Keeping Track of Glenn Reubon

Glenn on Siltcoos Beach

 Even though we were just over on the Oregon Coast last week, we took off again on Friday for a couple of more nights to camp and bird with friend Glenn Reubon in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, south of Florence. We first me Glenn in 2015 when we were camped at Waxmyrtle Campground while volunteering for the summer in the Snowy Plover Protection Program. He showed us where a family of Racoons had a den, and we shared with him the joys of volunteer work.  He adopted the volunteering life style and our mutual appreciation of nature has been the common denominator of our friendship. We have continued to bird and camp together through out Oregon, California and Arizona. In fact, Glenn has his own blog, Keeping up with Glenn Reubon. He is just finishing up as campground host at Tyee Campground, and on Monday starts at a new location at the Driftwood II Campground. This was our opportunity to check out his new digs and get in a bird walk on the Siltcoos River Estuary and Beach. 

The first wildlife that Glenn spotted as we started our walk at Siltcoos Estuary was this Coyote.  I think the Coyote spotted us first and decided to put some distance between him and us.

Snowy Plovers love to hang out in tire tracks in the sand.  We were happy to see them again and to realize that their numbers are up significantly since our time of trying to protect them in 2015. See our bird list for the beach here.

  

Deer find the lush vegetation in the protective area behind the dunes at Siltcoos Beach a great place to browse and live.

Dragonflies always catch my attention. This one was photographed during a hike Saturday at Carter Lake with Glenn and new friends, Chris and Jody Jones, who have a great YouTube channel, JC Journey.

Jeanette and I are loving travel and camping in our new Winnebago Solis Pocket.  We feel like it has given us a new lease on life, enabling us to continue to experience new adventures in the comfort appropriate for our age group.