Mile 288 Report
Bayocean Peninsula, Kincheloe Point
May 11, 2012
This was a mid-spring walk in beautiful sunny weather.
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This was a mid-spring walk in beautiful sunny weather. The beach was extremely quiet, clean, and windswept of most debris. I had brought along a SOLV litter big and only half filled it, carrying out plastic debris and small pieces of rope. I left a few heavier glass bottles behind and a couple of large foam debris items. Three groups of 2 people each were seen walking, and one couple had 2 dogs. There was a good number of vehicles in the parking lot, but most people walked on the bay side and a number were clamming in the bay.The shoreline, beach, and dune areas looked unchanged from my last visit, which was almost 10 months earlier. All in all, things continue to be mostly "as they should", i.e., natural and unchanged.
Conditions
Temperature: 65 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: -0.5 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 6. Number of dogs: 2. Walking or running: 6.
Vehicles
Notable Wildlife
Little of note. Only birds seen on beach were 1 American Crow and 2 or 3 gulls, Western or Western/Glaucous-winged hybrids.
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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
Mile 288
Bayocean Peninsula, Kincheloe Point
Mid-winter day that seemed like spring.
YaakovM