Mile 101 Report
Face Rock, Bandon Beach, Coquille Point
September 30, 2014
Sunny day with calm wind brought out a couple dozen people.
Report Details
Sunny day with calm wind brought out a couple dozen people. Piles of kelp, squid egg cases and velella velella jellyfish were present in the wrack, primarily on mile 102, but some were on mile 101. A storm had hit a week earlier.
Conditions
Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: 3.0 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 24. Number of dogs: 2. Walking or running: 20. Tidepooling: 4.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 8.
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 6. 3 juvenile common murres, one large immature gull, one Brandt's cormorant, one pelagic cormorant. COASST report filed.
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Shells, Wood pieces.
Doug C
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