female. Read more here.

Crews from the Pacific Whale Watch Association spotted a new calf today in L-Pod, one of three resident pods in Puget Sound’s endangered Southern Resident Community. The baby, dubbed L122 by the Center for Whale Research, is the first born to L91, a 20-year-old female.

Crews from the Pacific Whale Watch Association spotted a new calf today in L-Pod, one of three resident pods in Puget Sound’s endangered Southern Resident Community. The baby, dubbed L122 by the Center for Whale Research, is the first born to L91, a 20-year-old female.

A new Transient orca baby was spotted in Puget Sound April 15. NOAA from the Vashon/Fauntleroy ferry lane reports, "We had the [pods] T65A's, T65B's, T75B's and T75C. There was a new calf that was with T75B most of the day but T65B was also near it. It still had fetal folds and the fin is still bent over." (Photo: NOAA)

New Southern Resident calf L122 with its mother L91 Monday morning, Sept. 7, 2015, in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

A new video from NOAA Fisheries and Northwest Fisheries Science Center shows the newest orca calf of the "L" pod swimming with its mother off the Washington coast. Click here to watch. (Please credit NOAA Fisheries/Northwest Fisheries Science Center)

New Southern Resident calf L122 with its mother L91 Monday morning, Sept. 7, 2015, in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

A spokesman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the calf was seen with other whales in the "L" pod, one of three families of southern resident killer whales frequent the inland waters of Washington state. Click here for details. (Photo: NOAA Fisheries West Coast)

New Southern Resident calf L122 with its mother L91 Monday morning, Sept. 7, 2015, in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

New Southern Resident calf L122 with its mother L91 Monday morning, Sept. 7, 2015, in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

A spokesman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the calf was seen with other whales in the "L" pod, one of three families of southern resident killer whales frequent the inland waters of Washington state. Click here for details. (Photo: NOAA Fisheries West Coast)

This newest addition to J pod is designated J51, and the presumed mother is thirty-six year old J19. (Photo: Ken Balcomb, Center for Whale Research)

A newborn orca has been spotted in the endangered pod that frequents Puget Sound in Washington state, a good sign after the death of a pregnant killer whale from the same group earlier in December. (Photo via Center for Whale Research)

This baby orca was discovered in December by Center for Whale Research scientist Ken Balcomb and another scientist monitoring members of Jpod off the Canadian Gulf Islands ofBritish Columbia. (Photo via Center for Whale Research)

Balcomb says the presumed mother is J16, a 43-year-old that has had three surviving calves. The baby killer whale is estimated to be a day or two old and appeared healthy. It's been designated J50. (Photo via Center for Whale Research)

Howard Garrett of the Orca Network says the birth is encouraging after the loss of the breeding female and its fetus. (Photo via Center for Whale Research)

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Crews from the Pacific Whale Watch Association spotted a new calf today in L-Pod, one of three resident pods in Puget Sound’s endangered Southern Resident Community. The baby, dubbed L122 by the Center for Whale Research, is the first born to L91, a 20-year-old female. Read more here.

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