Report Details

The solstice survey featured some unexpected discoveries. The beach was really clean. Just a few weeks back there was an surge of tsunami and other debris. State Parks sends a ranger in a pickup down the spit and those tracks were visible. Volunteers and the ranger did a great job cleaning the mess upAnd usually at the end of the 5 mile spit, you see no other people. Today there were 8 humans and 3 dogs. It must have been the nice weather and the end of the school year.Lastly, COASST sent out a email requesting sea star surveys in collaboration with Cornell. The plan was to survey the jetty rocks for sea stars. There were none to be found. I spoke to some fishermen who walked out on the jetty rocks. They said there were no sea stars on the ocean side, but there were some on the channel side. Thinking back, I don't recall seeing sea stars at the jetty in recent visits. but there were many in the more distant past.

Conditions

Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 0.9 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 8. Number of dogs: 3. Walking or running: 3. Fishing: 5. Parking lot was the one on Bayocean Spit. There was heavy equipment working on repairing the emergency road to the south jetty. It was a federal project related to the Air Force survival training held twice a year on the spit.

Concerns

Apparent violations: none.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 10.

Notable Wildlife

Just a few gulls and shorebirds

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Shells, Small rocks, Wood pieces. beach was very clean

Man-made Modifications

none

Natural Changes

no erosion

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All Mile 289 Reports

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Mile 289

September 20, 2021

This mile is not surveyed 4 times a year since it became a designated bird nesting area.

ollikainen

Mile 289

December 24, 2020

There is no trace of nesting bird protection.

ollikainen

Mile 289

September 21, 2020

September 15 ended the nesting bird restrictions on mile 289.

ollikainen

Mile 289

August 1, 2020

I saw so many different types of birds along the jetty, I'm no bird expert but I thought I saw pelicans, herons, cormorants, and sea gulls.

EJD

Mile 289

March 20, 2020

Mile 289 is again restricted due to bird nesting.

ollikainen

Mile 289

December 5, 2019

This survey was all about the jelly fish that covered the most recent wrack areas.

ollikainen

Mile 289

June 16, 2019

This is a partial survey.

ollikainen

Mile 289

March 21, 2019

The signage is up again keeping all dogs off Mile 289.

ollikainen