Report Details

Thousands of Mole crab carcasses in the high tide drift line. Some places as many as 20 per square foot also found small amount of Kelp, Rockweed, Bull. Still researching Mole crabs mortality. They are number one food source for Perch and some Shorebirds. They carry a parasite that if consumed in large enough quantities may prove fatal for both Shorebirds and Sea otters!

Conditions

Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Strong.

Human Activities

Number of people: 4. Walking or running: 4.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 1. RVs/Buses parking: 1.

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

Unusual concentration. Thousands of Mole crab carcasses.

Driftline Content

Shells.

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Mile 157

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Perkins Lake

August 21, 2023

It was another beautiful day on Mile 157, which we entered from the upper part of the Oregon Dunes Loop Trail.

GasiorowskiM

Mile 157

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Perkins Lake

July 30, 2022

Mile 157 is a beautiful, little-visited stretch of coastline.

GasiorowskiM

Mile 157

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Perkins Lake

January 1, 2014

Beautiful New Years Day at the beach, while it was cold and foggy in the valley.

bzenderson

Mile 157

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Perkins Lake

March 5, 2013

A rainy day; we had the beach to ourselves.

bzenderson

Mile 157

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Perkins Lake

November 25, 2012

Gorgeous day at the beach (crappy and cloudy and cold in Eugene).

bzenderson

Mile 157

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Perkins Lake

June 20, 2012

There is a lot of buzz about whether the stuff on the beaches these days is from the tsunami.

bzenderson

Mile 157

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Perkins Lake

April 15, 2012

Fair amount of ocean-borne debris, but unlike my last walk here about a month earlier, when the debris was d0ominated by Japanese plastic bottles (tsunami debris?

bzenderson

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 157

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Perkins Lake

January 28, 2012

Stunning winter day; we were totally overdressed, kept shedding clothes to the brink of immodesty.

bzenderson