On a train trip from Edmonds to Vancouver BC the last two days I saw two
beached whales - one between Edmonds and Mukilteo and one in the Crescent
Beach area. This was very surprising to me, having never seen one before.
Don't know how long these two have been there.

Also added two birds to my "train list" on this very scenic train ride -
whimbrel and harlequin duck. Also a bunch of sandpipers which could not be
ID'd from the train. - Teresa Michelsen

-----Original Message-----
From: Len Jellicoe <ljellico at netcom.ca>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Saturday, May 15, 1999 6:44 AM
Subject: Crescent Beach Whale


>To anyone interested, there was a report of a Grey Whale sighted about
>100 yd..
>off the Crescent Beach dock on Saturday night around 6.30 pm. We got
>there about 1/2 hour late. It apparently came in on the high tide
>through the channel and went back out. This is very shallow territory.
>We scanned the area for Makah but to no avail. (Crescent Beach is in
>White Rock just on the BC, US, border)
> See you in the field
> Len Jellicoe
>