Mile 288 Report
Bayocean Peninsula, Kincheloe Point
November 9, 2005
A beautiful late afternoon fall day.
Report Details
A beautiful late afternoon fall day. Little debris was evident and no other people were seen. Bright sun and light wind plus some shorebirds foraging in the surf made for an uneventful and relaxing walk on the beach.
Conditions
Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: NW.
Vehicles
Notable Wildlife
Observed 13 semi-palmated plovers foraging in the surf.
Actions & Comments
Beach was very clean and lacked the small dunes noted the previous September. Tide was receding during observation period. There was a small amount of debris, most of which I picked up and carried out: bottles from bottled water, a few small pieces of styrofoam, small cans, and so forth.There were a number of large piles of bull kelp. Otherwise, little ocean debris. Birds included the 13 plovers already mentioned, approximately a dozen Western gulls, and five surf scoters actively feeding in the near surf.Wind conditions were unusual. When I arrived the wind was blowing moderately (10-15 mph) from the NW. By the time the sun set, the wind had almost completely died down. As I walked back south on the beach the wind shifted to a light breeze (maybe 5 mph) from the SE. The temperature also seemed to rise, or perhaps it was the absence of a stiffer wind blowing in my face.
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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