<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/178a0db1-ad32-409d-ae2d-1a389978b6f0/8ADA60C1-CB03-402E-9152-6D62A91C88F2/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.beachconnection.net/news/whale082109_502.php" href="http://www.beachconnection.net/news/whale082109_502.php" style="font-size: 11px;">www.beachconnection.net</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beachconnection.net/news/whale082109_502.php"><P align="center" class="p22">Whales an Unusual Sight on North Oregon Coast, Other Oddities</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beachconnection.net/news/whale082109_502.php"><P class="pli18">(Seaside, Oregon) - Whales are getting spotted in an unusual place on the Oregon coast – in Seaside, and it's taking state whale officials by surprise. Meanwhile, glowing sand has been making an appearance in recent weeks along the coast as well, making the beaches at night a little more surreal.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beachconnection.net/news/whale082109_502.php"><P class="pli18"><A target="_blank" href="http://www.seasideaquarium.com">Seaside Aquarium</A> and city tourism officials are reporting lots of visitors saying they’re spotting whales not just in the cove area of Seaside but from the Promenade as well. Gray whales, including plenty of calves, have been seen cavorting around the area since July.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beachconnection.net/news/whale082109_502.php"><P class="pli18">Morris Grover, with the <A target="_blank" href="http://whalespoken.org">Whale Watch Center in Depoe Bay</A>, said that’s a little unusual because whales aren’t known for hanging out in Seaside too often, and given the flat terrain there it’s much harder to see them.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beachconnection.net/news/whale082109_502.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.beachconnection.net/img/8F9A4031-74AD-48B5-A90D-2D3566C5F2E5" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beachconnection.net/news/whale082109_502.php"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="p11">Whale spouting near Seaside (photo Jaime Oxley, Seaside Aquarium)</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beachconnection.net/news/whale082109_502.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.beachconnection.net/img/B27F09F0-026F-4843-A283-8FF3E3345058" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beachconnection.net/news/whale082109_502.php"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="p11">A baby gray whale photographed by Oxley near Seaside.</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beachconnection.net/news/whale082109_502.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.beachconnection.net/img/17431E67-F90A-4EE6-8E74-99B28FF82525" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.beachconnection.net/news/whale082109_502.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.beachconnection.net/img/175BADCD-AEF9-41E7-AF97-09A2B8F1AE35" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8ADA60C1-CB03-402E-9152-6D62A91C88F2/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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