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MILE 157 on 4/15/12   -   BZENDERSON LOCATION Douglas  •  Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Perkins Lake CONDITIONS Sunday 12:00 PM  •  Cloudy  •  55° F  •  Wind: Moderate from the S  •  Tide: 3 ft HUMANS People: 7  •  Dogs: 1 ACTIVITIES Walking/running: 7 CONCERNS DISTURBANCES VEHICLES Cars/Trucks parking: 4 ACTIV.COMMENTS NOTABLE WILDLIFE 4 snowy plovers JUST south of my mile. DEAD BIRDS Total: 1  •  Species/names: Appeared to be a gull. STRANDED Total: 0 FISH & INVERTS DRIFTLINE Shells  •  Wood pieces  •  Ocean-based debris  •  Styrofoam NEW DEVELOPMENT MODIFICATIONS NATURAL CHANGES COMMENTS SUMMARY Fair amount of ocean-borne debris, but unlike my last walk here about a month earlier, when the debris was d0ominated by Japanese plastic bottles (tsunami debris?), it was very cosmopolitan: Russian sparkling water (unopened), Korean ping pong ball, Chinese mineral water, plus a lot of black, apparently Japanese fishing floats and perhaps the same white hardhad (looked to be Japanese origin)that we saw last time. Also a lot of American-origin fishing debris (tub of grease, bottle of motor oil, etc.). LOTS of whole trees and limbs apparently from recent flooding of local rivers, some (shore pines) with needles still on branches. Several large (Japanese) intact lightbulbs (red mostly, plus a smoky brown). The water table in the dunes was the highest I've seen it in several years. OBSERVER bzenderson EMAIL   •  REPORT PUBLISHED 4/16/12 5:26 PM PHOTOS 1 Anyone know what kind of nut this is? Description: Found several in the driftline. I don't recognize it. Is it from a local tree or has it drifted here from, say, Japan? The size of a walnut, but not a walnut. Date: 04/15/2012 PRINTER-FRIENDLY ©2013 Oregon Shores •  CONTACT US