Mile 220 - Yaquina Head north, Schooner Creek south - May 16, 2018

Report Details

The walk started with a very light mist, and then cleared off. The birds have returned to the Lighthouse area, I could have easily counted a thousand.I noticed there is new plastic pipe showing at the equivalence of NW 61st Street from erosion near the top of the cliff.

Conditions

Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: -1.9 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 6. Number of dogs: 2. Walking or running: 2. Tidepooling: 4. There were three pairs of people--the first pair had two dogs and were headed north while I headed south toward Lighthouse cliff.

Notable Wildlife

Too many birds to count.

Driftline Content

Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.). There was more small plastic pieces than usual on the beach. As usual the bulk of the plastic was toward the Lighthouse part of mile 220. There was some plastic rope. Note: there were also many "lacework" like remains from the sailing jellyfish vellela vellela.

Natural Changes

Landslides/major boulder falls, Newly exposed roots/trees falling. Mile 220 continues to erode because of sandstone and siltstone--some trees are tilting and will fall down on the path to the beach from Meander and NW 57th Street.