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# Creatures of the Coast
- URL: https://www.brynnilsen.com/creatures-of-the-coast/
- Published: 2026-10-06T16:00:14.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T16:00:14.000Z
- Author: Bryn Nilsen

A beautiful smattering of animals from Astoria down to Rockaway Beach on August 8th

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3f/1a/3f1a5bc8-4e8b-43ec-bcfd-6e772719b80b/content/images/2026/09/Creatures-of-the-Coast-1.jpg)

I feel like we as a culture are not talking about pelicans enough

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3f/1a/3f1a5bc8-4e8b-43ec-bcfd-6e772719b80b/content/images/2026/09/Creatures-of-the-Coast-2.jpg)

Brown Pelicans flying the northwest tip of Oregon

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3f/1a/3f1a5bc8-4e8b-43ec-bcfd-6e772719b80b/content/images/2026/09/Creatures-of-the-Coast-3-1.jpg)

beautiful guy

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3f/1a/3f1a5bc8-4e8b-43ec-bcfd-6e772719b80b/content/images/2026/09/Creatures-of-the-Coast-4.jpg)

even posed for us

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3f/1a/3f1a5bc8-4e8b-43ec-bcfd-6e772719b80b/content/images/2026/09/Creatures-of-the-Coast-5.jpg)

love watching Western Sandpipers doing their thang

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3f/1a/3f1a5bc8-4e8b-43ec-bcfd-6e772719b80b/content/images/2026/09/Creatures-of-the-Coast-6.jpg)

spot the Black Skimmers among the gulls

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3f/1a/3f1a5bc8-4e8b-43ec-bcfd-6e772719b80b/content/images/2026/09/Creatures-of-the-Coast-7.jpg)

this Gull is going Orville the Albatross mode from Rescuers Down Under

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3f/1a/3f1a5bc8-4e8b-43ec-bcfd-6e772719b80b/content/images/2026/10/image.png)

seee? credit the Walt man

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3f/1a/3f1a5bc8-4e8b-43ec-bcfd-6e772719b80b/content/images/2026/09/Creatures-of-the-Coast-8.jpg)

I like this picture :)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3f/1a/3f1a5bc8-4e8b-43ec-bcfd-6e772719b80b/content/images/2026/09/Creatures-of-the-Coast-9.jpg)

water is awesome

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3f/1a/3f1a5bc8-4e8b-43ec-bcfd-6e772719b80b/content/images/2026/09/Creatures-of-the-Coast-10.jpg)

Brown Pelicans from Ecola State Park

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3f/1a/3f1a5bc8-4e8b-43ec-bcfd-6e772719b80b/content/images/2026/09/Creatures-of-the-Coast-11.jpg)

White Pelicans under the Astoria-Megler Bridge

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3f/1a/3f1a5bc8-4e8b-43ec-bcfd-6e772719b80b/content/images/2026/09/Creatures-of-the-Coast-12.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3f/1a/3f1a5bc8-4e8b-43ec-bcfd-6e772719b80b/content/images/2026/09/Creatures-of-the-Coast-13.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3f/1a/3f1a5bc8-4e8b-43ec-bcfd-6e772719b80b/content/images/2026/09/Creatures-of-the-Coast-14.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3f/1a/3f1a5bc8-4e8b-43ec-bcfd-6e772719b80b/content/images/2026/09/Creatures-of-the-Coast-15.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3f/1a/3f1a5bc8-4e8b-43ec-bcfd-6e772719b80b/content/images/2026/09/Creatures-of-the-Coast-16.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3f/1a/3f1a5bc8-4e8b-43ec-bcfd-6e772719b80b/content/images/2026/09/Creatures-of-the-Coast-17.jpg)

he's showing off and I am here for it

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