Mile 288 - Bayocean Peninsula, Kincheloe Point - July 23, 2006

Report Details

Beach was generally very clean. Some accumulation of kelp (I arrived at low tide), small stones, and light litter. Less than usual.Nothing special noted, but it was wonderful to have to put a sweatshirt on to stay warm in the bracing ocean breeze while it was again 100 degrees in Portland.

Conditions

Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: N.

Human Activities

Number of people: 2. Walking or running: 2.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 22.

Notable Wildlife

Birds noted included a flock of mostly Western gulls, adults and juveniles, about 25 in total. Also observed on solitary black-bellied plover, a couple of cormorants (sp.) flying over, and an interesting pair of birds acting as if they were a couple. Out by themselves in the middle of the sand was a semipalmated plover and what I think was a semipalmated sandpiper. The sandpiper follower the plover around like it was a big sister or a parent. Quite amusing. If my identification was correct, the sandpiper would be a life bird for me.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 2. 1 common murre, 1 juvenile gull (Western?)

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass.

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