Report Details

A very mild, fine beach day that I was alone in enjoying. Too bad....Surf was running high as the tide was coming in. Lots of marine trash; I carted out a SOLV bag full and could have lugged more if there'd been help. Not many creatures were out and about, apart from 8 Snowy Plovers foraging mostly in the wet sand and a couple of crows overflying the beach. The dead numbered three birds, notably a much-diminished pelican. The others were mostly feathers and hard to identify. Lots of feathers and beachgrass collected in the tide line, and scatterings of shell fragments, Dungeness Crab molt and pieces of trees appeared as well.Tides are encroaching noticeably on the Habitat Restoration Area just north of the big sign. No other people on the beach.

Conditions

Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: 6.0 feet.

Concerns

Litter

Notable Wildlife

8 Snowy Plovers foraging mostly in the wet sand; 2 crows overflying the beach

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 3. No bands on any of these: 1 dead pelican, much munched upon; 2 bunches of feathers, one black.

Driftline Content

Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.), Shells. scatterings of tree parts, feathers, beach grass

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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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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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