Mile 220 Report
Yaquina Head north, Schooner Creek south
August 30, 2019
A quiet day at Sea Star Beach.
Report Details
A quiet day at Sea Star Beach. With the City of Newport continuing work on treatment substation at NW 68th and closing the road they have limited the number of persons using the portion of the beach.
Conditions
Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: -1.8 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 2. Walking or running: 1. Other Activities: 1 was looking from the cliff near 1st set of pipes (NW 61st Street). Person on beach was jogging, other person on cliff looking out to ocean
Notable Wildlife
Many birds--youth had fledged
Driftline Content
Beach was generally clean. I did spot some pyrosomes.
New Development
Drainage pipes. There was newly exposed pipes at equivalent NW 61st Street area
Natural Changes
Landslides/major boulder falls. The one landslide was into the area I normally shoot "Keyhole" picture, so this is the second time I moved where picture was taken from.
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