Report Details

This survey turned up the most dead wildlife that we have ever encountered on this mile. There was a fairly strong storm earlier in the month, however. There was a layer of sand over the parking lot on the lee side of the foredune; we have never seen that before in our many years visiting this beach. The 8 dead northern fulmars we saw matched other reports from nearby beaches. We also found two dead pelicans and two dead cackling geese. We are also COASST volunteers and have made them aware of the number of dead birds encountered.

Human Activities

Number of people: 2. Number of dogs: 2. Walking or running: 2. There must have been more than 2 other people around, but it was too foggy to see very far.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 3.

Notable Wildlife

Pelicans and gulls were flying around.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 12. No bands seen. There were 8 northern fulmars, 2 brown pelicans, and 2 cackling geese.

Stranded Marine Mammals

Total stranded mammals: 1. One very dead sea lion was in the driftline.

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

1 dead bottom fish was in the driftline.

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass. The driftline was very thin except for the occasional kelp pile.

Natural Changes

The beach was quite slanted from the foredune to the surfline (just the seasonal effect).

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