The Oregon Coast

[John H]

I spent some time on the north coast of Oregon as I have done the last few years. I fly fished a little for bass but nothing happened there so not much to report. I went out on an ocean boat a couple of times and both of those trips were good. I spent a lot of time walking around looking for birds and anythng else I could photograph. I drove up and down Highway 101 checking out the towns and beaches. I ate a lot of blueberries which were ripe and very affordable at the u pick em. I kayaked out to some rocks to check ot the bird life. Generally messed around and had some fun. Here are a bunch of pictures I took. You might like them or you might not. I took 4600 photos and kept 34 of them. The last three are phone shots. The others are Nikon DSLR ath a 500 mm lens.


Rufous hummingbird


Cedar Waxwing


Western gull adult passing a crab leg to a juvenile. Maybe her own juvenile.




Western gull looking a little stressed out by life.


Brown pelican with full wing extension. Pretty impressive.


Pelicans coming back to the roosting rock after fishing. I could see them diving about a mile away.


Low tide.


Townsend's chipmunk looking to see if it is safe to come out with me sitting there.


Highway 101. Lots of activity in the summer.


Rocks I kayaked out to.


The pacific halibut. A pretty nice two fish limit. That is worth getting seasick for.


My dog after mopping up some halibut scraps.