Friends of Haystack Rock

04/11/2026

We cannot wait for this event! This week, puffins have been seen on the water and flying around Haystack Rock.

Mark your calendars! Our annual "Puffin Welcome" event is coming Saturday, April 18th from 7:30 am to 10:00 am. More details to come!

📷Original Art from our Communication Coordinator, Jenny Gooldy

03/25/2026

This is exciting! Next to show up should be our beloved puffins.

01/13/2026

What do puffins drink? Join us at the Pelican Brewing - Cannon Beach to find out!

01/11/2026

When brown pelicans on the west coast of North America leave their breeding colonies, they travel between Mexico and Canada to forage on fish. Despite being a large and iconic species, much remains unknown about their survival and movement during the non-breeding season.

Understanding these aspects is critical for developing effective conservation strategies to protect pelicans from threats such as fishing gear entanglements, oil spills, and climate change.

In 2022, Pelican Science partnered with Cellular Tracking Technologies (celltracktech.com) to develop a new non-invasive method for tracking pelicans using an electronic band (“eBand”).

Learn more about this work at tomorrow's talk at the Pelican Brewery in Cannon Beach. The talk begins at 4PM.

01/10/2026

See https://www.beachconnection.net/news/confirmed-funnel-cloud-over-cannon-beach-oregon-coast.php Confirmed Funnel Cloud on Oregon Coast Wednesday, Photographed Over Cannon Beach ---- The briefly-formed twister apparently never touched down

01/09/2026

Learn about Brown Pelicans at Pelican Brewery in Cannon Beach this Sunday at 4PM!

What an appropriate place to have a talk about Pelicans! Deborah Jaques and Joe Liebezeit will share some of the highlights of the community science Brown Pelican monitoring and the development and implementation of the community science surveys as well as discuss the potential for future community science pelican monitoring.

01/06/2026

Join us Sunday, January 11th at the Pelican Brewery in Cannon Beach at 4:00 PM to learn everything you ever wanted to know about Brown Pelicans!

Deborah Jaques, an avian ecologist at Pacific Eco Logic, Crescent City, California, and the founder of the non-profit, Pelican Science, based in Astoria, Oregon, will share some of the highlights of the community science Brown Pelican monitoring effort in celebration of a newly published scientific paper. She will also discuss her team’s current research on pelican movement ecology using the Motus Wildlife Tracking System and some of the new things we are learning about Brown pelicans from it. Joe Liebezeit, the Statewide Conservation Director for the Bird Alliance of Oregon, will discuss the development and implementation of the community science surveys as well as discuss the potential for future community science pelican monitoring.

Hope to see you there!

12/30/2025

Join us on January 11th at Pelican Brewing Cannon Beach for a science on tap event hosted by our Friends of Haystack Rock. Learn how local researchers and community members are working together to better understand and protect the brown pelicans we share our shoreline with.
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Good beer, good company, and a deeper connection to the coast (and the coastal birds) we love. See you there.

12/20/2025

Have you heard about the Birds with Fish program? Dr. Rachael A. Orben leads the Seabird Oceanography Lab out of Oregon State University. One of the focuses is on figuring out the diet composition of Tufted Puffins in Oregon in order to have a better idea of what prey species they depend on, and if there’s any sort of linkage between their diet to their diminishing population status.

The best place to conduct this research is right in our back yard at Haystack Rock. For the past few year's Friends of Haystack Rock has helped fund the efforts of this research, along with a few other projects along the Oregon and Washington Coast regarding the rapid decline of the Tufted Puffins along the California Current.

Join us tomorrow, December 20th at the Pelican Brewery to see what we've been up to and how you might be able to help. Come on down to the Pelican Brewery and enjoy an evening with your Friends. Our presentaiton will begin at 4PM.

📸Jayden Washington Samuels

12/16/2025

Did you know that Friends of Haystack Rock is trying to bring a David's Chair to Cannon Beach? We are partnering with Mo's and Travel Oregon to help make Haystack Rock more assessable to those with limited mobility. Learn all about our efforts and how you might be able to help on Saturday, December 20th at the Pelican Brewery in Cannon Beach. Our presentation will start at 4PM. Come on down and enjoy a night with Friends.

12/14/2025

Did you know Friends of Haystack Rock is a volunteer-based non-profit that promotes the preservation and protection of the intertidal life and birds that inhabit the Marine Garden and Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge at Haystack Rock? We do this in cooperation with Haystack Rock Awareness Program, other partners, and the community.

Learn more about what we do and how you can be involved on Saturday, December 20th at the Pelican Brewery. Snack on some tasty treats, drink a delicious beverage (or two) and enjoy an evening with your Friends. Our presentation will start at 4PM.