Mile 172 Report
Heceta Beach North, Driftwood Shores
May 28, 2012
Beautiful afternoon for barefoot walking in the wet sand.
Report Details
Beautiful afternoon for barefoot walking in the wet sand. A pair of osprey were putting on quite a show for the many holiday weekend visitors.Since yesterday, there has been a pickup truck sized amount of large broken foam blocks and insulation washed up at the high water line. Consisting of blue 2" and 4" thick chunks, and numerous small off-white and yellowed foam blocks (not fishing floats). One large 6" deep piece was glued to a plywood panel about 3 feet by 3 feet in size. the total volume of broken foam pieces along Mile 171 would fill a pickup truck bed to capacity.None of the foam had any significant marine growth like gooseneck clams on them, so most likely from local sources rather than from Japan.
Conditions
Temperature: 65 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW.
Human Activities
Number of people: 13. Number of dogs: 3. Walking or running: 3. Playing in surf: 4.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 7.
Notable Wildlife
A pair of osprey were actively fishing in the surf, with great success. One pelagic cormorant was in the surf, too.
Driftline Content
Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Shells, Styrofoam.
oldMGguy
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Louie the Lab and I chased his Chuck-It ball from Driftwood Shores north to Sutton Creek and back today.
oldMGguy
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Jelleyfish for a quarter mile.
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