Mile 215 Report
Yaquina Bay SP, North Jetty Yaquina River
October 16, 2010
Much of the sand along the upper beach has gone since my Sept.
Report Details
Much of the sand along the upper beach has gone since my Sept. 5, 2010 walk, apparently from wave erosion. Flotsam now occurred higher on the beach that it had since last spring. I saw less than 1 small plastic particle (
Conditions
Temperature: 44 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NE. Tide Level: 5.5 feet.
Activities
Number of people: 6. Walking or running: 6.
Other Activities: People were fewer than usual..
Notable Wildlife
29 gulls were on the sandy beach. Gulls were also on the western tip of the North Jetty but were not close enough to census.
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 2. 1 Rhinoceros Auklet, 1 Western Grebe.
Wrackline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings or molts, Plastic debri (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea).
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Today was very nice on Mile 215.
Marney Roddick
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Large number of velella velellas on the beach (both very small and large), numbering in the several thousands.
Jen Ricci
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First 'by-the-wind-sailors' (velella velellas) I've seen this year.
Jennifer Ricci
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Yaquina Bay SP, North Jetty Yaquina River
An unusually large bundle of kelp was deposited on the beach between the high and low tide line.
Jennifer Ricci
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Yaquina Bay SP, North Jetty Yaquina River
A quiet, beautiful winter day on the beach.
Marney
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Yaquina Bay SP, North Jetty Yaquina River
Very clean and quiet day on my mile.
marney
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Yaquina Bay SP, North Jetty Yaquina River
Wish to thank Sascha and Emily for the comments and photos, and for hanging out on Mile 215 for a few hours.
marney roddick