An El Niño Harbinger?
September marked COASST species number 224 as Charlie (COASST bird verifier extraordinaire) verified a Hawaiian Petrel found by Laura G. in April 2026 on her COASST survey of Gearhart Beach near Seaside, Oregon. Known as
Photo: Hillary Burgess
Blog: Beached Birds
COASSTers are always up to something! Find stories about our participants, updates about beached bird or marine debris research, and read about the latest activities of the COASST office staff and interns.
Adding a Booby!
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,
Tags squared
– by COASST Intern: Kathryn Whitmer – If you get some new tags anytime soon, you might notice a slight change – they’re square now! This shift from our old circle tags to the new