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Lovely cold day at beach with few recreational activities underway, including three horses out for a beach ride. Tides have been high into the dunes, to the very top over last week's king tides and deposited lots of sand to entirely cover the slope of the dunes.

Conditions

Temperature: 35 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light.

Human Activities

Number of people: 9. Number of dogs: 3. Walking or running: 9. there are track marks of autos driving into the dunes in many places

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 2. Cars/trucks on beach, allowed: 8.

Notable Wildlife

sanderlings in surf, and killdeer along edge of dunes

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 5. Species/names: 1 black kittiwake, 2 cassins auklets, 1 large immature gull, and 1 northern fulmar

Stranded Marine Mammals

I did encounter a man driving the beach looking for a dead harbor seal that he indicated had been reported a couple days earlier on this stretch. I saw no signs of it.

Driftline Content

Small rocks, Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Wood pieces, Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.).

Natural Changes

Erosion of vegetated foredune, Evidence of wave overtopping.

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Mile 327

Clatsop Plains

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A morning walk on mile 327 revealed 3 species of kelp: chain bladder kelp, bull kelp, and rockweed, and some interesting invertebrates: purple mahogany clam (Nuttallia) and pelagic gooseneck barnacles attached to a plastic soap pump bottle.

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Mile 327

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A late afternoon walk on mile 327 revealed three species of kelp washed up on the wrack line: bull kelp, sea palm, and giant kelp, and three species of dead avifauna: Common murre, Northern fulmar, and rhinocerus auklet.

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Mile 327

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A morning walk on mile 327 on July 5th revealed a significant amount of human trash from the fourth of July festivities on the beach, including hundreds of fireworks, abundant single-use plastics, and many food containers/food waste.

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Mile 327

Clatsop Plains

June 29, 2022

A cloudy yet mild afternoon walk on mile 327 revealed an interesting diversity of arthropod species in the wrack line: Say's Stink Bug, Large Yellow Underwing, 61 Serrated Darkling Beetles, and ladybird beetles (Coccinella and Hippodamia).

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Mile 327

Clatsop Plains

June 17, 2021

A quiet, cloudy morning walk on the southern end of mile 327 reveals considerable trash from human activities around fire pits on the dry sand area above the high tide line.

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Mile 327

Clatsop Plains

January 13, 2021

Today was a welcome respite from the recent heavy rain, high winds, and stormy weather that accompanied the King tides of Jan.

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Mile 327

Clatsop Plains

October 28, 2020

Mid-morning walk south towards Gearhart beach at a very high tide along the tide line I saw a dead Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) carcass with bands on its legs.

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Mile 327

Clatsop Plains

October 20, 2020

Walked south of the Del Rey beach entrance 0.

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