Mile 237 - Gleneden Beach north, golf course - May 6, 2023 | Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition

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A beautiful morning for a walk on this mile! Low tide allowed for lots of rock-hounding and watching the shore birds looking for food in the surf. Nothing remarkable, just a lovely day with light wind. I was able to pick up a few things on the high-tide line to get off the beach, lots of small pieces of styrophofoam.

Conditions

Temperature: 52 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: -0.8 feet.

Activities

Number of people: 8. Number of dogs: 4. Walking or running: 2. Photography: 1.

Other Activities: 1 with a fat-tire beach bike. Everyone appeared to be enjoying the sunny morning with calm wind and the low tide providing lots of hard sand to walk..

Notable Wildlife

The only birds I observed are these Curlew types (I think that's what they could be...I am not a birder!)

Wrackline Content

Small rocks, Shells.

New Development

Steps down bluff. Someone constructed a newly installed wooden stairway secured by support beams wedged into the rip-rap revetment. Likely will succumb to the ocean during an exceptionally high tide or king tides next year.

Man-made Modifications

New riprap or shoreline protection structures. New rip-rapping will occur soon for another 400 feet or so, an excavator is staged nearby on a temporary access made with pit run. The properties are posted pursuant to the OPRD permitting requirements.

Report Images

Shore birds. White legs, light belly, brown & grey spotted body.

Shore bird having breakfast

Beginning of armoring project for about 400 feet of shoreline.

North end of my mile looking south-- beautiful day!

...small haul on the tide-line...

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