Mile 213 - Henderson Creek, South Beach SP south - January 28, 2018

Report Details

Lots of activity on the mile this time with people with dogs, people riding on horses, a cyclist, and 5 helicopters. It was very mild with some sun. Storm evidence more apparent in the area south of Henderson Creek. 4 dead birds which may be gulls. Awaiting confirmation before posting their photos. Updated on 2/16/18: Fawn Custer has identified the 4 beached birds as being Northern Fulmars - 2 in light morphology, the other 2 in dark morphology. COASST will be notified of these findings.

Conditions

Temperature: 52 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: S. Tide Level: 0.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 23. Number of dogs: 8. Walking or running: 19. Other Activities: 3 riding horses; 1 on mountain bike. 5 helicopters including 1 Coast Guard one. Earlier in the day there had been an earthquake off Coos Bay so wondering if they were checking the coastline to see if there were any problems.. It was a good day for people to walk their dogs.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 1.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 4. Took photos of the 4 which may be of the same species. Contacted COASST for id assistance but haven't received a reply. Sent one set of photos to Fawn to identify; awaiting her reply.

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

Lots of bull kelp in the area south of Henderson Creek; lots of seafoam there too. There had been storms earlier in January which were reflected on the beach. Fragments of shells abundant too.

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Wood pieces, Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Styrofoam. 8 capped full water bottles and probably more we didn't see. The storms brought up a lot of litter and we could have spent much time just cleaning up the area south of the Creek but we ran out of garbage bags.

Man-made Modifications

The sand in front of Southshore residential development looked higher than remembered. Sand added or sand removed from the storms? Besides wading through Henderson Creek run-off, Julia waded through 2 more "streams" north of Henderson Creek.

Natural Changes

The area south of Henderson Creek and north of Surfland entrance to the beach continues to erode.

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Mile 213

Henderson Creek, South Beach SP south

October 5, 2024

Sunny day except in an area of the Southshore neighborhood, where fog kept it cool.

Julia/Paul

Mile 213

Henderson Creek, South Beach SP south

April 24, 2024

This time I concentrated on the area south of Henderson Creek where there is more activity. Photo submitted, & will be the last one. Beach was quite clean and probably because of the beach clean-up activities the previous Saturday.

Julia/Paul