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MILE 123 on 9/24/10   -   SARITASOUTHGATE LOCATION Coos  •  Bastendorff Beach east half, South Jetty Coos Bay CONDITIONS Friday 12:00 PM  •  Sunny  •  60° F  •  Wind: Calm/Light from the NW  •  Tide: 7.3 ft HUMANS People: 25  •  Dogs: 12 ACTIVITIES Walking/running: 17  •  Playing in surf: 0  •  Playing in sand: 3  •  Sitting: 5  •  picnicing CONCERNS Apparent violations: vehicle tracks on beach/ DISTURBANCES VEHICLES Cars/Trucks parking: 10  •  RVs/Buses parking: 3 ACTIV.COMMENTS Lots of people coming and going; approximately 25 at any give time, so figures are all averages. Dogs mostly leashed, and people were enjoying a lovely day. NOTABLE WILDLIFE Very heavy concentrations of bull kelp, feather boas, sea palms. Eel grass in areas closer to the jetty. 1 Brown Pelican, several cormorants (double crested/), gulls and crows. In creek area many gulls (50 plus) bathing, resting, and floating about. Erosion of creek banks due to very high tide. Newly washed up logs and branches. DEAD BIRDS Total: 1  •  Species/names: Common Murre. Also unidentifiable remains of birds entangled in eel grass and algae. STRANDED Total: 2  •  1 dead CSL on strip of sand near jetty. Another CSL dying in a large pool near jetty. This animal appeared injured; its body was quite deformed. Both animals reported to Jim Rice, Marine Mammal Stranding Network FISH & INVERTS A scattering of moon jellies DRIFTLINE Kelp/Algae  •  Land-based debris  •  Styrofoam Thick cream colored foam along the entire driftline, Bits and pieces of plastic embedded in the numerous tangles of algae. NEW DEVELOPMENT MODIFICATIONS Dune Modification trucks still driving on the foredune, and breaking it down NATURAL CHANGES Sand continuing to settle near jetty. Creek widened and deepened from high water and runoff. COMMENTS No SUMMARY Beautiful day, with many folks (about 25 on beach at any given time), going and coming and enjoying the beach. Dogs were mostly leashed and well behaved. Vehicle numbers changed at each entry point, but there were about 10 all together most of the time. There were 2 stranded CSLs one dying, one dead, which I reported to Marine Mammal Stranding Network. There were also surprisingly heavy concentrations of bull kelp and other algae, as well as thick creamy greenish foam all along the driftline. One dead Common Murre, was documented for COASST by Jerry Chadwick. Live birds included 1 Brown Pelican, many(50-70) gulls, crows and a couple of cormorants. A few Jellies. OBSERVER SaritaSouthgate EMAIL   •  REPORT PUBLISHED 9/28/10 4:15 PM PHOTOS PRINTER-FRIENDLY ©2013 Oregon Shores •  CONTACT US