Mile 255 Report
Kiwanda Beach
May 13, 2021
Report Details
Conditions
Temperature: 55 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Tide Level: 4.0 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 1. Number of dogs: 1. Walking or running: 1.
Driftline Content
Small rocks, Shells, Wood pieces.
Natural Changes
Erosion of vegetated foredune.
Actions & Comments
Quiet cool day, only saw one other person in the time we were there. Beach continues to be clean, almost no man made materials visible. Saw several groups of curlews feeding along the water edge. Some erosion of foredune forming a bench like formation at the base of the dune.
bballentine
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Again, no evidence of tar washing ashore. Some dead Velella velella skeletons trapped in driftwood.
Garrick Schermer
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Pleasant day, several groups of people enjoying the weather.
Betty Ballentine
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Severe dune erosion causing many large shrubs and trees to fall onto the beach. Previous report in February showed dune cliff stable but receding.
Garrick Schermer
Mile 255
Kiwanda Beach
Apparent crab exuvia - lots of Dungeness crab shells along the high-tide line and in the shallow mini-lagoons formed at low tide.
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Juvenile bald eagle flew northbound just before the sighting of the gull.
SchermerSG
