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It was a lovely sunny un-windy day.  People were sun bathing, agate hunting, meditating, and poking around on the beach.  There were not many birds, but we were surprised to see oyster catcheers cleaning themselves along with the gulls in the fresh water of Tenmile Creek.  We found three large ( 16") Moon Jellyfish on the sand and several smaller ones, all on the main beach.  Summer sand is still covering the cobbles so it was easy walking.

Conditions

Temperature: 66 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Tide Level: 3.1 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 10. Number of dogs: 1. Walking or running: 3. Sitting: 3.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 4.

Notable Wildlife

3 Song Sparrows, 2 Harlequin Ducks, 4 Black Oyster Catchers, 1 pelican, 18 Pelagic Cormorants, 1 Brandt's Cormorant, 60 Surf Scoters, 1 Heermann's Gull, crows, gulls. 6 Harbor Seals on the rocks and one in the water. Two of the Oyster Catchers were bathing in the fresh water of Tenmile Creek.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 1. to decomposed to tell

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

A section of little sand hoppers in the tide line. Also on the main beach we found 3 large (16") Moon Jellyfish and several smaller ones.

Driftline Content

Small rocks, Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Wood pieces.

Natural Changes

Erosion of vegetated foredune.

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S of Stonefield Beach Wayside, Tokatee Kloochman Wayside

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S of Stonefield Beach Wayside, Tokatee Kloochman Wayside

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Florence had some rain but when we got to the mile it was just overcast and kept getting brighter.

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S of Stonefield Beach Wayside, Tokatee Kloochman Wayside

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A lovely day and the summer sand is still there making it easy to walk.

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