Mile 123 Report
Bastendorff Beach east half, South Jetty Coos Bay
June 17, 2008
June 17 We walked Bastendorff beach around 7pm and saw hundreds of brown pelicans sitting on the spit at the southern end of the beach.
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June 17 We walked Bastendorff beach around 7pm and saw hundreds of brown pelicans sitting on the spit at the southern end of the beach. There were many more in the air, most diving for fish. June 10 during a walk along Bastendorff beach around 7pm we found a dead pelagic cormorant in breeding plumage - i.e. white patches on its hind flanks and red patches at the base of the bill.
Conditions
Wind Velocity: Calm/Light.
Human Activities
Just a supplemental report to provide sightings on Bastendorff Beach.
Notable Wildlife
Pelicans (6/17)Dead Pelagic Cormorant (6/10)
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 1. Pelagic Cormorant
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Bastendorff Beach east half, South Jetty Coos Bay
There were three new observations on this walk.
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Bastendorff Beach east half, South Jetty Coos Bay
Beach configuration evolving with a now scallop curved shoreline.
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Bastendorff Beach east half, South Jetty Coos Bay
MANY PEOPLE (36)AND DOGS (18) CAME AND WENT DURING OUR WALK.
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Bastendorff Beach east half, South Jetty Coos Bay
The beach was almost completely free of litter.
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Bastendorff Beach east half, South Jetty Coos Bay
The beach was swept clean, with a few scattered algae piles, and a few large logs.
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Bastendorff Beach east half, South Jetty Coos Bay
Human activity was minimal on this cold windy day.
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Bastendorff Beach east half, South Jetty Coos Bay
On this beautiful, warm, calm day, the beach was amazingly free of debris.
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Bastendorff Beach east half, South Jetty Coos Bay
On this lovely morning at the water's edge were: rock weed, bull kelp, piles of eel grass, about 6 feather boas, crab and clam shells.
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