Report Details

Bird life was notable along my mile: pelicans fishing outside the breakers; plovers, sandpipers and Sanderlings foraging along the tidelines. A dead salmon shark of about two feet long was in the high line near the southern end of my mile. Otherwise, it was mostly clear of litter -- seaborne or landborne. No one else was out on the beach. The plover nesting-warning signage has been removed from this stretch of beach for another season. Storm/high tides are coming pretty far up the beach now, nearing the dunes. Shells, animal casings, kelp/algae, wood pieces in the driftline.

Conditions

Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: 5.9 feet.

Notable Wildlife

Pelicans fishing offshore; Western Sandpipers, Sanderlings and Western Snowy Plovers foraging in the wrackline and the surfline.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 18. Enganglement: 5. Hard to identify. About a half dozen were Common Murres. The rest appeared to be seabirds, but were much depleted.

Stranded Marine Mammals

Total stranded mammals: 1. One dead Salmon Shark of about 2 feet in length was in the high tide line near the northern end of the Plover Restoration Area. I reported it to the Bilderbacks.

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.), Shells, Wood pieces.

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Mile 97

December 8, 2013

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

D Bilderback

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

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.

D Bilderback

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.

D Bilderback

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 97

November 24, 2012

European beachgrass dominated the driftline.

D Bilderback

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 97

September 18, 2012

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

D Bilderback

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.

D Bilderback

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.

D Bilderback

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.

D Bilderback