Mile 300 Report
Manzanita Beach, Manzanita, Neahkahnie Beach
October 18, 2009
See "Action and Comments" for summary.
Report Details
See "Action and Comments" for summary.
Conditions
Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light.
Human Activities
Number of people: 17. Walking or running: 12. Playing in surf: 3. Sitting: 2.
Concerns
Disturbances: Shorebirds moving in response to humans/dogs
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 2. Sooty Shearwater (1), Common Murre (1)
Dead Fish or Invertebrates
Just a few jellyfish
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass. crab pot
Man-made Modifications
The dunes w/grass seem to be building, though winter may wash them all away
Actions & Comments
I guess I should be happy that little changes on my mile, save for the REALLY deep hole some dug in the sand and over the years, the sand build up (low tides are not the same as a decade ago). Wait! This was in the news in the local newspaper about development on a sand dune (Classic Ridge) just on the other side of the road from the beach. I think it would be a disaster! It's an unstable sand dune with houses already on the top and they are going to build on the front of the dune. [Attached article headline: "City Pushes Glenesslin Shores public hearing back to Nov. 16". Also an attached letter to the editor by Mark Murray, "Another Glenesslin Disaster". Newspaper name unknown]
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A sunny Saturday morning in Manzanita! The upside down tree that is at 45. The strangest thing I found were the two adult common murres - one with a string tied to its wing.
Michelle Schwegmann
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Mile 300 was full of people enjoying the day.
Michelle Schwegmann
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A beautiful, sunny day in Manzanita!
Michelle Schwegmann
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Most notable is the change in the bluffs.
Michelle Schwegmann
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More than 30 mid-sized, dead birds of what looked like the same species and one sea gull and one crow. Not too much sea plastic - I picked up some of it. Large burnt stumps and logs were rolling around in the high tide. Farther south, the ocean has removed the dune and some of the paths end in a sand cliff now.
Lisa Lucas
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We had big storms the past few days! On just mile 300 there were at least 11 deceased Cassin's auklet. All the locals were talking about it.
Michelle Schwegmann
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It was a beautiful morning on the last day of the "bonus" king tides in November. The biggest shock was finding a deceased Peregrine Falcon!
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There was a juvenile sea lion corpse entangled in bull kelp.
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