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18 // COASTWEEKEND.COM July events at Circle Creek Conservation Center SEASIDE – Regis- tration is open for July events at Circle Creek Conservation Center. This year marks the 15th anni- versary of its acquisition and stewardship by North Coast Land Conservancy. The center is a nature pre- serve open to the public at the south end of Seaside. Neal Maine, the con- servancy’s founding exec- utive director, will lead a slow walk on the Legacy Loop Trail from 10 a.m. to noon on Sunday, July 7. “Seeing the Unseen” offers an opportunity to observe what you might not otherwise notice and to unspool the stories behind what you stumble upon. On Saturday, July 13, at 2 p.m., join supporters The Illahee Apartments of North Coast Land Con- servancy at the Center for the fourth annual Summer Picnic at the Barn. Bring a picnic, a blanket or chairs and a pie to share and help celebrate Cir- cle Creek’s 15th anniver- sary. The event is free and includes a silent auction in the barn. There will be live music and picnicking on the lawn at 2:30 p.m. The ever-popular pie pot- luck starts at 3:30 p.m. This year, guided hikes on the trails will follow the picnic from 4:30 to 6 p.m. On Thursday, July 18, from 1 to 3:30 p.m., geol- ogist Tom Horning will explore how habitat is infl uenced by geology on a walk through the fl ood- plain and forest. Then on Wednesday, July 31, from 10 a.m. to noon, NCLC staff mem- ber and certifi ed yoga teacher Lorraine Ortiz will lead the second annual Yoga at the Barn. Beginners are welcome; bring a mat if you have one, otherwise one can be provided. Space is lim- ited at some events. For more information and to register, NCLCtrust.org/ on-the-land-summer-out- ings. Circle Creek Conser- vation Center is at the end of Rippet Road at the south end of Sea- side. From U.S. 101, 0.7 mile north of the junction with U.S. 26, turn west onto Rippet Road and fol- low it to the two barns at the end of the road. It is open to the public daily, dawn to dusk, conditions permitting. Trail’s End arT associaTion KIDZ ART CAMP See puffi ns at Haystack Rock July 1-4 CANNON BEACH – Catch a glimpse of puffi ns from 8-11 a.m. Monday, July 1-Thursday, July 4 in front of Haystack Rock. This seabird watch- ing event is sponsored by Friends of Haystack Rock and is part of a fi re- works-free weekend in Cannon Beach. Spotting scopes and binoculars will be available to view the birds up close. Haystack Rock is home to the largest Tufted Puffi n breeding colony in Oregon. In early April, puffi ns show up at Haystack Rock. Most of the puffi ns have already found their lifelong part- ners and are returning to the same protected burrow they used last year to raise their young. The Tufted Puffi ns will spend about 16 weeks at the rock. For the fi rst cou- ple weeks the puffi ns stake out their territory and clean up their burrow. Once their burrow is ready, the female puffi n will lay a single, chicken-sized egg, which both the male and female incubate. Incubation usually lasts 41-54 days. Though usually tucked back inside the bur- row, newly hatched puffi ns appear at the ‘Rock’ begin- ning in late June through mid to late August. 38 to 59 days after hatching the puffl ings will leave their burrows. Under the protec- tion of dark (to escape the ever-watchful, hungry eyes of bald eagles), all the puf- Downtown Astoria’s Most Respected Apartment Complex Since 1969. 1046 Grand Avenue Astoria, OR 97103 503-325-2280 10% OFF ExplorEs waTErcolor, scUlpTUrE boxEs graffiTi arT, glass fUsing and morE! rEgisTEr aT TrailsEndarT.org or ThE gallErY 656 a sT gEarharT E xp i re s 7 / 4 / 1 9 JUlY 22-26, 9am-1pm 2 nd To 8 Th gradE fl ings will leave the safety of the rock and return to the open ocean, where they will spend the winter. Tufted Puffi ns struggle with inadvertently ingest- ing ocean plastic, getting caught and drowning in gill-nets, and protecting their burrows from intro- duced mammalian pred- ators such as foxes and rats. Since the mid-1990s, Tufted Puffi n populations in Oregon and Washington have plummeted more than 95 percent. Friends of Haystack Rock promotes the pres- ervation and protection of the intertidal life and birds that inhabit the Marine Gar- den and Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge at Haystack Rock.
