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Remains of gray whale wash up on Hoquiam shore

Published 7:00 pm Tuesday, May 22, 2018

By Louis Krauss

(Courtesy Jessie Huggins, Cascadia Research) The remains of a juvenile female gray whale were discovered near the western shore of Bowerman Airport on Monday. It’s approximately 24-feet-long. There was no indication of entanglement, said Jessie Huggins from Cascadia Research. She said it had probably been dead for a couple weeks, and that it was likely one or two years old. You can view it from the furthest viewing point on the Sandpiper Trail with a good camera or binoculars.
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(Courtesy Jessie Huggins, Cascadia Research) The remains of a juvenile female gray whale were discovered near the western shore of Bowerman Airport on Monday. It’s approximately 24-feet-long. There was no indication of entanglement, said Jessie Huggins from Cascadia Research. She said it had probably been dead for a couple weeks, and that it was likely one or two years old. You can view it from the furthest viewing point on the Sandpiper Trail with a good camera or binoculars.

(Courtesy Jessie Huggins, Cascadia Research) The remains of a juvenile female gray whale were discovered near the western shore of Bowerman Airport on Monday. It’s approximately 24-feet-long. There was no indication of entanglement, said Jessie Huggins from Cascadia Research. She said it had probably been dead for a couple weeks, and that it was likely one or two years old. You can view it from the furthest viewing point on the Sandpiper Trail with a good camera or binoculars.
The remains of a juvenile female gray whale were discovered near the western shore of Bowerman Airport in Hoquiam on Monday. (Jessie Huggins/Cascadia Research)

The remains of a juvenile female gray whale were discovered near the western shore of Bowerman Airport on Monday. It’s approximately 24-feet-long. There was no indication of entanglement, said Jessie Huggins from Cascadia Research. She said it had probably been dead for a couple weeks, and that it was likely one or two years old. It is viewable from the Sandpiper Trail with a good camera or binoculars. (Photo courtesy of Jessie Huggins)

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