Tuesday/ a close (and deadly) encounter 🦈

SEATTLE (AP) — A pod of orcas swam close to shore and amazed onlookers in Seattle on Sunday by treating the whale watchers to the rare sight of the apex predators hunting a bird.

The pod of Bigg’s killer whales visited Elliott Bay and were seemingly on a hunt underwater just off Seattle’s maritime industrial docks.
The pod exited the bay close to West Seattle, where people were waiting to catch sight of them.
-Manuel Valdes writing for The Associated Press

People watch a killer whale swim close to shore in the waters in Elliott Bay by Seattle’s industrial docks on Sunday.
[Picture by Jeff Hogan via AP]
Watch out, little bird! A killer whale swims next to a grebe (an aquatic diving bird) in Elliott Bay, moments before the bird was taken under water.
[Kersti Muul via AP]

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