Mile 297 Report
Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP
November 20, 2018
This was a lovely day on the beach with a gentle east wind blowing, only 8 people and 4 dogs walking along, no wrack but quite a few large crab skeletons up high, a long stretch of sand to the waves, and sand built up high over the large logs back against the dunes.
Report Details
This was a lovely day on the beach with a gentle east wind blowing, only 8 people and 4 dogs walking along, no wrack but quite a few large crab skeletons up high, a long stretch of sand to the waves, and sand built up high over the large logs back against the dunes. There were no bird carcasses on the mile and no human disturbances. However, large flocks of busy, squawking gulls were moving towards the south.
Conditions
Temperature: 55 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: E.
Human Activities
Number of people: 8. Number of dogs: 3. Walking or running: 8.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 4.
Notable Wildlife
Large flocks of gulls moving south
Driftline Content
many large crab skeletons on beach
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