Make that TWO orca calves spotted in Puget Sound

Whale watchers delighted with news in late June of a new orca calf spotted in the Salish Sea. But that report wasn't entirely accurate — there are two calves.

The Center for Whale Research has confirmed that that the southern resident orca L-pod now has two new calves swimming with it.

Researchers were responding to a public tip in late June about a new calf, spotted off Tofino, British Columbia when they came upon a small group of whales with a little baby. They started taking pictures when they saw something was different.

“We’re like, huh, it’s not with the same mom," recalled CWR research director Michael Weiss. "Its dorsal fin looks kind of different. And we finally got a picture of its eye patch, and yeah, that’s a different calf.”

Weiss says they eventually found the the calf that was first reported

The calves have been named L126 and L127. L126 is the first calf born to L119, and L127 is L94's third calf.