Mile 48 Report

January 14, 2021
by JaneSkipLegacy

Location:

Curry

Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek

Conditions:

Thursday 7:30 AM

Sunny

44° F

Wind:

Calm/Light

Tide Level:

4.1 ft

Humans / Pets:

People:

Dogs:

Activities:

Walking / Running:

Rockhunting:

Concerns:

Disturbances:

Vehicles:

Activity Comments:

Notable Wildlife:

Dead Birds:

Total:

Stranded:

Total:

Fish & Invertebrates:

Lots of pyrosomes. Had never seen them before.

Driftline:

Small rocks·Kelp or Algae·Wood pieces·Land-based debris (picnics, etc.)·Plastic pellets·Styrofoam·Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.)

Lots of trash today--and I forgot to bring a trash bag...again! I filled my whole backpack and only picked up the biggest, worst pieces. Plastic water bottles, fishing floats, rope, and small pieces of plastic everywhere.

New Development:

Modifications:

Natural Changes:

Landslides/major boulder falls·Newly exposed roots/trees falling

Big slide that went way back from the shoreline. pics to be included

Comments:

Summary:

This visit was just a day after a series of king tides and heavy rain. More logs on the beach than usual and one massive new landslide. I asked a two of the few people I met on the beach about the "sea pickles" in the drift line and nobody knew what they were. As I was getting ready to write this report I saw an episode of Oregon Field Guide that mentioned them: Pyrosomes. I guess they are a new thing on the Oregon Coast

Sunrise over Port Orford Beach and one of the many new logs on the beach after the king tides

January 14, 2021

One of the many Pyrosomes in the drift line.

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New Landslide. This was big and went way back into the woods. Maybe 30 or 40' wide and it looked like a 15' high sheer wall about 30' back toward the highway.

By the big haystack shaped rock about the middle of this mile.
January 14, 2021
New Landslide

January 14, 2021
New Landslide

January 14, 2021
New Landslide

January 14, 2021

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2020

October 16, 2020 - JaneSkipLegacy

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August 22, 2020 - alaingamerica

Very pleasant day. Many people enjoying the beach. Dead birds distributed throughout mile, at least 3 different species. Removed a grocery bag full of litter including firework leftovers and dog poop...

2019

October 23, 2019 - alaingamerica

Took a short walk on the beach and found 10 "intact" beached birds, most likely Common Murres. (no gloves!)

2015

July 4, 2015 - alaingamerica

Just taking a walk on the beach, and noticed a large amount of immature sand crabs in the wrack line.

2014

November 5, 2014 - [email protected]

First time ever walking this beach after many many times observing it from the public rest area on the bluff above. Surprised at the amount of people using the beach at this time of yearVery surprise...

2012

April 4, 2012 - Muriah

Finder of the huge float said that it looked like the one in the photo in the newspaper that was said to be possibly from the Japanese Tsunami. I sent this photo to meteorologist who sent it to NOAA...

2008

May 7, 2008 - cprince

eveything was relatively peaceful and clean! this will be my last report for this mile, as i am moving to portland.thanks everyone for caring for our beautiful coastline!

February 16, 2008 - cprince

another beautiful day, more than average human/dog/vehicle traffic on the beach. the small black and white birds i saw last week were gone, found a few dead seagulls and one black and white gull,...

February 11, 2008 - cprince

the most notable difference from the last time i visited, about a month ago, was that there were large piles of rocks 1/2 way down the mile. it was difficult walking over them, and they lay from the...