Mile 245 Report
Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
February 25, 2008
It was a beautiful day at the beach!
Report Details
It was a beautiful day at the beach! There seemed to be an unusually large amount of small plastic pieces in the wrack line - especially at the south end of mile 245. The speaker system on the house near the north end of Roads End was very annoying and I'm assuming set up to keep gulls away from the home.
Conditions
Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light.
Human Activities
Number of people: 32. Number of dogs: 5. Walking or running: 30. Sitting: 2.
Concerns
Litter
Vehicles
Notable Wildlife
Western Gulls, Glaucous Winged Gulls,
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 4. I banded each of the birds for the COASST survey. The four species were: Western Gull, Northern Fulmar, Western Grebe, and Sooty Sheerwater.
Driftline Content
Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Shells.
Actions & Comments
The fourth house from the end of Roads End has a loud speaker that seems to be motion sensored to scare birds away. The speaker emits the sounds of very raucous gulls or some other bird. It went off when I walked by on the beach and also went off when some gulls flew by. This is the first time I've noticed this speaker.
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Mile 245
Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
A beautiful afternoon on the beach.
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Mile 245
Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
Beautiful warm day - not crowded.
Lisa Bizon-Carroll
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Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
Lots of human activity and evidence of campfires and "building" with driftwood.
Lisa Bizon-Carroll
Mile 245
Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
Was a dreary day, but active with the low tide.
Lisa Bizon-Carroll
Mile 245
Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
Tourist season is upon us - observed later in the day, but leftovers visible.
Lisa Bizon-Carroll
Mile 245
Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
After king tides and heavy surf, most of the usual driftwood was up nearer the bank along with minimal bull kelp.
Lisa Bizon-Carroll
Mile 245
Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
The beach mile varied quite a bit - with the south (less traveled) section with darkened sands and clear of most debris while the north end, with more visitors, was covered in stones with more small debris (esp.
LisaBC