Mile 21 - Pistol River SP south - April 18, 2014 | Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition

Report Details

Mrs. Peregrine Strikes AgainUpon our arrival, we observed the resident Peregrine pair on the dunes just adjacent to the Pistol River mouth. The male had just arrived, scaring up about 20 gulls bathing in the river estuary. He landed on top of his mate, attempting a brief copulation (

Conditions

Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: SW. Tide Level: 5.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 1. Other Activities: photographing. A photographer came as we were leaving at 5:15PM, recording the events we observed initiated, circa 4:20 PM.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 2.

Notable Wildlife

Pair of Peregrine, Bald eagle, Forster's tern, Herring gulls, Sanderlings, white crown song sparrows

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 1. just killed

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

Many crab casings; every 1.5 to 3 meters we observed the carapace of Dungeness crabs, circa 7 to 10 cm wide washed in with the high tide. Mile 20.3 to 20.7 seemed to be an especially rich areas for the washed up casings. There were only a smattering of endoskeletons of sand dollars, today.

Driftline Content

Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Small rocks. see above plus some bullwhip kelp, a painters 3 gal bucket, rope. The hull and tire were not observed, perhaps buried in sand.

Natural Changes

great abundance of sand on the shore and to high tide mark

Actions & Comments

We removed human trash (plastic bags, rope, bucket).We did NOT see the 24 inch tire or boat hull observed in our last sightings on mi 21.