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An overcast, chilly morning brought no bad things to view. The Snowy Plover nesting signage is up from China Creek south through the nesting restoration area (and probably beyond, but I didn't go there because of threatening storm clouds moving in from the south). No dead mammals or birds or fish came in sight. Trash was mostly from out to sea, and I removed a SOLV bag full: rope, plastic bags and bottles, spray cans with oriental markings, plastic bottle tops. Kelp/algae and beach grass in driftline. A cormorant flying along the tideline. A few Canada Geese flying overhead. Sanderlings and Dunlins on the shore. Low human impact (1)- a predator control person on an allowed ATV.

Conditions

Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: S. Tide Level: 4.5 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 1. Other Activities: predator control.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 2. ATVs/OHVs on beach, allowed: 1.

Notable Wildlife

Not much out there today: a cormorant flying close to the tideline, a few Canada Geese overhead, a flock of mixed shorebirds--Sanderlings and Dunlins.

Beached Birds

yeah!

Stranded Marine Mammals

yeah!

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

nope

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.). beachgrass

Natural Changes

Evidence of wave overtopping.

Actions & Comments

It has been stormy, so the wave/tide action has been higher than it otherwise might be. Waves have leveled the beach practically to the base of the sand dunes, and sometimes into that area.

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March 19, 2013

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November 24, 2012

European beachgrass dominated the driftline.

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September 18, 2012

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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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