TULALIP — A gray whale that has been stranded recently on Everett-area beaches was spotted heading toward Camano Island early this morning.
Shortly before 6 a.m., an eyewitness spotted the whale swimming freely at Mission Beach surfacing at regular intervals.
On Saturday, a 40-foot whale had been stranded at low tide near the same beach. That was the third day in a row it had been beached at low tide. On Thursday and Friday, it showed up near Everett’s Harborview Park.
Last week, volunteers and marine biologists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Seattle have gone out to the stranded whale to help keep it comfortable. NOAA officials have said the whale appears to be sick and that its prospects are grim.
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