Mile 288 - Bayocean Peninsula, Kincheloe Point - August 17, 2012

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Mid-summer visit made on a cool, cloudy day at the coast while it was near 100 in Portland. As usual, beach was clean with few people. I collected a medium-sized SOLV bag full of debris including lots of small pieces of styrofoam, plastic bottles and caps, two disposable lighters, and, oddly, one fluorescent light tube. Carrying the debris all the way back to the parking lot gets very tiring. Will call Tillamook County to find out if a garbage container can be placed closer. There was a lot more kelp on the beach than I typically notice. See picture 1. There were no other notable physical or human-made changes other than the marking off of an area near the north end of the mile where a new trail looks like it will be placed. See picture 2. Had the pleasure of seeing a Black-bellied Plover walking in the dune area as I haven't seen one there for many years. Found one dead Olympic gull on the beach, three live Semi-palmated Plovers and little else. Overall a quiet walk.

Conditions

Temperature: 56 F. Cloud Cover: Foggy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: 2.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 2. Other Activities: Horseback riding. Signs are posted in the Bayocean Spit parking lot prohibiting camping but people continue to camp. I have previously contacted Tillamook County about this but apparently enforcement is not strong.

Concerns

Apparent violations: Some camping although Tillamook County prohibits camping on Bayocean Spit.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 13.

Notable Wildlife

Along dune area above the beach, 1 Black-bellied Plover. In the surf, 3 Semipalmated Plovers.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 1. Apparent adult Olympic Gull (Western/Glaucous-winged hybrid)

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass.

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YaakovM

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Mile 288

Bayocean Peninsula, Kincheloe Point

November 10, 2024

Mile 288 showed no signs of man-made disturbance, and no one was on-site during my monitoring. I was glad to see a flock of plovers flying in the foredune again!

KMS

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