I'm a - WHALE watcher As many as 10,000 people flock to see huee, sen tie 2ray whales H\ SIt>v»• ( urcl I mcr.ilil Photographer \\ h.ile w .ill lung i mil nines to ijrim in popularity ,is thou S.lllds lit spei l.tlors tint k 111 the ( )inr ( o.isl (iurmg the .iMim.il migration ol the gra\ u h.ile As many ns 111,null pttople me inputted I.) have heen on life lookout till I he III loll main Inals liming the (ihiislmas sea soil s.iui Doll lilies ul the Hal held Marine Si ieu< e ( elite! in New port Whales will lie visible oil tile l liegim i oast until nhoul lln set inn! week ol Ma\ as lhe\ eoiilinne their northern migra Inm I lie gru\ whale is an Hind t . teel long alwml the length ol tun I ileyhouiiil Imses alnl is the tartbest migrating mam inal on I arlh making a round trip ol 1 miles Irom the Choke In and liering Seas north ol Alaska to the warm lagoons neat Bata Me\n o (.ties said populal viewing areas atinuui I loieni e tin hide t ape I’erpelua Sea I.ion ( ales and the month ol the t!mpr|tia l<ivei wilele a w hale wati lung plallorm has tei etilk heen i on strut ted I ape I mil W e.dltei and Dt'poe liav ollei some e\ eellenl viewing as well lilies said W hales tend to i mite in quite i lose at these loi atoms not math \\ ithm a hall mile and sometimes as (lose as Jtltl \aids he said I lie l iregon Natural Ke siuni es t imm il through New port Sport I ishitig sponsors whale u ati lung i ruises even weekend through April Art Burk ownet ol Newport Sport lushing estimates that t noil to I IHItl people \ tew the whales limn Ins (mats each Vt*ai liurk said that svhales are sighted almost every time boats go out It s a good evperieiu ■ it \ i )l! see them he said. that s ss In vve don't run altet April I he National Marine I isliei les Serviie has established guidelines designed to redm e the level ot disruption i a used b% whale watching expedi tions "We usualls !r\ to stas .’(III s aids aw as Murk said Sometimes however. the whales i ur iosit\ w ill bring them s\ illlin a tew teet ol the boat l he\ phis is ith them (the boats). Hulk said 111 H,l|.l tiles i ome up and let sou si i all h then hai k he said Whale watching requires pa I lent e arid is something sou get hettei at w ith praclit e said Mats hoi k e naturalist lor ( t\( K W hen sou whale s\ all h. look about one to one and a halt inr In s below the ho rizon and look toi blows sin said there's nsualls about three to live hlosss and then the whale is going to dise tot about la minutes Some observers mas also see a ss hale breai h I hat’s ss here tile ss hale ai i elerates out ot the water about three quarters ot its hods length and then tails bat k doss n on its Ii,n k oi side hioke said Research hasn't discovered sshs whales hre.u It. hut then lies spevulnle that it is done to remove whale In e to abmptls i linnge duel tion Ol to sillipls to has e tun k loke said Ihe sast majorits ot whales sighted (itt the (lo gon i oast are gras ss hales Ai (ording to a ItlHU coililt done bs the I S Department ol 1 ish and Wild LETTER PERFECT Graph ics • \p"> • I' V s 's|l if' life llit- iimiilm ul liii' gi.ivs is cslmi,ilnl Iij hr .! ] Hilll I In' |itipiii.it inn dropped In .is li »\\ .is .' Mill will'll Ihr will ill's Will' 11 U 1111 'll III till' I,ill' 1‘lllls .uni i -,ii K Mis l.ilrs s, ml llit' nuinbi'i is now .it in ,ilui\ r lIn■ If• V l■ ls lu ll ill' lln- lli'.iv \ i'\plill I.it inn li ti >k pi,ii i lie s.lid I think I In- biggest problem we l,n i' today is tlic possibility nl nil d 1111111 u "II ill'' Olrgon lli.isl kmkr s.ilil An nil spill w mild ha\ i' ,i i atastroplm id (i'll mi llii' wli.ili- population," sin- said ' f ill' nil w mild lilli-r mil llir sunlight th.it allows till' mil nisi upii plant Idi- In grim Tins would interrupt llir loud i ham, ultimately alii'i ling 1 hi* u li.di's kmkr said Ihr :ia\ wliali- is mir id the must primitive surviving baleen nil,drs which strains its food while trrdiug lift llir ik ran I lour I In- w hairs sla\ w itlini liv e miles nl slime during migration and am huge si ale ai tivit\ within this pathway is puten ti.dly hat mtti 1 according III a report issued hv the ()\Kl Photo !>\ Sti-vr l 4f«i Kumiinx whole watching .mil sfmrt tishiiu; r\iirilitions is >' it eekcntl /mo/csmo/i tor I’.il Si hrnk . skippi'l ot thr X.iuti-I nth Durini; the week Si hunk is .1 junior hitih school ninth lent her in IIit .11 o. It nsliiniiton. I'h.ilo h\ Slrvt* t ard I’enfile hiifiinIn , .ih li nl »/ i,-/.n whole". either .it the hnih.in .ulrni Dm k in \en/to// In Im.irtl mu- nt t'ii:hl ho.it", operated In \eniiort s'port l i\hin».