Report Details

It seemed the vegetation line was closer to the water at the northern 1/4 of my mile than I remember, with both American beachgrass and some type of succulent. There didn't seem to be as many washed up logs as usual. Noted 2 harbor seals sticking close to a flock of gulls on the river at the estuary.

Conditions

Temperature: 55 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW.

Human Activities

Number of people: 2. Number of dogs: 1. Walking or running: 2.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 2.

Notable Wildlife

Typical number of foraging sandpipers, mostly Western.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 6. No measurement equipment available, but of the 6, 5 were Common Murres, and one unidentifiable tubenose.

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.), Shells, Small rocks, Wood pieces.

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Mile 160

Oregon Dunes NRA just south of Siltcoos River

November 17, 2023

Heavy equipment removing beach grass and sand from dune.

DeniseH

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Mile 160

Oregon Dunes NRA just south of Siltcoos River

August 12, 2021

Snowy plover fencing intact and no one violating that rule.

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Mile 160

Oregon Dunes NRA just south of Siltcoos River

March 29, 2021

Very windy day and only saw one person on the beach.

mbbsmile

Mile 160

Oregon Dunes NRA just south of Siltcoos River

November 10, 2020

It was a beautiful cold windy day.

mbbsmile

Mile 160

Oregon Dunes NRA just south of Siltcoos River

December 26, 2015

My mile was actually inaccessible the ponds on either side of the path had grown together and blocked the path at least a hundred yards before the normal little ford I always have to cross It will be a while before that goes down.

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Mile 160

Oregon Dunes NRA just south of Siltcoos River

October 3, 2015

My biggest surprise was the lack of trash, I nearly always bring three or four bags of trash off the beach, but not today.

lightbug

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Mile 160

Oregon Dunes NRA just south of Siltcoos River

February 22, 2015

With the effort of many volunteers we collected four heaping pickup loads of trash, including a hot water heater from a five mile stretch

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Mile 160

Oregon Dunes NRA just south of Siltcoos River

January 20, 2015

My usual scenic walk along the Siltcoos River was under water today.

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