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MILE 336 on 4/15/12   -   JUDY BENSON LOCATION Clatsop  •  Columbia Beach, Peter Iredale wreck, Fort Stevens SP CONDITIONS Sunday 10:00 AM  •  Cloudy  •  55° F  •  Wind: Calm/Light from the S  •  Tide: 0 ft HUMANS People: 24  •  Dogs: 2 ACTIVITIES Walking/running: 24 CONCERNS DISTURBANCES VEHICLES Cars/Trucks parking: 8  •  Cars/Trucks on beach, allowed: 3 ACTIV.COMMENTS Fairly early on a Sunday morning so not many people on the beach yet. NOTABLE WILDLIFE Bald Eagle on the beach! Photos attached. DEAD BIRDS Total: 0 STRANDED Total: 0 FISH & INVERTS DRIFTLINE NEW DEVELOPMENT MODIFICATIONS NATURAL CHANGES COMMENTS SUMMARY Check out the photos. We visited the week after the beach clean up so things were very clean. No debris. No dead birds or animals, nothing washed up. Fairly early in the day so not too much activity on the beach. Pretty nice day, not rainy or windy and not too cold. But very cool was to see a mature bald eagle on the beach. He was eating something on the beach when we first saw him and flew a short distance away as a truck drove by, but didn't leave. He stayed on the beach the whole time we walked; he would move around but didn't leave for quite awhile and as the photos show, he moved out onto the sand. Eventually he flew over the dunes, probably hunting. Really nice thing to see on the beach! OBSERVER Judy Benson EMAIL   •  REPORT PUBLISHED 5/7/12 9:08 PM PHOTOS 1 Eagle on the beach #1 Description: Fort Stevens state park, just a little north of the Peter Iredale wreck. Date: 04/15/2012 2 Eagle on the beach #2 Description: Same general location, Fort Stevens state park Date: 04/15/2012 3 Eagle flying along beach Description: Eagle moving up the beach at Fort Stevens state park Date: 04/15/2012 PRINTER-FRIENDLY ©2013 Oregon Shores •  CONTACT US