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A late afternoon walk on mile 327 revealed three species of kelp washed up on the wrack line: bull kelp, sea palm, and giant kelp, and three species of dead avifauna: Common murre, Northern fulmar, and rhinocerus auklet. Live wildlife included a common raven, peregrine falcon, bald eagle, 35 sanderlings, 12 dunlin, and a single snowy plover. Much of the sand was wet from recent high tides, with abundant sea foam blowing across the beach. The wrack line near the Del Rey entrance road had many piece of woody debris from recent storm surges and fierce winter weather.

Conditions

Temperature: 49 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: SW. Tide Level: 5.2 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 6. Number of dogs: 3. Walking or running: 6. At high tide, I observed multiple cars and trucks driving on the beach, as well as dog walkers and people photographing the sunset.

Concerns

Driftwood removal

Apparent violations: Photographed a large 10-12 ft log that someone used a chainsaw to remove sections of wood..

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 2. Cars/trucks on beach, allowed: 7.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 3. Common Murre, Northern Fulmar, and Rhinocerus Auklet

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Wood pieces.

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Mile 327

March 29, 2023

A morning walk on mile 327 revealed 3 species of kelp: chain bladder kelp, bull kelp, and rockweed, and some interesting invertebrates: purple mahogany clam (Nuttallia) and pelagic gooseneck barnacles attached to a plastic soap pump bottle.

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Mile 327

December 28, 2022

A late afternoon walk on mile 327 revealed three species of kelp washed up on the wrack line: bull kelp, sea palm, and giant kelp, and three species of dead avifauna: Common murre, Northern fulmar, and rhinocerus auklet.

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Mile 327

July 5, 2022

A morning walk on mile 327 on July 5th revealed a significant amount of human trash from the fourth of July festivities on the beach, including hundreds of fireworks, abundant single-use plastics, and many food containers/food waste.

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Mile 327

June 29, 2022

A cloudy yet mild afternoon walk on mile 327 revealed an interesting diversity of arthropod species in the wrack line: Say's Stink Bug, Large Yellow Underwing, 61 Serrated Darkling Beetles, and ladybird beetles (Coccinella and Hippodamia).

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Mile 327

June 17, 2021

A quiet, cloudy morning walk on the southern end of mile 327 reveals considerable trash from human activities around fire pits on the dry sand area above the high tide line.

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Mile 327

January 13, 2021

Today was a welcome respite from the recent heavy rain, high winds, and stormy weather that accompanied the King tides of Jan.

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Mile 327

October 28, 2020

Mid-morning walk south towards Gearhart beach at a very high tide along the tide line I saw a dead Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) carcass with bands on its legs.

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Mile 327

October 20, 2020

Walked south of the Del Rey beach entrance 0.

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