Mile 218 Report
Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek
December 6, 2018
Very few people on the beach; most of them arrived just prior to sunset (which was beautiful).
Report Details
Very few people on the beach; most of them arrived just prior to sunset (which was beautiful). The beach was clear, clean, very little wrack, and the dunes have largely flattened out. Not a scientific assessment, but it felt like a very peaceful place to be. The surf was beautiful with long, even waves breaking, and spume flying off the crests due to the east wind. There was a possible sub-adult (shorter bill) snowy egret fishing along the creek. I couldn't see its feet, nor could I get a clear shot with my phone camera, but it wasn't as large as a great egret, or as small as a cattle egret.
Conditions
Temperature: 44 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: E. Tide Level: 2.0 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 11. Number of dogs: 3. Walking or running: 11.
Vehicles
Notable Wildlife
Possible Snowy egret (vagrant?)
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Wood pieces. feathers, numerous moon jellies, hydroids, plastic pieces and container tops
Report Images
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Mile 218
Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek
*** Watch Note *** This is my first documentation of Mile 218 (Agate Beach) and I will use today's report as a baseline for reporting future changes.
Darlynd
Mile 218
Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek
I first attempted this survey on June 17.
dderickson
Mile 218
Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek
Very few people on the beach; most of them arrived just prior to sunset (which was beautiful).
dderickson
Mile 218
Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek
Beautiful clear afternoon with no problems noticed.
Peacecoaster
Mile 218
Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek
Most of the people were at the north end of the beach.
dderickson
Mile 218
Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek
A lot of people on the beach this evening -- hard to keep count!
dderickson
Mile 218
Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek
Better late than never -- I missed reporting in March!
dderickson