Mile 96 Report
September 6, 2006
by D Bilderback
Other Mile 96 Reports (48)
2015
August 23, 2015 - Volunteer Trainer
Report from Diane and Dave BilderbackHere on the south coast, we have been having a wash up of a pelagic purple tunicate, Dolioletta gegenbauri, that at times causes a deep purple wash on the beach...
2013
December 8, 2013 - D Bilderback
A nearly nonexistent driftline with just a few small rocks. Beach was flat with large amounts of decaying Bull Kelp sloping at 8 degrees to the ocean. The outlet of New River continues to move north...
June 9, 2013 - D Bilderback
Shells, small rocks, pieces of jellies, broken Sand Dollars, a few Hydrozoa, Pleurobrachia Ctenophores, Phyllospadix, surfgrass, one stickleback fish and Porphyra in the driftline. Crab pot on the...
March 19, 2013 - D Bilderback
Sparse driftline of small rocks, a few shells and broken Sand Dollars. A few Sanderlings foraging on the wet sand. A gathering on Western Gulls and two Harbor Seals at the mouth of New River. Wind-...
2012
November 24, 2012 - D Bilderback
European Dunegrass dominated the driftline with a few Bull Kelp and Sea Palm. Broken Sand Dollars and shells also present in the driftline. Flocks of Least Sandpipers foraging on the wet sand. Huge...
September 18, 2012 - D Bilderback
Shells, rocks, a few kelp/algae, green phytoplankton scum, broken Sand Dollars, crab carapaces and Ctenophores in driftline. Brown Pelican flying north over surf. Adult female Merlin flying over...
June 17, 2012 - D Bilderback
Light driftline of many Ctenophores, small rocks and a few shells and crab carapaces. Four Whimbrel at mouth of New River and two Whimbrels flying north. One banded Snowy Plover foraging on beach....
2011
December 30, 2011 - D Bilderback
Light driftline with fresh water aquatic plants- Myriophyllum (Water Milfoil), terrestrial plant debris-stems, leaves and needles and saltwater plants, Phyllospadix (Surfgrass)and Eelgrass, Zostera....
September 19, 2011 - D Bilderback
The beach consisted of a high ridge of accumulated sand with a six degree slope and lagoons in the runnel. The ridge was broken by two riptide embayments and lagoon outflows. To the south the beach...
June 19, 2011 - D Bilderback
The driftline consisted of discrete clumps of kelp/algae, Eelgrass and Surfgrass as well as shells, crab molt, small rocks, Ctenophores, worm tubes, keyhole limpet and broken Sand Dollars. Western...
February 21, 2011 - D Bilderback
Severe erosion of the foredune at the southern end of the mile creating a 15 foot sand cliff. Driftline was very limited to an occasional shell and a few small rocks. The established Snow Plover...
2010
October 23, 2010 - D Bilderback
Light wrack of a few shells, feathers, kelp/algae, Dunegrass stems and the flowering plants, Zostera (Eelgrass) and Phyllospadix (Surfgrass). Sanderlings foraging on the wet sand. Three tracks of...
September 10, 2010 - D Bilderback
A light wrack of seaweeds (Fucus, Nereocystis, Egregia and Postelsia), Eelgrass (Zostera), a few crab carapaces, a few shells, small rocks, wood pieces, and some ocean-based debris. Four bags of...
June 19, 2010 - D Bilderback
Driftline consisted mainly of small rocks, a few isolated kelp (Macrocystis, Fucus, Cystoseira, Hymenena, Postelsia, and Egregia), the flowering plants, Zostera (Eelgrass) and Phyllospadix (Surfgrass...
February 17, 2010 - D Bilderback
Clumps of European Dunegrass, small rocks, one tire and some ocean-based debris in the driftline. One Harbor Seal swimming in ocean. Two Snowy Plover on beach. A flock of Sanderlings foraging on wet...
January 20, 2010 - D Bilderback
Large amount of European Beachgrass with some Gorse, wood pieces and ocean-based debris in the driftline. Many drift logs on the beach. Thirteen Snowy Plover resting or foraging on the beach. Flocks...
2009
December 13, 2009 - D Bilderback
Light driftline consisting of a few shells, rocks Sea Nettle jellies (Chrysaora fuscescens) and broken sand dollars. Two groups (4&5) of California Sea lions swimming south in the surf. One...
November 21, 2009 - D Bilderback
Sparse driftline consisting of feathers, a few shells, infrequent algae and kelp, a few rocks, several species of Hydrozoa , sand crab and barnacle castings, and sea- and eelgrass. 8 Snowy Plover...
October 22, 2009 - D Bilderback
High tide extended to foredune with water accumulated in runnel. Outflow channels cut across the sand ridge. Sand removed from around cement boat dock. A few shells, crab carapices,rocks and kelp...
September 17, 2009 - D Bilderback
A few shells, a small number of crab carapaces, kelp/algae, some Hydrozoa and one Aurelia jelly in driftline. Dead birds were one Brandt's Cormorant and one Common Murre. Common Merganser on New...
July 13, 2009 - D Bilderback
Shells, crab casings, kelp/algae, broken sand dollars, Lion's Mane jellies, worm casings and tangles of Sea Grass in driftline. Western and Semipalmated Sandpipers foraging on beach. One Snowy...
June 19, 2009 - D Bilderback
Shells, small rocks and small amounts of kelp/algae in driftline. Ridge/runnel formation with seaward ridge slopes of 8-14 degrees. Two riptide embayments with beach slopes of 3 degrees. One dead...
May 31, 2009 - John Hull
Jogged and walked miles 94, 95 and part of 96. Saw sandpipers, Harbor Seals swimming in the ocean and in the outlet to New River, river otters swimming in the outlet to New River and a large sea...
May 21, 2009 - D Bilderback
A few shells, animal casings, small rocks and Lasthenia maritima in driftline. Beach flat with a slope of 3-5 degrees with one riptide embayment. Two Snowy Plovers on dry sand. Black-bellied...
April 20, 2009 - D Bilderback
Minimum material in driftline. Three Snowy Plovers sighted. Semipalmated Sandpipers, Brants Geese, Aleutian Geese, Canada Geese and Brown Pelican migrating north over surf zone. Dunlin, Sanderlings...
March 21, 2009 - D Bilderback
Light driftline with few invertebrates (Ctenophores, Hydrozoa, Mole Crab and tunicates, pieces of Sea Jelly and appendage molts of barnacles), shells, rocks wood pieces, three large pieces of peat...
March 18, 2009 - beachnut
Although there were scattered clear jellies on the mile approaching this one, there was a concentration of them in the high-tide line practically the length of the Snowy Plover Habitat Restoration...
January 13, 2009 - D Bilderback
A few shells, broken sand dollars and razor clams, European Beachgrass stems, and small rocks in driftline. Logs and wood on high beach. Two bags of ocean-based debris removed from high beach....
2008
December 11, 2008 - D Bilderback
Very light driftline of a few shells, rocks, jellies, and feathers. Raccoons have been digging holes on the high beach. Large flocks of Least Sandpipers and Sanderlings. A Raven,two Dunlins and a...
October 22, 2008 - D Bilderback
Some old knots of Bull Kelp(Nereocystis), a few clumps of Eelgrass(Zostera),a few Sea Palm (Postelsia) and small rocks in the driftline. Eleven Snowy Plover on dry sand. Several flocks of Sanderlings...
September 16, 2008 - D Bilderback
Few shells, animal casings, kelp/algae (Hymenena, Nerocystis, Macrosystis, Postelsia, Cystoseira, Lessoniopsis), Eelgrass (Zostera), and small rocks in a thin and spotty wrackline. Flocks of Western...
August 20, 2008 - D Bilderback
Light driftline of individual and knotted Nereocystis (Bull Kelp) and a few Postelsia and Cystoseira. Beach, sloping from 5 to 8 degrees. One dead Steller's Sea Lion pup that we reported to the...
July 25, 2008 - D Bilderback
Little to no driftline of a few rocks. One dead Common Murre, one unidentifiable gull wings probably eaten by an eagle on beach and one dead Longnose Skate, Raja rhina. Flocks of Western Sandpipers...
June 19, 2008 - D Bilderback
Rocks, a few shells of Macoma (Macoma secta) and Pacific Razor Clam (Siliqua patula), broken Sand Dollars (Dendraster excentricus) and numerous molts of the Pacific Mole (Sand) crab (Emerita analoga...
May 14, 2008 - D Bilderback
Kelp (Cystoseira, Egregia, Postelsia, Nereosystis, Porphyra, Fucus, Halosaccion, Macrocystis and Sargassum), small rocks, animal casings and a sea star in the driftline. Mussel clumps on beach in...
April 24, 2008 - D Bilderback
Kelp (Nereocystis kelp knots, Macrocystis, Fucus and Egregia), a few crab carapices, small rocks, wood, pine needles, a few broken sand dollars, four plastic fishing floats, fresh water alga,...
March 26, 2008 - D Bilderback
Light driftline of kelp(Macrocysytis, Fucus, Porphyra and Cystoseira), rocks, a few shells and broken sand dollars, a few Ctenophores in driftline. Five Harbor Seals swimming in the New River outlet...
February 26, 2008 - D Bilderback
A few Nerocystis (Bull Kelp), small numbers of shells and crab carapaces, small rocks and wood pieces in driftline. One dead Western Grebe and one dead Pacific Loon. One Snowy Plover in Habitat...
January 18, 2008 - D Bilderback
Driftline of large wood pieces and logs from plowed Snowy Plover Habitat Restoration (SPHR) site. Heavy equipment plowing sand from the SPHR toward the ocean. Beach erosion about 90 feet behind...
2007
December 11, 2007 - D Bilderback
Little driftline but with some small rocks on the wet sand. Large flocks of shorebirds flying south along the beach. Flocks of Sanderlings, Dunlins, Semipalmated Plovers and Snowy Plovers foraging...
November 26, 2007 - D Bilderback
Driftline consisted of small wood pieces, surfgrass, straw with some small rocks a few crab and sand crab carapaces and a small amount of kelp (Hymenena, Postelsia, Cryptopleura, Callophyllis,...
October 25, 2007 - D Bilderback
Very light driftline with a small number of the algae, Hymenena, Callophyllis, Macrocystis and Postelsia and a few stones. Beach with 5-8 degree slopes. Two large logs on low beach. Embayment has...
September 18, 2007 - D Bilderback
Kelp/algae (Nereocystis, Macrosystis, Postelsia and Cystoseira), shells, crab carapaces, small rocks and wood chips in light driftline. A few Polyorchis jellyfish and Ctenophores in driftline....
August 21, 2007 - D Bilderback
Kelp/algae, shells, crab carapaces (molt and dead), small rocks, a sea star and broken sand dollars, large amounts of pieces of Lion's Mane Jellies and a few Velella velella in driftline. Two dead...
May 21, 2007 - D Bilderback
Rocks, tube worms, crab molt and ctenophores in very light driftline. Six living Snowy Plovers on the dry sand. One Glaucous-winged gull. Barn Swallows and Canadian Geese flying overhead....
March 22, 2007 - D Bilderback
Foraging Sanderlings and Dunlins in the surfline. Nereocystis leutkeana and Porphyra sp., shells, rocks, crab molts and Hydrozoa in driftline. One dead Spotted Ratfish in shallow surf. Drift logs...
2006
December 19, 2006 - D Bilderback
Least Sandpiper and Dunlins foraging on beach. One Snowy Plover. Large logs on beach with 6 degree slope. Waves eroding sand to create small vertical cliff. Waves overtopping 500 feet into Snowy...