Report Details

The sand is high on the beach with little wood showing, a long slope to the surf, and patchy seaweed at the tide line. This was a beautiful labor day weekend but there were only a couple of people and one dog on the beach except for two large groups of horse-back riders. Several flocks of single species shorebirds worked the sand, and a few gulls and pelicans flew overhead. There was no human debris but 8 bird carcasses were found, 5 common Murres, 2 Western Gulls and one Brandt's Cormorant.

Conditions

Temperature: 67 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW.

Human Activities

Number of people: 34. Number of dogs: 1. Walking or running: 2. Other Activities: Riding horses 32.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 9.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 8. 5 Common Murres2 Western Gulls1 Brandt's Cormorant

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass.

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Mile 297

October 22, 2023

The sky was mostly cloudy with some patches of fog and noticeable blobs of sea foam on wet sand.

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September 4, 2023

A nice warm partly cloudy day with a large group enjoying the picnic area by the parking lot.

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June 6, 2023

It was a blustery sunny day with 3 horse back riders and one walker on the beach.

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March 18, 2023

A nice bright day with a large group of birders from 30 cars looking for Snowy Plovers when I started but only 13 people walking or sitting on the beach on my way back.

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December 15, 2022

This was a sunny, cold, blustery day with 8 people and 2 dogs walking or biking(1) on the extensive beach.

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September 6, 2022

This was a sunny calm day with few people on the beach.

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June 15, 2022

This was a nice day with clouds and little wind.

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March 8, 2022

This was a nice cloudy day with only 4 cars in the parking lot and four people on the beach, one with a dog.

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