Mile 297 Report
Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP
June 15, 2022
This was a nice day with clouds and little wind.
Report Details
This was a nice day with clouds and little wind. The beach is long and flat now, 200 paces from wrack to waterline. Small sticks and crab shells spread in the wrack Only 4 cars were in the parking lot but 16 people were on horse back, 14 from the rental, 2 on their own horses. 2 others were biking and 14 passed on foot with one dog. There were no birds carcasses or land disturbances and little human debris. The protections for the Snowy Plover seem effective with everyone staying on the wet sand. 6 Plovers were seen which is hopeful. There were a few gulls, lines of pelicans heading north and some swifts catching bugs but no flocks of shorebirds.
Conditions
Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW.
Human Activities
Number of people: 32. Number of dogs: 1. Walking or running: 14. Other Activities: 16 horseback riding 2 biking.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 4.
Notable Wildlife
Pelican heading north 6 Snowy Plovers
Driftline Content
Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Wood pieces. Little human debris
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