Report Details

This was a nice day with clouds and little wind. The beach is long and flat now, 200 paces from wrack to waterline. Small sticks and crab shells spread in the wrack  Only 4 cars were in the parking lot but 16 people were on horse back, 14 from the rental, 2 on their own horses. 2 others were biking and 14 passed on foot with one dog. There were no birds carcasses or land disturbances and little human debris. The protections for the Snowy Plover seem effective with everyone staying on the wet sand. 6 Plovers were seen which is hopeful. There were a few gulls, lines of pelicans heading north and some swifts catching bugs but no flocks of shorebirds.

Conditions

Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW.

Human Activities

Number of people: 32. Number of dogs: 1. Walking or running: 14. Other Activities: 16 horseback riding 2 biking.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 4.

Notable Wildlife

Pelican heading north 6 Snowy Plovers

Driftline Content

Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Wood pieces. Little human debris

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Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP

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

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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

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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

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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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