Mile 245 - Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek - October 10, 2010

Report Details

After the pounding, huge surf that accompanied the early weekend storm there were many reports of stranded birds on the beaches. Mile 245 was littered with carcasses and plastic pellets.

Conditions

Temperature: 63 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: SE. Tide Level: 0.0 feet.

Activities

Number of people: 26. Number of dogs: 4. Walking or running: 23. Playing in surf: 3.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 21.

Notable Wildlife

1 Brandt's cormorant

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 10. 2 mature (white heads) brown pelicans, 2 Brandt's cormorants, 6 murres

Wrackline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings or molts, Plastic debri (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea). False sea palm

Natural Changes

Erosion of vegetated foredune, Newly exposed roots/trees falling, Landslides/major boulder falls.

Actions & Comments

As a member of Wildlife Rescue I collected the cormorant and took it home for triage but it was in poor condition (a very sharp keel) and died soon after.