A baby gray whale emerges to be touched by tourists in Ojo de Liebre lagoon in Baja California Sur, Mexico, March 14, 1999. During the great annual gray whale migrations between feeding grounds in the north Pacific and breeding spots off Mexico, about 200 individuals apparently take up "seasonal residence" in the Pacific Northwest, scientists say. Six gray whales, for example, have been spotted around Whidbey Island nearly every spring since 1991, says biologist John Calambokidis of Olympia-based Cascadia Resarch. Other small groups of gray whales return annually to preferred spots along the coasts of Oregon and British Columbia. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)