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MILE 102 on 5/23/12   -   BEACHNUT LOCATION Coos  •  Coquille River, South Jetty, Lighthouse CONDITIONS Wednesday 6:00 AM HUMANS People: 3 ACTIVITIES Walking/running: 3 CONCERNS DISTURBANCES VEHICLES Cars/Trucks parking: 0  •  Cars/Trucks on beach, allowed: 0  •  Cars/Trucks on beach, prohibited: 0 ACTIV.COMMENTS NOTABLE WILDLIFE Several whimbrels on wet sand; gulls on shore and off; Black Oystercatchers on close-in rocks. DEAD BIRDS Total: 2  •  Species/names: 1 unknown seabird, white and tan; 1 flattened cormorant. STRANDED Total: 1  •  New on the beach but already munched upon: 1 dead Steller's sea lion with several holes in rear left back, possibly bullets. Just north of 8th St. stairs. FISH & INVERTS DRIFTLINE Animal casings  •  Wood pieces  •  Styrofoam NEW DEVELOPMENT MODIFICATIONS NATURAL CHANGES Erosion of vegetated foredune Beach now drops off several feet at Madison Ave. pathway. COMMENTS SUMMARY Three people were out walking the half-mile south of the Coquille River jetty on this overcast morning. The usual gulls were on the beach and offshore; several Whimbrels foraged in the wet sand; Black Oystercatchers were noisy on the offshore rocks close in. A mature but munched-upon dead Steller's sea lion was just north of the 8th St. stairs; it had several holes in its left back area, possibly bullets. It was a new arrival on the beach. Erosion, though not new, was evident particularly on the Madison Ave. path, which now drops several feet. Otherwise, logs and other large pieces of wood were high on the beach--some even on the large rocks closest to Madison. OBSERVER beachnut EMAIL   •  REPORT PUBLISHED 5/30/12 2:49 PM PHOTOS PRINTER-FRIENDLY ©2013 Oregon Shores •  CONTACT US