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Beautiful day at Newport. 47 degrees, sunny and no wind.Hardly any logs visible on the entire mile: either burried or washed away. Surf, bare and wrack zones very smooth. Foredunes slope very gradually. 2 gulls flying and 29 snowy plovers resting in upper bare zone south end of mile.3 instance of litter very clean this beach has always been!Found 1 beached tuna, 1 large immature juvenile gull and two sooty shearwaters (Reported the birds to COASST)29 people on the beach, mostly walking and a few surfing, 5 dogs.

Conditions

Temperature: 47 F. Tide Level: 7.5 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 29. Number of dogs: 5. Walking or running: 24. Photography: 1. Surfing: 4. Cars parked at the South Jetty parking lot

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 9.

Notable Wildlife

2 gulls flying, 29 snowy plovers sitting on upper bare of beach

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 3. 2 sooty shearwater 1 large immature juvenile gull

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

A tuna washed up on the wrack

Driftline Content

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

Report Images

debris in wrack zone
dunes
debris in wrack zone
debris 2
debris 3
tuna
large immature juvenile gull
large immature juvenile gull

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