Orca update: It’s a boy!

Orcas don’t have gender-reveal parties (as far as we know).

But on Thursday, when a baby orca surfaced in Puget Sound and rolled over on its side, biologist Maya Sears was able to photograph its white underside from a small research skiff.

Sears shared her photo with orca surveyor Dave Ellifrit at the Center for Whale Research, who confirmed that this whale, less than a week old, is male.

The latest addition to the Northwest’s endangered orca population is known as J60.