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Very pleasant day.  Picked up a small amount of trash.  Relayed our concerns about the dead sea lions to the ranger but he indicated he may not take any action since it is very expensive to get a large piece of machinery out onto the beach to bury the animal ... and then wave action may expose it again.

Conditions

Temperature: 59 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 4.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 6. Playing in surf: 6. Counted about 120 people on the Taft side of the Siletz River mouth; also 4 dogs and 2 horses with riders.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 3.

Notable Wildlife

Some type of sandpiper or plover; gulls including juveniles. No harbor seals in their usual hang-out at the end of the Salishan Spit but we spotted 30-40 on a sandbar in the middle of Siletz Bay.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 2.

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt). Dead sea lion just south of mile 239. There were 3 more further south. Reported to ranger; he did not seem too concerned. Attributed deaths to possibly a virus.

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Mile 239

November 12, 2023

Not a bad fall day for a walk with our out-of-town visitors, but walking the beach was impossible due to the high tide and big waves, which were reaching the beach grass area and bouncing large pieces of driftwood around.

ORbeach

Mile 239

July 12, 2023

As nice a summer day as we get here on the coast.

ORbeach

Mile 239

April 30, 2023

After a winter and spring of horrible weather, we finally got out to survey our mile on a mild day.

ORbeach

Mile 239

November 20, 2022

Sunny, calm day.

ORbeach

Mile 239

August 6, 2022

Found a dead sea lion on the beach at beach access #50.

ORbeach

Mile 239

July 31, 2022

A warm calm summer's day.

ORbeach

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 239

March 28, 2022

Lots of gulls and several seals playing in the surf.

mlbutowitsch

Mile 239

March 10, 2022

A calm, cool day with just a few high clouds.

ORbeach