Mile 153 - Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Threemile Lake - March 21, 2008

Report Details

Calm day on the beach as tide retreated. Foredunes eroded from winter storms. Beach sand very smooth, very few shells, a few small (quarter size) pieces of jellies.One decomposing bird, a shearwater, can't ID which one.

Conditions

Temperature: 45 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 4.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 6. Walking or running: 2. Other Activities: 3 car riding.

Vehicles

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

Notable Wildlife

CLose to 400 small tidal birds.4 seagullsSmall amount of algae on the beach & in wave area.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 1. Shearwater - not enough identifying marks to know which one.

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells. Sprinkling of broken shells

Natural Changes

Erosion of vegetated foredune, Visible retreat of solid bluff.

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Mile 153

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Threemile Lake

May 22, 2019

Mild day on the beach, amazing amount of log debris near the dunes.

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Mile 153

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Threemile Lake

March 23, 2019

A very quiet beautiful spring day on the beach!

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Mile 153

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Threemile Lake

July 14, 2018

Very foggy start to the walk, by the time we left the beach it was clear at 10:49am.

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Mile 153

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Threemile Lake

May 2, 2018

A beautiful sunny, windy day for a walk on the beach. Disturbing to see that an ATV had driven from past the north of our mile down to the bottom 1/4 of our mile in the Plover Nesting Protection zone.

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