It washed ashore Monday, May 27, at Nehalem Bay State Park and ended up within a protected nesting area for shoreline birds, Oregon State Parks said in a Facebook post.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A 40-foot sperm whale that washed ashore on the Oregon coast Saturday died after it was hit by a ship, according to a necropsy completed Monday.

It washed ashore Monday, May 27, at Nehalem Bay State Park and ended up within a protected nesting area for shoreline birds, Oregon State Parks said in a Facebook post.

The crew at the Seaside Aquarium report a third sunfish (Mola mola) has washed ashore in Clatsop County along the north Oregon coast. “This Mola mola washed ashore at Hug Point State Park Sept ...

She quickly got a response. The fish, which she saw April 28, was more than 4 feet long and seemed to have just washed ashore. “I have never seen anything like that on that beach,” she said.

It washed ashore Monday, May 27, at Nehalem Bay State Park and ended up within a protected nesting area for shoreline birds, Oregon State Parks said in a Facebook post.

It washed ashore Monday, May 27, at Nehalem Bay State Park and ended up within a protected nesting area for shoreline birds, Oregon State Parks said in a Facebook post.

It washed ashore Monday, May 27, at Nehalem Bay State Park and ended up within a protected nesting area for shoreline birds, Oregon State Parks said in a Facebook post.

It washed ashore Monday, May 27, at Nehalem Bay State Park and ended up within a protected nesting area for shoreline birds, Oregon State Parks said in a Facebook post.

It washed ashore Monday, May 27, at Nehalem Bay State Park and ended up within a protected nesting area for shoreline birds, Oregon State Parks said in a Facebook post.