Mile 297 Report
Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP
June 5, 2011
The sand still covers most of the large logs up high although the slope to the water has become steeper.
Report Details
The sand still covers most of the large logs up high although the slope to the water has become steeper. There was a bit of seaweed on the wrack line, and some black sand on top down at the south end. There were a few gulls, a small flock of shorebirds, one man walking with his two dogs and little human debris. A dead sooty shearwater was documented. The only notable sightings were a set of fresh tire tracks at the water line and a strange small non-avian skeleton (pictures attached). Otherwise it was just a cloudy day at the beach with little wind or surf.
Conditions
Temperature: 54 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: S.
Human Activities
Number of people: 1. Number of dogs: 2. Walking or running: 1. There were tire tracks at the south end of the mile being rapidly covered by the incoming tide. The vehicle had not come down to or left the beach from anywhere within this mile.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 12.
Notable Wildlife
Very few birds
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 1. Sooty Shearwater
Stranded Marine Mammals
See below
Dead Fish or Invertebrates
One skeleton found. Unable to identify.
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass.
Natural Changes
Black sand appearing toward south end of mile
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