He'll be looking at the areas behind the blow holes, to check if the whales are showing any signs of emaciation. On a whale, that area is the first to show signs of severe weight loss, he said. The whales are showing less interest in leaving the inlet, if swimming down the Port Washington Narrows is any measure. They haven't moved into the Narrows for two days. Interest in the whales has continued to be a mixed blessing to Kitsap County.
Many businesses continue to see an increase in visitors.
Among those are Kitsap Harbor Tours, which has been doing a heavy business in whale watching excursions. But traffic backups are an unhappy fact of life at the south end of Silverdale. And Saturday and Sunday night backups at the Bremerton ferry terminal have become the norm. Sunday night cars were backed up to Sixth Street on Washington Avenue and to Pacific Avenue on Burwell Street.