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MILE 102 on 5/24/12   -   BEACHNUT LOCATION Coos  •  Coquille River, South Jetty, Lighthouse CONDITIONS Thursday 6:00 AM HUMANS People: 0 ACTIVITIES CONCERNS DISTURBANCES VEHICLES Cars/Trucks parking: 1 ACTIV.COMMENTS NOTABLE WILDLIFE Several Whimbrels foraged the high-tide line; a few gulls flew overhead. Oddly, a small bushy tailed squirrel was in the woodpile off the upper parking lot. Crows were there as well. DEAD BIRDS Total: 0 STRANDED Total: 0 FISH & INVERTS DRIFTLINE Shells  •  Animal casings  •  Kelp/Algae  •  Small rocks  •  Wood pieces  •  Ocean-based debris NEW DEVELOPMENT MODIFICATIONS NATURAL CHANGES Erosion of vegetated foredune  •  Evidence of wave overtopping This probably dates from the winter storms. COMMENTS SUMMARY Heading north from the lighthouse and jetty on a rainy, chilly morning was lonely apart from several whimbrels mining the high line, a few gulls flying over, crows in the upper parking lot and oddly a small bushy tailed squirrel in the woodpile there. Kelp, wood pieces and shell fragments were in the high line, as well as sea-borne litter probably from boaters. Wave erosion in the dunes was evident on much of this mile segment, probably from the winter storms. Logs lay in the grassy areas. OBSERVER beachnut EMAIL   •  REPORT PUBLISHED 5/30/12 2:51 PM PHOTOS PRINTER-FRIENDLY ©2013 Oregon Shores •  CONTACT US