CoastWatch Events
Events of interest to CoastWatchers, sponsored by various organizations.
Events that are sponsored or featured by Oregon Shores are highlighted.
CoastWatch intertidal field trip. Photo by Alex Derr.
No events currently scheduled.
Past Events
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Beached Bird Survey Training
May 19, 2018, Yachats
CoastWatchers and COASSTers Diane and Dave Bilderback at work on a beached bird survey at Bandon.
The Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) will hold a training session for prospective volunteers in the long-running beached bird survey they conduct in all the West Coast...
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Tidepools Walk
May 19, 2018, Charleston
Sea star and anemones. | Photo by Victoria Tierney.
The South Coast Striders host a tidepool walk on Saturday, May 19, at 9:30 a.m at Cape Arago State Park south of Charleston. They are taking advantage of a -1.4 foot tide, so you will be able to explore more of the tidepools found there...
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Discover Oceanside Tidepools
May 19, 2018, Tillamook
Sea stars at Cannon Beach. | Photo by Peterson Photography
What amazing creatures are lurking at the water’s edge? Visit Oceanside for this event, and you will see.
Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS staff and volunteers will be onsite in the tide pools helping visitors understand what is living...
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May
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Tidepool Clinic
May 19, 2018, Lincoln City
Tidepool area between Otter Rock and Otter Crest.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
Join CoastWatch and Fawn Custer, our volunteer coordinator, for a “tidepool clinic” in Lincoln City on Saturday, May 19, at 9:30 a.m. Meet at the N.W. 15th St. beach access. The free event is open to all.
For the...
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Brown Pelican Survey
May 19, 2018
Brown Pelicans.\Photo by Roy Lowe.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is teaming with various partners along the West Coast—here in Oregon, it’s Portland Audubon—to conduct the semi-annual Brown Pelican Survey. The first of this year’s surveys takes place May 19 (the second will be Sept....
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May
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Citizen Science at Otter Rock
May 18, 2018, Otter Rock
Marine debris survey training led by Fawn Custer (far right).\Photo by Dennis White.
CoastWatch Volunteer Coordinator Fawn Custer, joined by highly knowledgeable volunteer Karen Driscoll, plan a community science day at the Otter Rock Marine Reserve. Meet them at 8 a.m. on the beach to...
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Tidepool Clinic
May 17, 2018, Lincoln City
Tidepool life.\Photo by Jarrett Juarez.
Join CoastWatch for a “tidepool clinic” in Lincoln City on Thursday, May 17, at 8:30 a.m. Meet at the N.W. 15th St. beach access. The free event is open to all.
Fawn Custer, CoastWatch’s volunteer coordinator, will lead the excursion. She will be...
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Tidepool Clinic
May 16, 2018, Lincoln City
Athena Crichton, left, leads a CoastWatch training session.\Photo by Alex Derr.
Join CoastWatch for a “tidepool clinic” in Lincoln City on Wednesday, May 16, at 8:30 a.m. Meet at the N.W. 15th St. beach access. The free event is open to all.
Fawn Custer, CoastWatch’s volunteer...
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Migratory Bird Day BioBlitz
May 12, 2018, Yachats
Wilson's Warbler may be passing through.\Photo by Jeremy Cohen.
Saturday, May 12 is World Migratory Bird Day, and it is being observed at Cape Perpetua with a special, bird-oriented BioBlitz to inventory migrants passing through the area on that day. (A BioBlitz involves a concerted,...
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Migratory Bird Day Outing
May 12, 2018, Netarts
Tufted Puffin in flight. | Photo by Jeremy Cohen
Discover the amazing life histories of the aquatic birds of Netarts Bay at the next Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS program, Migratory Bird Day Outing: Coastal and Pelagic Birds. Presented in partnership with Oregon State Parks, everyone...