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In COASST, science is a team sport played by coastal residents and scientists working together to collect, verify, analyze, and communicate high-quality data. What’s Washed In – our monthly newsletter – is the first place you’ll hear about scientific research updates, upcoming trainings, and COASST events.

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What’s Washed in

What’s Washed In is COASST’s monthly newsletter where we provide program updates, announcements for upcoming events, and practice examples to help marine debris and beached birds participants continue honing their skills.

What’s Washed In – October 2024

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (Turkey Vulture)

What’s Washed In – September 2024

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (Turkey Vulture)

What’s Washed In – August 2024 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (Beaver)

What’s Washed In – July 2024 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (Cuvier’s Beaked Whale)

What’s Washed In – June 2024 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (skate)

What’s Washed In – May 2024 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (Mermaid’s Purse)

What’s Washed In – April 2024 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (Velella velella)

What’s Washed In – March 2024 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (Salmon Shark)

What’s Washed In – February 2024 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (Red Rock Crab)

What’s Washed In – January 2024 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (Sea Nettles)

What’s Washed In – December 2023 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (Red-footed Booby)

What’s Washed In – November 2023 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (dolphin)

What’s Washed In – October 2023 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (Squid Eggs)

What’s Washed In – September 2023 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (Sunfish)

What’s Washed In – August 2023 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (Clams!)

What’s Washed In – July 2023 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (Moon snail egg case)

What’s Washed In – June 2023 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (Giant Pacific Octopus)

What’s Washed In – May 2023 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (Velella velella)

What’s Washed In – April 2023 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (marine mammals)

What’s Washed In – March 2023 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature-ish Feature (iridescent bubbles)

What’s Washed In – February 2023 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (thresher shark)

What’s Washed In – January 2023 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (rough piddock)

What’s Washed In – December 2022 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (white sturgeon)

What’s Washed In – November 2022 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (coyote)

What’s Washed In – October 2022 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (hoodwinker sunfish)

What’s Washed In – September 2022 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (humans at the beach)

What’s Washed In – August 2022 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (purple shore crab)

What’s Washed In – July 2022 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (barnacles)

What’s Washed In – June 2022 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (mystery fish)

What’s Washed In – May 2022 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (harbor porpoise)

What’s Washed In – April 2022 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (owl)

What’s Washed In – March 2022 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (otters and urchins)

What’s Washed In – February 2022 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (banded albatross)

What’s Washed In – January 2022 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (king-of-the-salmon)

What’s Washed In – December 2021 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (sea turtles)

What’s Washed In – November 2021 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (gooseneck barnacle)

What’s Washed In – October 2021 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (mermaid’s purse)

What’s Washed In – September 2021 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (salps)

What’s Washed In – August 2021 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (gumboot chiton)

What’s Washed In – July 2021 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (sturgeon)

What’s Washed In – June 2021 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (Brown Booby)

What’s Washed In – May 2021 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (big skate)

What’s Washed In – April 2021 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (tiger beetle)

What’s Washed In – March 2021 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (lancetfish)

What’s Washed In – February 2021 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (red rock crabs)

What’s Washed In – January 2021 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (sea stars)

What’s Washed In – December 2020 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (humpback whale)

What’s Washed In – November 2020 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (ocean sunfish)

What’s Washed In – October 2020 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (striped nudibranchs)

What’s Washed In – September 2020 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (basket cockle)

What’s Washed In – August 2020 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (gooseneck barnacle)

What’s Washed In – July 2020 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (Green Crab)

What’s Washed In – June 2020 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (Velella velella)

What’s Washed In – May 2020 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (kelp crab)

What’s Washed In – April 2020 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (Baby Amira)

What’s Washed In – March 2020 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (Nazca Booby) • From the blog

What’s Washed In – February 2020 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (moon jellies) • From the blog

What’s Washed In – January 2020 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (scavenger falcon) • From the blog

What’s Washed In – December 2019 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (cartilaginous mystery) • From the blog

What’s Washed In – November 2019 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (burrowing cucumbers) • From the blog

What’s Washed In – October 2019 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (shark) • From the blog

What’s Washed In – September 2019 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • Creature Feature (squid eggs) • A New Website!

What’s Washed In – August 2019 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • Creature Feature (harbor seal) • A New Website!

What’s Washed In – July 2019 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (anemone) • From the Blog

What’s Washed In – June 2019 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (gray whale) • From the Blog

Correction: What’s Washed In – May 2019 –

Beached Birds • From the Blog

What’s Washed In – May 2019 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (Snowy Plover) • From the Blog

What’s Washed In – April 2019 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (mink) • From the Blog

What’s Washed In – March 2019 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (penguin) • From the Blog

What’s Washed In – February 2019 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (Flightless Cormorant) • From the Blog

What’s Washed In – January 2019 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (sea turtle) • From the Blog

What’s Washed In – December 2018 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (mola mola) • From the Blog

What’s Washed In – November 2018 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (osprey) • From the Blog

What’s Washed In – October 2018 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (booby) • From the Blog

What’s Washed In – September 2018 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Solved Mysteries • Creature Feature (salmon shark) • From the Blog

What’s Washed In – August 2018 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Unsolved Mystery • Creature Feature (longnose skate) • From the Blog

What’s Washed In – July 2018 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (striped dolphin) • From the Blog

What’s Washed In – June 2018 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • Unsolved Mysteries • In the Zone • Creature Feature (Brant) • From the Blog

What’s Washed In – May 2018 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • Unsolved Mysteries • In the Zone • Creature Feature (lingcod) • From the Blog

What’s Washed In – April 2018 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • Unsolved Mysteries • In the Zone • Creature Feature (sea otter) • From the Blog

What’s Washed In – March 2018 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • In the Zone • Creature Feature (lancetfish) • Unsolved Mysteries • From the Blog • Participant Profile: Jeanne Finke

What’s Washed In – January 2018 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • Creature Feature (big skate) • Unsolved Mysteries • From the Blog

What’s Washed In – December 2017 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • Marine Curiosities (pyrosomes) • Unsolved Mysteries • From the COASST Blog:

What’s Washed In – July 2017 –

COASST Updates • Beached Birds • Marine Debris • Marine Curiosities (pacific sleeper shark) • Unsolved Mysteries • From the COASST Blog:

In the Wings

In the Wings is a quarterly update (or more frequent during an unusual mortality event) for monthly surveyors, Die-Off Alert (DOA) trainees, and partners of COASST in Alaska. Here we provide updates about ocean conditions in Alaska, reports of unusual mortality and information about the natural history of seabirds.

In the Wings – February 2023

COASST Update • State of the Ocean • Seabird Spotlight • Faces of COASST

In the Wings – HPAI special edition

COASST Update • What is HPAI? • What does a sick animal look like? • Who do I call? • More links and information

In the Wings – April 2022 –

COASST Update • State of the Ocean • Seabird Spotlight (marbled murrelet) • Faces of COASST

In the Wings – December 2021 –

COASST Update • State of the Ocean • Seabird Spotlight (Whiskered Auklet) • Faces of COASST

In the Wings – July 2021 –

COASST Update • State of the Ocean • Seabird Spotlight (Steller’s Eider) • Die-off Alert Test and Photo Competition

In the Wings – March 2021 –

COASST Update • State of the Ocean • Seabird Spotlight (Fork-tailed Storm Petrels) • Faces of COASST

In the Wings – October 2020 –

COASST Update • State of the Ocean • Seabird Spotlight (Horned Puffins) • Faces of COASST

In the Wings – June 2020 –

COASST Update • Beached Bird Observations • State of the Ocean • Seabird Spotlight (shearwaters) • Faces of COASST

In the Wings – January 2020 –

COASST Update • 2019 Die-off Summary • State of the Ocean • Seabird Spotlight (Arctic Tern) • Faces of COASST

In the Wings – Die-off Update August 27, 2019 –

COASST Update • About Short-tailed Shearwaters • What’s Being Done? • What to Do?

In the Wings – Die-off Update August 5, 2019 –

COASST Update • What’s Being Done? • What to Do?

In the Wings – July 2019 –

COASST Update • State of the Ocean • Seabird Spotlight (Tufted Puffin) • Faces of COASST

In The Wings – LEO Webinar –

COASST Updates

In the Wings – April 2019 –

COASST Update • State of the Ocean • Seabird Spotlight (Crested Auklet) • Faces of COASST

In the Wings – January 2019 UPDATE –

You’re Invited! • An Update • State of the Ocean

In the Wings – January 2019 –

COASST Update • State of the Ocean • Seabird Spotlight (Black-legged Kittiwake) • Faces of COASST

In the Wings – November 2018 –

COASST Update • State of the Ocean • Seabird Spotlight (Eiders) • Faces of COASST

In the Wings – July 2018 –

COASST Update • Summer 2018 Die-off Event • State of the Ocean • Seabird Spotlight (Murres) • Faces of COASST

In the Wings – April 2018 –

COASST Update • State of the Ocean • Seabird Spotlight (Fulmars) • Faces of COASST

In the Wings – January 2018 –

COASST Update • State of the Ocean • Seabird Spotlight (Glaucous Gull) • Faces of COASST