Mile 288 Report
Bayocean Peninsula, Kincheloe Point
June 19, 2009
It was a very late spring, very windy, very rainy day.
Report Details
It was a very late spring, very windy, very rainy day. Visibility was difficult, but the beach appeared scoured. Very little litter was seen and little was evident in the high tide line: small stones, shells (crab, sand shrimp), kelp, but quantities of each were small. No signs of driving, which is good, but some new sign of human activity along the county road, as noted earlier. I will follow up with Tillamook County to see if I can find out why a private property is now posted on the spit.
Conditions
Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Rain. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 3.9 feet.
Human Activities
Walking on county road from parking lot to first gate, about one mile, I saw a very large, newly fenced-off, posted area saying Private Property. Never saw this before. On way back, saw three goats within the fenced-off area. Webmaster's note: see article by Cameron La Follette on Land Use page for a full explanation of this area.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 4.
Notable Wildlife
Nothing notable on mile 288. Did see and hear a variety of birds along Tillamook Bay: 6 Whimbrel, 1 Caspian Tern, Rufous Hummingbird, Orange-crowned Warbler, Song and White-crowned Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Great Blue Heron, mostly Western Gulls, Greater Yellowlegs, Scaup (sp.), Swainson's Thrush, American Robin, Pelagic Cormorant, and Belted Kingfisher. Only birds noted on mile 288 were 26 Western Gulls (mixed ages).
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Small rocks.
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YaakovM
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Mile 288
Bayocean Peninsula, Kincheloe Point
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
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
Mile 288
Bayocean Peninsula, Kincheloe Point
The weather is definitely turning.
SchankK
Mile 288
Bayocean Peninsula, Kincheloe Point
It was a beautifully calm, warm, sunny day along mile 288.
SchankK
Mile 288
Bayocean Peninsula, Kincheloe Point
There were 6 or more plovers and large accumulations of driftwood (both along the base and on top of the foredune cutbank).
SchankK
Mile 288
Bayocean Peninsula, Kincheloe Point
It was a beautiful, warm, sunny Saturday with a moderate north wind.
SchankK
Mile 288
Bayocean Peninsula, Kincheloe Point
It was great to see two separate families picking up beach trash/debris in the driftline from the most recent storms including in Mile 288!
SchankK
Mile 288
Bayocean Peninsula, Kincheloe Point
There was clear indications of active foredune erosion with visible cutbanks (see photo) and significant debris.
SchankK