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Tillamook Rock Lighthouse

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Roger

The Tillamook Rock Lighthouse perches on a rock a little more than a mile off Tillamook Head. The light is 133 feet above the sea, 62 feet of that height consisting of the tower. It was built in 1881 and … Continue reading →

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Bird #438 — Black Turnstone

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Roger

arenaria (pertaining to a sandy place) melanocephala (from melas, black, and kephale, head) Wednesday, May 7, 2008 — 12:21 pm Ecola State Park, Oregon — Tillamook Point — Pacific Ocean I didn’t see any sea lions on the Sea Lion … Continue reading →

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Ecola State Park — Tillamook Head

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Roger

After a not-at-all-quick but very tasty lunch in Cannon Beach, we drove a few miles further north to Ecola State Park. The volunteers at Haystack Rock told us we could probably see sea lions there and, in fact, the rocks … Continue reading →

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Bird #437 — Brant

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Roger

branta (sheldrake) bernicla (to burn, for its charred dark color) Wednesday, May 7, 2008 — 11:00 am Cannon Beach, Oregon — Pacific Ocean This Brant was totally serendipitous. For about six weeks before I headed to Portland, I studied my … Continue reading →

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Bird #436 — Tufted Puffin

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Roger

fratercula (from frater, brother, and –cula, small) cirrhata (curly-headed) Wednesday, May 7, 2008 — 10:19 am Cannon Beach, Oregon — Pacific Ocean — Haystack Rock If there was one lifer I really wanted to see on this trip, and there … Continue reading →

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