Apr 12
There is something wonderfully simple about a day at the beach. Pack a bag, find a stretch of sand, listen to the waves, and suddenly an ordinary day feels like a vacation. But the difference between a good beach day and a truly relaxing one often comes down to a little preparation. Forgetting sunscreen, arriving …
Jul 28
A handful of seashells can hold an entire beach vacation inside them. Their colors, worn edges, ridges, and tiny imperfections instantly bring back memories of warm sand, salty air, and afternoons spent wandering the shoreline. Instead of leaving those shells hidden in a jar or drawer, turn them into something you can enjoy every day …
Jul 26
Starfish look almost too simple to be real. With a central body and arms spreading outward like the points of a star, they seem far less complicated than fish, crabs, octopuses, or other familiar ocean animals. Underneath that deceptively simple shape, however, is one of the ocean’s most unusual body plans. Starfish — more accurately …
Jul 25
The familiar five-armed starfish resting in a tide pool represents only a tiny glimpse of one of the ocean’s most diverse groups of animals. Scientists recognize roughly 2,000 species of sea stars, and they come in far more shapes, sizes, colors, and lifestyles than their shared name suggests. Some are small enough to hide beneath …
Jun 22
Beach Shore Birds: Identification, Migration, Birdwatching & Conservation Walk along almost any beach at the right time of day and you will quickly realize that the shoreline belongs to far more than swimmers and sunbathers. Tiny sandpipers race ahead of the waves, plovers pause to search the sand for food, oystercatchers probe around shell beds, …
Jun 22
Few places capture the rugged beauty of the Oregon Coast quite like Cannon Beach. Here, a broad sandy shoreline meets the cold Pacific beneath forested headlands, waves break around enormous sea stacks, and the unmistakable silhouette of Haystack Rock rises from the beach. Cannon Beach is beautiful enough to justify a trip for the scenery …
