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.
Dec
10
Beached Bird Survey Training: Port Orford
December 10, 2022, Port Orford
Beached bird surveyors at work. (No photo credit.)
On Saturday, Dec. 10 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) is hosting a beached bird survey training. This training will take place at the Oregon State University (OSU) Port Orford Field...
Dec
10
South Coast Citizen Science Event
December 10, 2022, Gold Beach
King tide at Bandon's Coquille Point.\Photo by Rick Poecker.
On Satuday, Dec. 10, from 5-7 p.m., CoastWatch will be cohosting the second King Tides Project event of the season. This event will take place at the Pacific Reef Hotel (29362 Ellensburg Ave. in Gold Beach) in the conference room,...
Dec
11
Beached Bird Survey Training: Brookings
December 11, 2022, Brookings
COASST beached bird survey volunteers at work.\Photo by Melissa Keyser.
On Sunday, Dec. 11 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) is hosting a beached bird survey training. This training will take place at the Chetco Activity Center (550 Chetco...
Dec
14
Marine Debris Survey Training
December 14, 2022, Hammond
More volunteers are always needed for the marine debris survey managed by CoastWatch. Those on the north coast have a monthly opportunity to participate in a survey, to see whether it is for you, and to get training if interested.
One of the locations at which CoastWatch conducts our marine...
Dec
22
King Tides Project--Second Series
December 22, 2022 - December 24, 2022
King tide at Peter Iredale wreck in Clatsop County.\Photo courtesy of ORKingTides.
The second round of this winter’s King Tides Project takes place Dec. 22-24, with the second set of high tides on which this citizen science effort will focus.
Through the King Tides Project, volunteer...
Dec
22
King Tides December Kickoff
December 22, 2022, Astoria
King tides at the Siuslaw North Jetty
The King Tides project is a community science effort that recruits volunteers to take photographs that depict the highest reach of the highest tides of the year. Documenting current vulnerabilities to flooding can provide a preview of what could be...
Dec
22
King Tides Kickoff Event
December 22, 2022, Astoria
Youngs Bay near Astoria during a king tide.\Photo by John Bauer.
On Thursday, Dec. 22, CoastWatch and the Oregon Coastal Management Program are hosting a King Tides kickoff event for the second round of this winter’s project, which occurs during the Dec. 22-24 high tide sequence. The event,...
Jan
20
King Tides Project---Third Series
January 20, 2023
King tide south of Cape Sebastian.
The final round of this winter’s King Tides Project takes place Jan. 20-22, 2023, with the third set of high tides on which this citizen science effort will focus this winter.
Through the King Tides Project, volunteer photographers document the reach of...
Past Events
Apr
6
Falcon Peregrinations
April 6, 2017, Newport
Peregrine falcon. Photo by Wayne Hoffman.
The public is invited to a presentation by Wayne Hoffman at the MidCoast Watersheds Council meeting on Thursday, April 6th, 6:30 p.m., to learn about recent peregrine falcon nesting at Yaquina Head. The meeting will be held in Room 205 at the...
Apr
2
Tidepool Clinic
April 2, 2017, Lincoln City
Athena Crichton (left) leading CoastWatch beachwalk. Photo by Alex Derr.
Join CoastWatch for a “tidepool clinic” in Lincoln City on Sunday, April 2, beginning at 11:30 a.m. The free event is open to all. CoastWatch is joining forces with the Lincoln City Visitor & Convention Bureau to...
Apr
1
Tidepool Clinic
April 1, 2017, Lincoln City
Athena Crichton leads CoastWatch tidepool training. Photo by Alex Derr.
Join CoastWatch for a “tidepool clinic” in Lincoln City on Saturday, April 1 (no fooling!), beginning at 10:30 a.m. The free event is open to all. CoastWatch is joining forces with the Lincoln City Visitor & Convention...
Apr
1
LIFE ON THE ROCKS
April 1, 2017, Bandon
Shoreline Education for Awareness (SEA) offers a seminar on tidepool life, “Life on the Rocks,” on Saturday, April 1, from 9 a.m. to noon, at the Bandon Community Center (aka The Barn), 1200 11th St., S.W. (next to the library). The public is invited to the free event.
This seminar, third in a...
Mar
18
Guided Bird Walk
March 18, 2017, Waldport,
Mallard with ducklings. Photo by Roy Lowe.
The Yaquina Birders & Naturalists offer a birding walk led by a deeply versed expert on Saturday, March 18. Roy Lowe, retired from his post as long-time manager of the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex, will lead a walk beginning at...
Mar
18
Snowy Plover Training
March 18, 2017, Pacific City
Snowy Plovers at South Beach. Photo by Cathy Tronquet.
Breeding season for the Western Snowy Plover began March 15. Recreation restricted at 16 beaches managed for these threatened shorebirds (the only shorebirds that nest on Oregon beaches, apart from the occasional killdeer) have gone...
Mar
16
Photographic Tour of Wildlife Refuges
March 16, 2017, Newport
Kelp beds at Crook Point, part of the National Wildlife Refuge system. Photo by Roy Lowe.
With public lands under attack at both the federal and state level, a reminder of the value and beauty of those lands is timely. The Yaquina Birders & Naturalists will host “A Photographic Journey into...
Mar
15
Pelican Lecture
March 15, 2017, Seaside,
Brown pelicans in flight. Photo by Heather Roskelley.
Wildlife biologist Deborah Jaques will speak on “Tracking the Brown Pelican” on Wednesday, March 15, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Seaside Public Library (1131 Broadway St.). The event, free and open to the public, is sponsored by the North...
Mar
5
Beached Bird Survey Training
March 5, 2017, Waldport
Beached bird. Photo by Nancy Moore.
CoastWatch is the Oregon partner of the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST), which conducts a long-running beached bird survey in all the West Coast states. This is true citizen science; with training, volunteers learn to gather...
Mar
4
Beached Bird Survey Training
March 4, 2017, Pacific City
COASST's Hillary Burgess in the field.
CoastWatch is the Oregon partner of the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST), which conducts a long-running beached bird survey in all the West Coast states. This is true citizen science; with training, volunteers learn to gather...