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Updated 18 May 2026 If you live in the Southern part of COASST “territory” (Northern California and Southern Oregon), you may have noticed more beached Common Murres, Brandt’s Cormorants, and Brown Pelicans than usual these
If you have been to an in-person COASST training then you have seen the bird heads on sticks that we lovingly refer to as “headsicles” (like a popsicle, but please don’t lick them). Making these
If you have been to an in-person COASST training, then you have seen our (slightly smelly) teaching collection of dead bird parts. These bio-artifacts help train our volunteers on how to properly take wing, foot,