Mile 288 - Bayocean Peninsula, Kincheloe Point - March 22, 2014

Report Details

This was a very late (actually second of spring) winter walk. Beautiful late afternoon sun, but very windy. Walked up somewhat protected bay side and saw numerous waterfowl: Western Grebe, Surf Scoter, Northern Pintail, Dunlin, Common Merganser, and hordes of Buffleheads. Heard the lovely spring song of a Ruby-crowned Kinglet and also heard a number of Wrentits. Tillamook Bay was beautiful and quiet with the wind from the northeast driving breakers across the water. On the beach side, the sand was blowing hard and, with somewhat limited vision, I saw that there was little debris showing, perhaps covered by sand. Little animal life, but one development was new. There were several tepee like structures built from which people had hung plastic bags, at least one a SOLV bag, in which to place debris picked up on the beach. This was definitely a positive change. Otherwise, it was an uneventful but beautiful and relaxing walk.

Conditions

Temperature: 45 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Strong. Wind Direction: NE. Tide Level: 4.2 feet.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 7.

Notable Wildlife

Little of anything. On beach only saw 2 Am. Crows, 1 Western Gull, and 1 Northern Harrier flying low over the dunes behind the beach.

Driftline Content

Small rocks.

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