Report Details

Quiet day at Cascade Head

Conditions

Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: 1.0 feet.

Activities

Number of people: 2. Tidepooling: 2.

Other Activities: Very quiet for a Saturday..

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 1.

Notable Wildlife

Pelagic and Brandt's cormorants, common murres, pigeon guillemots, one Pacific loon (in breeding plumage), western gulls, several harbor seals, and one swimming sea lion.

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Cascade Head south, Salmon River

July 4, 2018

Immature bald eagle at Cascade Head.

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Cascade Head south, Salmon River

May 7, 2018

Pelagic cormorants, pigeon guillemots, one bald eagle, and 4-5 harbor seals at Cascade Head.

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Cascade Head south, Salmon River

June 30, 2017

Common murres, pigeon guillemots, pelagic cormorants, and harbor seals at Cascade Head.

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Cascade Head south, Salmon River

May 13, 2016

Immature bald eagle, pigeon guillemots, pelagic cormorants, and harbor seals at Cascade Head.

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Mile 248

Cascade Head south, Salmon River

October 5, 2015

Nine fishermen, western and horned grebes, pigeon guillemot, three cormorant species, one swimming sea lion, and ten harbor seals.

Dr Kayak