Mile 97 Report
December 11, 2008
A complementary report to that of Beachnut of 12/10/2008 to upload bird photos and the track of a motorcycle on a prohibited beach.
Report Details
A complementary report to that of Beachnut of 12/10/2008 to upload bird photos and the track of a motorcycle on a prohibited beach. 23 Snowy Plovers hiding among the kelp and in footsteps. One dead Brown Pelican, Sooty Shearwater and Common Murre on the beach. Low human impact (0).
Conditions
Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: N.
Human Activities
One motorcycle track that went the entire beach from Mile 98 through to Mile 96 on a prohibited beach. This was previously reported by Beachnut report of 12/10/08.
Vehicles
Notable Wildlife
23 Snowy Plovers on the beach hiding among the kelp.
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 3. One dead Brown Pelican, Sooty Shearwater and Common Murre on the beach.
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass.
Report Images
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Mile 97
A nearly nonexistent driftline with just a few Chrysaora jellies and a few small rocks.
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Mile 97
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.
D Bilderback
Mile 97
Sparse driftline of small rocks, a few shells and broken Sand Dollars, one clump of Bull Kelp (Nereocystis) and a few strands of Macrocystis.
D Bilderback
Mile 97
Shells, rocks, crab carapaces, a few kelp/algae, wood, green phytoplankton scum, broken sand dollars in driftline.
D Bilderback
Mile 97
Light driftline of many Ctenophores, small rocks, a few shells and crab carapaces, one Sea Star and pieces of the flowering plant, Lasthenia maritima.
D Bilderback
Mile 97
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.
D Bilderback
Mile 97
The beach consisted of a high ridge of accumulated sand with a six degree slope and lagoons in the runnel.
D Bilderback