Report Details

A gorgeous day with a whale breaching repeatedly quite near the shore in the morning. The beach is very flat and wide now, with some smaller wood branches exposed near the dunes. Twenty-four people with five dogs were enjoying the sun and brisk breeze. There was an eagle overhead and six or so small shorebirds nestled in the sand but no gulls and no flocks of shorebirds in the air. Only one carcass was found, just wings of a black-legged Kittiwake. There was little debris of any kind.

Conditions

Temperature: 56 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: NE.

Human Activities

Number of people: 24. Number of dogs: 5. Walking or running: 24. Little human debris

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 10.

Notable Wildlife

Only 6 or so small shorebirds nestled in the sand. One eagle overhead. No gulls or other shorebirds

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 1. 1 Black-legged Kittiwake

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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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