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For the first time in weeks, the fierce northerly winds were absent for this jaunt on Mile 102 north of the Coquille River. But they have resulted in sculptural mounds of sand, some even covering the driftwood piles so you can walk over them. No one else was out at 5:30 on this clear, cool morning. I collected a grocery bag full of packing Styrofoam, a Styrofoam float, hard plastic and plastic bags. Not much really, the rest probably having blown to California... Stones and shell fragments occupied the high-tide line. Wildlife was scarce: a few gulls near the water, sandpiper-size birds in the high zone and swallows zipping along the foredune.

Conditions

Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: -1.0 feet.

Notable Wildlife

A few gulls near water's edge, swallows darting along foredune, some small birds, possibly sandpipers

Driftline Content

Shells, Small rocks, Styrofoam.

Natural Changes

Fierce winds from north mounding sand

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Mile 102

Coquille River, South Jetty, Lighthouse

August 4, 2023

Common murres continue to wash up in the high line along Jetty Beach.

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Mile 102

Coquille River, South Jetty, Lighthouse

July 24, 2023

It has not been a happy time for common murres on Elephant Rock of late.

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Mile 102

Coquille River, South Jetty, Lighthouse

June 21, 2023

Another dead fur seal washed up a few weeks after one did on the southern half of Mile 102, this time further north of Coquille Point.

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Mile 102

Coquille River, South Jetty, Lighthouse

June 1, 2023

A fur seal pup washed up in the high-tide line a few yards north of the 8th St.

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Mile 102

Coquille River, South Jetty, Lighthouse

September 28, 2022

Observations taken over 2 days because of river.

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Mile 102

Coquille River, South Jetty, Lighthouse

June 19, 2022

A calm, overcast morning of 55 drew 8 folks and 4 dogs to the beach at 7 a.

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Mile 102

Coquille River, South Jetty, Lighthouse

March 19, 2022

A chilly NW wind didn't deter 9 folks -- 5 rock hunting, the others walking -- from hitting the South Jetty beach on an overcast morning with a low tide of 0.

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Mile 102

Coquille River, South Jetty, Lighthouse

September 25, 2021

The northern half of this mile was engulfed by thick fog, but still attracted two other beach goers searching for agates.

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