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Oregon Coast Programs for Birders, Naturalists This Summer |
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Covering 180 miles of Oregon coast travel: Astoria, Seaside, Cannon Beach, Manzanita, Nehalem, Wheeler, Rockaway, Garibaldi, Tillamook, Oceanside, Pacific City, Lincoln City, Depoe Bay, Newport, Waldport, Yachats & Florence.
06/13/08
Secrets of the Season |
Oregon Coast Programs for Birders, Naturalists This Summer
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| A gull lounges at Newport's Nye Beach area |
(Newport, Oregon) - The Yaquina Birders & Naturalists group is holding quite a few events for the summer. There's lots for folks who are into coastal birds and marine critters. All events take place in or around Newport and are free.
Thursday, June 19. Eric Horvath and "Birding Southeast Arizona." Eric will show photos taken from several birding trips to SE Arizona. He will talk about special birds of that area, from Elegant Trogon and Gray Hawk to Rufous-winged Sparrow. Eric led a trip there in May 2008 and has another trip planned for May 2009, with special visits to four Nature Conservancy preserves.
7:30 p.m. at the OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center Education Wing Room 30/32. Please use the Staff Entrance (NOT the entrance to the Visitor's Center), follow the signs, and park near the Library. Cost: free. Newport, Oregon. Contact Range Bayer for more info, at 541-265-2965.
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Saturday, June 21: 7 - 9 a.m. "Birds of Mike Miller Park." Eric Horvath will lead this Yaquina Birders & Naturalists field trip. Eric writes: "We will look for Hermit & Wilson's Warblers, Purple Finch, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Wrentit, Bewick's Wren, Swainson's Thrush, and many other birds." Meet at Mike Miller Park, South Beach, just south of Newport. To get there, travel 1.2 miles south of the Yaquina Bay Bridge on Hwy 101 and turn east onto SE 50th Street. Drive about one quarter of a mile on the gravel road past Newport Ready Mix to the Mike Miller parking area. The trail is about one mile long. Cost: free. Newport, Oregon. Contact Range Bayer for more info, at 541-265-2965.
Sunday, July 20. "Tidepooling at Seal Rocks." Cynthia Trowbridge will lead this Yaquina Birders & Naturalists field trip. Cynthia, a marine ecologist, has studied intertidal invertebrates and seaweeds in Oregon, Japan, the British Isles, New Zealand, Australia, and elsewhere. Cynthia recommends wearing knee-high boots to cross some pools and to keep your feet dry. Contact Range Bayer for more info, at 541-265-2965.
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Meet on the beach near the NW Cross Street pullout at Seal Rock (about Mile Post MP 151.2) by 7:30 a.m. Directions: drive south on Hwy 101, about 0.4 mile past the entrance to Seal Rock State Park (about MP 150.8) on Hwy 101, to a small pullout (MP 151.2) about 80 ft south of the Hwy 101 intersection with NW Cross Street. If there is no room for parking, park 200 feet farther south or an additional 600 ft to the south at the largest pullout and walk back to the MP 151.2 pullout. Then CAUTIOUSLY walk down either the steep, slippery trail to the south or the gentle, drier trail to the north of the pullout. Seal Rock, Oregon (just south of Newport). Contact Range Bayer for more info, at 541-265-2965.
Friday, August 22. "Birds of Newport Area." Range Bayer will lead this Yaquina Birders & Naturalists field trip. Please meet at the OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center Visitor's Parking Lot at the Flagpole by 1 p.m. Duration: afternoon. Cost: free. Newport, Oregon. Contact Range Bayer for more info, at 541-265-2965.
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