Mile 288 - Bayocean Peninsula, Kincheloe Point - August 11, 2007

Report Details

On a beautiful summer day, my companion and I found mile 288 to be tranquil, relatively clean, and unchanged from earlier visits. We were there at low tide and noted the beach had little debris or matter. No kelp of any amount, low numbers of rocks and stones, and human debris was very light.Bird and animal life was also scarce, as noted earlier in the report. All this and yet the parking lot on Bayocean Spit, about two miles away, was packed with over 34 vehicles. Apparently, people park but don't venture very far from their vehicles and the great majority don't take the time and effort to walk the two or so miles north to mile 288. Horseshoe prints were abundant, however, suggesting at least 8-10 riders had been along and around Bayocean Spit earlier in the day.

Conditions

Temperature: 68 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: N.

Human Activities

Number of people: 3. Number of dogs: 1. Walking or running: 3. Parking information is about the parking lot for Bayocean Spit, which is about two miles from place where I access my mile. Of the 34 vehicles, most I have ever seen here, 4 were horse trailers and rest were cars and light trucks.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 34.

Notable Wildlife

Birds only. On the Tillamook Bay side, I saw hundreds of Brown Pelicans, many Double-Crested Cormorants, and many gulls of various types. Noted a possible Western Meadowlark on walk through woods from beach back to the bayside road.Walking along Bay, I saw or heard Belted Kingfisher, Cedar Waxwings, Bewick's Wrens, Wrentit, Robins, and a small group of Semi-Palmated Plovers. Along the beach mile, I saw five Western Gulls, five flying Brown Pelicans, and one soaring probable Red-Tailed Hawk.

Driftline Content

Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.), Small rocks, Styrofoam, Wood pieces.

Actions & Comments

Regarding debris noted earlier, it was very light and only consisted of a couple of instances of each type: styrofoam, land-based, or ocean-based.

YaakovM

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Mile 288

Bayocean Peninsula, Kincheloe Point

March 14, 2024

It was an incredibly busy day for Mile 288 the day before the snowy plover nesting season began! I was glad to see DOGAMI and OPRD on-site, and appreciated OPRD's willingness to haul the debris I collected back to their dumpsters. It was also exciting to see so many plovers in the wet sand.

Karen Schank