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Coast Photo Gallery - Oregon Coast Wildlife and Tide Pools
Oregon Coast Birding - Gulls
While most people traveling along the Oregon Coast have encountered gulls in public places such as parks and outdoor restaurants, there is a wildlife aspect to gulls living on the coast often overlooked as to their behavior patterns found in the wild. The Oregon Coast boasts a variety of gull species often very hard to distinguish from each other, even for the expert birder. Generally, the gull species found in the region include the Glaucous-winged gull, and the more prevalent Western gull. Also, other gull species may visit the Oregon Coast in small numbers including California gulls, Mew gulls and Herring gulls. While gulls frequent many areas close to human developments, the birding experience of studying these gull species is enhanced by venturing out into their native habitats along the shoreline or at park settings. It is here in these natural places where the Birder can become aware of their individual behaviors exhibited during their mating season as well as in a group setting when they swarm together in flight defending their chicks from raptors.
Photo of a group of gulls gathering by a fresh water stream entering the ocean along the Northern Lane County Coastline, a typical setting for observing gulls in the wild attracted to the coastal shorelines exposed during low tides where they can scavenge for food left behind by the retreating tides or forage for food near the rocky intertidal zones often filled with mussels, marine invertebrates and other small fishes.
Photo of a pair of Western gulls courting each other, a sign of springtime on the Oregon Coast when the gulls pair off for mating and breeding purposes in a variety of coastal locations spread out along the grassy bluffs and offshore rocks conducive for building their nest sites as well as for raising their chicks away from predators and human disturbances.
Photo of a pair of Western gulls working together on building their nest site located at the protected grounds of the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area, one of the popular shoreline spots for observing gulls in the wild during their annual breeding season, especially rewarding for Wildlife Explorers and Birders enjoying these natural activities from the public accessible observation points established within the park boundaries.
Photo of a gull nesting against the basalt rocks located on the offshore islets found around the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area, a typical nesting site offering protection from human disturbances plus providing close access to their feeding grounds along the shore.


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