Category: Science: Biology: Zoology

Copyright/published Year: by Lone Pine

ISBN: 1551052660

Binding: Paperback

This beautiful full-color book features photos, illustrations ì and range maps, as well as notes on conservation status, ì displays, similar species and more. The rugged coasts of ì Washington and Oregon offer some of the best whale-watching ì opportunities in the world. Our bays, straits and sounds are ì prime habitat for 32 species of marine mammals, and people come ì from all over for close-up views of Orcas, Gray Whales, Humpback ì Whales and Dall's Porpoises.

The marine mammals are grouped and color-coded: gray whales, ì rorquals, right whales, dolphins, porpoises, beaked whales, dwarf ì sperm whales, sperm whales, eared seals, walruses, hair seals and ì otters. Whale accounts feature graphics of dive sequences to ì assist with identification.

This book is new.