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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2017
Photos by Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian
LEFT: Oona Lacey op de Beeck, left, and Jan Hartman keep a close eye out for whales migrating off the shores of Cape Disappointment. RIGHT: Jan and Warren
Hartman monitor the waters near the Lewis and Clark Interpretative Center at Cape Disappointment for whales migrating south to their breeding grounds off the
coast of Mexico.
A WHALE OF A TIME
By COLIN MURPHEY
The Daily Astorian
ind, rain and fog were not enough to keep eager whale watchers from flocking to sites along the Clatsop County coast this week — although the fog hampered efforts to see
what they came to see. At sites near Manzanita, at Ecola State Park and Cape Disappointment, volunteers set up telescopes and educational materials for visitors while always
keeping a close eye on the horizon. This time of year, whales typically make their way from feeding grounds up north to breeding and calving grounds off the shores of Mexico.
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Volunteers with Whale Watching Spoken Here and visitors to Ecola State Park keep their eyes glued on the ocean for whales migrating south along the coast.
Warren Hartman looks through a scope at the waters
off Cape Disappointment for whales moving south along the
Oregon Coast.
April Tower, center, talks to visitors at Ecola State Park about
the migratory patterns of whales.
Jan Hartman, right, teaches volunteers Oona Lacey and Nathalie op de Beeck about whales at the
Lewis and Clark Interpretative Center at Cape Disappointment.