Mile 245 Report
Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
March 28, 2016
To follow up on yesterday's report of a broken boat at Roads End, the park officials and the Hatfield Marine Science Center biologist agreed that 1) the boat was Japanese manufacture and 2) it had been at sea for over 5 years.
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To follow up on yesterday's report of a broken boat at Roads End, the park officials and the Hatfield Marine Science Center biologist agreed that 1) the boat was Japanese manufacture and 2) it had been at sea for over 5 years. They identified several open ocean and Japanese organisms, and identified the red barnacle in yesterday's photo as Megabalanus rosa. Further, the organisms on the large crushed float seemed to fit in that pattern.
P B VanB
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Mile 245
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
Mile 245
Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
Just wanted to say there have been a lot of brown pelicans this season, more than I've ever seen, and I'm wondering if they will stay for the winter?
TerryH
Mile 245
Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
Lazy, late summer day on Road End beach.
TerryH