Mile 245 Report
Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
October 10, 2010
After the pounding, huge surf that accompanied the early weekend storm there were many reports of stranded birds on the beaches.
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.
Human 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
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Marine debris (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.
lvoelker
CoastWatcher
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Mile 245
Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
Beautiful warm day - not crowded.
Lisa Bizon-Carroll
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
