Mile 288 Report
Bayocean Peninsula, Kincheloe Point
November 27, 2004
Beach seemed very clean, with only a little ocean debris in the high tide area.
Report Details
Beach seemed very clean, with only a little ocean debris in the high tide area. Saw few birds including several adult and juvenile Western gulls and small flocks (10-50) of sandpipers flying by.Weather was partly sunny, but windy with observations made near low tide. Little on beach except small stones.
Conditions
Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: NW.
Human Activities
There were 12 cars, vans, SUV's in the parking lot when I arrived, but there were no people on the beach once I got there. Saw some people walking along the gated county road that borders Tillamook Bay, mostly with dogs. This leads to speculation that many people come here to exercise their dogs, with many going for walks along the bay rather than along the ocean beach.
Vehicles
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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