Mile 185 - S of Stonefield Beach Wayside, Tokatee Kloochman Wayside - February 11, 2022

Report Details

It was a beautiful clear day and the wind only started up about 3 in the afternoon. We saw 15 species of birds, one new one, a vireo. The beach was completely cleaned off from the high tide earlier and was much sandier than ususal for this time of year making walking easier. It was exciting to see so many sea stars out on the rocks. Hopefully they are making a comeback. There were a lot of people out enjoying the good weather on the beach. Ten Mile Creek has moved into a big bend coming south, building up a big rock pile where is turns. Behind that makes a good spot of the gulls to congregate.

Conditions

Temperature: 55 F. Tide Level: 0.8 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 24. Number of dogs: 6. Walking or running: 15. Sitting: 1. Other Activities: One couple celebrating their anniversary were making two big XX for 20 years of marriage. They were making it out of big pieces of wood with stones along the edges..

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 9.

Notable Wildlife

1 red winged blackbird, 1 song sparrow, 1 Anna's hummingbird, 1 Hutton's vireo (new to the list), 20 surfbirds in the water, 1 great blue heron, 3 oyster catchers, 1 double crested cormorant, 5 pelagic cormorants, 1 raven, 8 harlequin ducks, 7 Heermann's gulls, 12 surf scoters, crows and gulls. 8 harbor seals. 22 red and orange sea stars out on the rocks. The most we have seen in years.

Driftline Content

There was a very high tide earlier in the day so the beach had no driftline and was very clean.

Natural Changes

Possibly because of lack of storms there was a lot of sand on the beach. Usually by this time of year it is mostly all cobbles and the sand is gone.

Lfleming

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