Report Details

There is now a long gentle slope of sand from the dunes to the surf line. The water does not cover much of the beach even at high tide, and only a few pieces of wood are still showing. The day was calm with high clouds and a bit of sun. There was one set of tracks where a vehicle had driven below the high tide line, up to the dune to turn around, and then back along the wet sand where no tracks were visible. Only two people were observed walking, one with three dogs. A few live gulls were about but no horses or shorebirds. There was almost no human debris and only spotty bits of seaweed as wrack. Seven bird carcasses were recorded, five Northern Fulmars, one Common Murre and one Pelagic Cormorant.

Conditions

Temperature: 45 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light.

Human Activities

Number of people: 2. Number of dogs: 3. Walking or running: 2. Only disturbance was a set of tracks coming from below the high tide line, going up to the dunes, turning and coming back down to drive again below the high tide line.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 2.

Notable Wildlife

No shorebirds

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 7. 5 Northern Fulmars1 Common Murre1 Pelagic 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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