Report Details

Warm, sunny day with 14 people walking or sitting on beach.  Low drift line content had many live mole crabs burrowing in sand to lay eggs.  High tide line had many tiny mole crab carcasses, along with sand dollar parts and scattered Dungeness crab parts, all shells were 4-5"..wonder if these were thrown back in the ocean ( too small) by crab fishermen and didn't survive?  Clean beach.

Conditions

Temperature: 61 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 0.8 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 14. Walking or running: 9. Sitting: 5.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 6. RVs/Buses parking: 2.

Notable Wildlife

Few western gulls, 1 crow

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

Many tiny mole crab carcasses at high tide line

Driftline Content

Small rocks, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt).

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