PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Gray whales have started their winter migration from their feeding areas off Alaska to their calving and breeding waters along Baja California.
KGW reports that on Sunday volunteers will start staffing about two dozen parks and other sites along the Oregon coast for Whale Watch Week. The locations are marked with signs saying, “Whale Watching Spoken Here.”
Dave Newton with the Depoe Bay Whale Watching Center says an estimated 18,000 whales are migrating. They travel 3-to-5 miles offshore, so visitors are advised to bring binoculars.
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Information from: KGW-TV, http://www.kgw.com/
