Report Details

This was a sunny, cold, blustery day with 8 people and 2 dogs walking or biking(1) on the extensive beach.  The sand has covered most of the wood now and the beach is long and flat to the water with little wrack.  There have been no disturbances in this area.  The grass (hopefully the native kind) is growing up where it has been planted for the Snowy Plover.  One bird carcass was recorded, a Western Gull, and several other gulls were overhead.  One small flock of shore birds was busy along the waterline.

Conditions

Temperature: 40 F. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: NE.

Human Activities

Number of people: 8. Number of dogs: 2. Walking or running: 7. Other Activities: 1 Biking!.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 3.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 1. Western Gull

Driftline Content

Wood pieces.

Man-made Modifications

Dune modification/removal. Dunes at south end of mile have been leveled and native grass planted to encourage Snowy Plover nesting

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Mile 297

Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP

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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Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP

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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Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP

June 6, 2023

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

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Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP

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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Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP

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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Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP

September 6, 2022

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

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Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP

June 15, 2022

This was a nice day with clouds and little wind.

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Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP

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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