Report Details

Nice day for a walk on beach and saw several others doing same. Started walk with sun, ended with hevy cloud cover and light rain. Beach remains very clean with no plastic bottles, styrofoam, shotgun shells, etc. which were very common in years past. 

Conditions

Temperature: 63 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: S. Tide Level: 1.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 20. Number of dogs: 2. Walking or running: 20. Many people walking on beach

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 1.

Notable Wildlife

Pelicans diving for food off shore

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 3.

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

Saw 2 sea stars in surf, did not appear to have wasting syndrome.

Driftline Content

Small rocks, Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Wood pieces. Scattered pieces of lumber. Two small pieces of rope, 1 with some fish net entangled.

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