Report Details

Forget quiet and fresh air on this part of the coast: the bulldozer is churning down the beach a mile and a half (very slowly, very loudly, belching obnoxious diesel fumes) to the snowy plover restoration area. I can only hope those plovers huddled in the dozer's tracks from yesterday managed to vacate safely. It's too bad the operator can't leave the thing at his destination, rather than tear up the beach coming and going. That's an Oregon State Parks call, I guess.Otherwise, nothing notable to report -- apart from the continued presence offshore of fishing pelicans. It's hard to count them because they're beyond the breakers, but I'd guess there were at least 20 out today during my walk. Animal casings, small rocks, and Styrofoam in driftline. Snowy Plovers, Sanderlings and gulls foraging on wet sand. Low human impact (1) walking with one dog.

Conditions

Temperature: 40 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: 4.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 1. Number of dogs: 1. Walking or running: 1.

Notable Wildlife

Flocks of pelicans are still numerous along my stretch, mostly beyond the breakers while they search for food. Doing the same thing on the tide line are scattered Snowy Plovers, Sanderlings and gulls.

Driftline Content

Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Small rocks, Styrofoam.

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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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Mile 97

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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Mile 97

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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Mile 97

September 18, 2012

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

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Mile 97

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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Mile 97

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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Mile 97

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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