Mile 311 Report
Jockey Cap, Silver Pt, S Cannon Beach, Tolovana Beach
September 9, 2022
What a beautiful morning at mile 311!
Report Details
What a beautiful morning at mile 311! Our biggest new observation was the amount of open, empty mussels. It was like the seagulls had just finished a huge buffet party everywhere on the beach. I have also never seen mussels hanging by their beards the way they were. They acted like windchimes in the breeze. There also seemed to be a lot more empty gooseneck barnacle clusters. Something seasonal? Something unhealthy? We don't know, but we did meet a youtuber who goes by "asthecrowwalks" who mentioned that he had been to mile 311 a couple days before and felt that the color of the sealife looked different than the last time he was there - maybe a little more brown than green...We hope it's just a natural shift. The birds (primarily gulls, and lots of young ones) seemed happy.As always we had a great time on the beach, picked up a few pieces of trash (not enough to fill a bag, it's a quite clean mile) and took lots pf pictures.
Conditions
Tide Level: -0.3 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 24. Number of dogs: 6. Walking or running: 20. Photography: 1. Tidepooling: 7. Other Activities: biking (2).
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 3.
Driftline Content
Shells.
Report Images
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