Report Details

No one was out at 8 a.m. on my stretch, though on the return 5 vehicles had arrived, but no one walked my mile. It turned into a glorious, mild, nearly windless day. Seven Snowy Plovers sought food in the high line while Sanderlings and sandpipers mined the water line. Two pelicans were wave skimming, and a crow flew toward inland. Shells and small rocks in the driftline. Lots of plastic and glass bottles have accumulated, as well as other seaborne trash. The most unusual was a kitchen base cupboard. Nothing inside it apart from sand, though. Much of the rope linking the signs restricting access to plover nesting areas has been taken down by the tides.

Conditions

Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: SW. Tide Level: -0.8 feet.

Human Activities

also an old van with Colorado plates tagged as abandoned by the Bandon police

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 5.

Notable Wildlife

7 snowy plovers, a flock of Sanderlings and sand pipers, two pelicans

Driftline Content

Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.), Shells, Small rocks. many, many glass bottles and plastic ones

Natural Changes

no new erosion, though the winter surf has taken a toll.

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Mile 97

December 8, 2013

A nearly nonexistent driftline with just a few Chrysaora jellies and a few small rocks.

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June 9, 2013

A light diftline of a few Postelsia, some Fucus, Ulva, Hymenena and Nereocystis, crab molts, broken Sand Dollars, jellies, the Ctenophore, Pleurobrachia, the Tunicate, Salpa maxima and Phyllospadix, surfgrass.

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March 19, 2013

Sparse driftline of small rocks, a few shells and broken Sand Dollars, one clump of Bull Kelp (Nereocystis) and a few strands of Macrocystis.

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Mile 97

November 24, 2012

European beachgrass dominated the driftline.

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September 18, 2012

Shells, rocks, crab carapaces, a few kelp/algae, wood, green phytoplankton scum, broken sand dollars in driftline.

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June 17, 2012

Light driftline of many Ctenophores, small rocks, a few shells and crab carapaces, one Sea Star and pieces of the flowering plant, Lasthenia maritima.

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December 30, 2011

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.

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September 19, 2011

The beach consisted of a high ridge of accumulated sand with a six degree slope and lagoons in the runnel.

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