Mile 262 Report
Cape Kiwanda State Park
November 7, 2024
Sunny, warm day with not many people. Interesting live bird activity: Bald eagle taking prey and kingfisher.
Report Details
Sunny, warm day with not many people. Interesting live bird activity: Bald eagle taking prey and kingfisher.
Conditions
Temperature: 55 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: 4.0 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 7. Number of dogs: 7. Walking or running: 5. Sitting: 2. There were no people sailing off the dune today so having one car parked beyond the sign was not doing any harm. Most everyone was walking and/or playing with their dogs.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks on beach, allowed: 4. Cars/trucks on beach, prohibited: 1.
Notable Wildlife
One not-quite-adult bald eagle flew over and took a gull off the beach, flying with it to a tree before flying over the ridge and out of sight. A kingfisher was again, like on my previous visit in September, fishing from a high tidal rock at the base of the cliff at the south end of the beach.
Beached Birds
All 4 were tubenoses, not sure of the species but suspect Northern Fulmar
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass. Big piles of kelp one dried out Moon Jelly
Natural Changes
Newly exposed roots/trees falling.
looking south from north end of route
Bald Eagle with gull prey
gulls and Kingfisher on tidal rock
Kingfisher
gulls and kingfisher on tidal rock
looking north from south end of route
one of 4 dead tubenoses, possibly Northern Fulmars
one of many big piles of kelp
erosion
erosion
continuing erosion near illegal trail
Chief Kiawanda Rock in morning mist
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Linda Fink
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