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February 2009: An evening at Yaquina Head |
The Yaquina Head Lighthouse was built in 1872, and originally called the Cape Foulweather light. It is Oregon's tallest lighthouse, at 93ft. |
Waves break slowly over shallow waters to the north of Yaquina Head. |
A large colony of Common Murres calls Yaquina Head home. A nearly constant parade of these birds zipped over the turbulent waters below Yaquina Head. |
This colony is on a small island just offshore. The island gives some natural protection from land-locked predators. |
A large tidepool area is just to the south of Yaquina Head. While there is a variety of sea creatures to be found, it's a fairly popular area, and a bit 'loved to death'. The BLM tries to keep the crowds confined to a limited area. |
Where is it? Yaquina Head is just a few miles north of Newport, Oregon... on the Oregon Coast, of course. |
Before you go... There is an entrance fee to visit the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area. It is administered by the BLM... and that's Yah-KWIN-uh |