Mile 239 - Salishan Spit north, Siletz Bay - December 14, 2007

Report Details

We began walk at N44'53.632 and finished at N44'55.157 when we became too laden with trash and left it in receptacle at boat launch. On way back, birds noted on the bay side of spit: coots, Surf scoter, White-winged scoter, grebe, merganser, cormorant, mallard, egret, and Great Blue heron.Please note that we left a crab pot buoy at N44'54.686, colors white/green/yellow with #22.

Conditions

Temperature: 43 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy.

Activities

Number of people: 4. Number of dogs: 2. Walking or running: 4.

Concerns

Litter

Notable Wildlife

Saw flocks of surfbirds and sanderlings.

Beached Birds

Saw the right wing of a Black turnstone, and predation of a small bird, possibly a sanderling (just a pile of feathers stained with blood).

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

Saw the head of a fairly large fish (cod?), species not noted.

Wrackline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Wood pieces. Collected various debris such as plastic bottles, plastic sheeting, nylon rope, foam rubber, etc.

Report Images

Shafer

CoastWatcher

All Mile 239 Reports

Date

Showing 8 of 96 reports

Mile 239

Salishan Spit north, Siletz Bay

April 5, 2026

A sunny, calm Easter Sunday.

Linda & Clyde Reid

Mile 239

Salishan Spit north, Siletz Bay

November 30, 2025

Our mile has become very hard to get to, as most of the beach accesses in the Salishan community have been eroded by a combination of king tides and winter storms.

Linda Reid

Mile 239

Salishan Spit north, Siletz Bay

September 1, 2025

The marine layer stayed offshore while we were walking our mile so it turned out to be a nice day.

Linda & Clyde Reid

Mile 239

Salishan Spit north, Siletz Bay

August 10, 2025

This dispatch covers the entire spit - miles 237, 238, 239 There were no remarkable events: people, nature, trash, marine life It was just a wonderful walk to the tippy end of the spit, where a crowd of lounging dudes greeted us. We walked out three miles on the ocean side and walked back through the neighborhood, which borders the bay side.

Marney