Report Details

It was a sunny day with a slight breeze from the northwest. The tide was going out leaving a very long clean beach sloping gently down from the dunes. The sand has covered much of the high wood leaving a few large pieces and many smaller branches sticking out. There were 25 people, 4 dogs and no horses on the beach during the survey. The people were walking or sitting on the beach, although two went by on bikes. A bus load of 65 students from a geology class at PSU were just leaving when we started. Otherwise there was little of note. There was no debris, no wrack, no shorebirds, no other natural or man-made disturbances. There were not even any dead birds to report.

Conditions

Temperature: 48 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW.

Human Activities

Number of people: 25. Number of dogs: 5. Walking or running: 18. Playing in sand: 2. Sitting: 3. Other Activities: 2 biking.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 11. RVs/Buses parking: 1.

Notable Wildlife

A few gulls only.

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Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP

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Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP

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A nice warm partly cloudy day with a large group enjoying the picnic area by the parking lot.

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Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP

June 6, 2023

It was a blustery sunny day with 3 horse back riders and one walker on the beach.

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Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP

March 18, 2023

A nice bright day with a large group of birders from 30 cars looking for Snowy Plovers when I started but only 13 people walking or sitting on the beach on my way back.

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Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP

December 15, 2022

This was a sunny, cold, blustery day with 8 people and 2 dogs walking or biking(1) on the extensive beach.

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Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP

September 6, 2022

This was a sunny calm day with few people on the beach.

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Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP

June 15, 2022

This was a nice day with clouds and little wind.

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Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP

March 8, 2022

This was a nice cloudy day with only 4 cars in the parking lot and four people on the beach, one with a dog.

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