Mile 245 Report
Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
January 16, 2015
Only a dozen "new" dead birds.
Report Details
Only a dozen "new" dead birds. However, this beach did see a large die-off of the blue-footed Cassin's auklets in December when at least 100 were found, another 50 probably buried in the sand. I still see remnants of that die-off but the situation has seemed to improve.
Activities
Number of people: 25. Number of dogs: 6. Playing in sand: 19. Sitting: 4.
Other Activities: 2 people on 2 horses.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 18.
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 12. 10 auklets, 1 murre, 1 cormorantA couple of the dead birds had been banded by COASST.
Stranded Marine Mammals
Total stranded mammals: 1. 1 very decomposed sea lion(?) carcass just north of 73rd Street beach access
Wrackline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings or molts, Marine debris, Shells, Small rocks, Wood pieces. Lots of small feathers and hard plastic bits in wrack line
TerryH
CoastWatcher
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