Day 22-24 – 8/23-8/25 Newport, Ona Beach, Oysterville, Yaquina Bay Estuary
DAY HIGHLIGHTS
ROUTE Newport Area │ BEST SURPRISE Yaquina Bay Estuary │ BEACH Ona Beach │ PHOTOGRAPHED Sandpipers · Jays · Sparrows
Sunday was a relaxing beach day. I just set up a chair in the sand and watched the waves.
On Monday I went to the Yaquina Bay Estuary to photograph birds then ate at Zurita. Scott & Amy came. On Tuesday we went to Ona Beach then Szabars.
Yaquina Bay Estuary – 8/24
Day 24 • August 25
ONA BEACH
A peaceful stretch of coastline just north of Newport. Wide open, dog-friendly, and perfect for a slow walk and photography.
YAQUINA BAY ESTUARY
Low tide brings birds in.
Sandpipers, plovers, and gulls everywhere
🐾 Jack’s Notes
He combined a few days into one post entry, didn’t he? Yep, lazy – 90% of the time I’m just left to laze around the house; sometimes he naps, sometimes he goes places without me and other times he just sits at his computer looking at pictures of dumb birds for hours. Oh, and get this… he found out how to use the television remotes. Here’s an example; he leaves me yesterday and was gone… forever…,
…but before he goes he tosses a handfull of peanuts out of the second story sliding glass door to “entertain” me with the birds, chipmunks, and squirrels that are going to come by but he didn’t realize that I was going to sit downstairs and stare out the window until he decides to come home. They call it anxiety but it’s not; it’s loneliness. If I miss him while he is taking a shower then imagine how much I miss him when he is gone forever then comes back smelling like seafood, ribeye, burger…? I try to tell him how much he is missed when he comes through the door but he doesn’t listen; just covers his ears and says, “too much barking.”
I must say though, our trip to Ona Beach was pretty stimulating. Even when he was taking pictures he let me sniff around but… then he got upset when my lead got tangled in his tripod and almost knocked his camera over. Not my fault a chipmunk came by and I was compelled to run toward him as fast as possible. Ok… napping on the beach was pretty cool, and he actually did take me to Zurita with Scott & Amy so there’s that. And, yes, he did bring some burger home for me – fine; maybe it ain’t so bad.
