Mile 225 Report
Otter Rock, Devils Punch Bowl SP
March 5, 2008
Beautiful calm, sunny weather.
Report Details
Beautiful calm, sunny weather. Usual wildlife with no dead or injured animals, birds. Hanging tree is still in place held by only minimal roots. No new erosion visible. Very clean sand. People not disturbing seals or birds.
Conditions
Temperature: 45 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: -0.3 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 6. Number of dogs: 3. Walking or running: 4. Tidepooling: 2. Not much change from last report. Beach was extremely clean. No waste at all seen. Quite a few shells. 2 Cormorant seen. No new erosion. I counted 59 seals.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 3.
Notable Wildlife
59 seals, 2 cormorant, 20+ gulls. Usual seaweed and grasses
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Small rocks, Wood pieces.
Actions & Comments
None needed. No new problems
acwasner
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