Mile 297 Report
Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP
September 12, 2020
It was very calm on the beach with low visability because of the smoke from inland fires and the fog.
Report Details
It was very calm on the beach with low visability because of the smoke from inland fires and the fog. There were 17 people from 8 cars, walking, running, riding horses, fishing, biking and just sitting. The sand is so high that the wood piles are not visable leaving a long smooth run of beach down to the surf only interrupted by a line of kelp as wrack. A few gulls and shorebirds were about. There was no human debris or disturbances.
Conditions
Temperature: 55 F. Cloud Cover: Foggy.
Human Activities
Number of people: 17. Walking or running: 19. Sitting: 1. Fishing: 2. Other Activities: 4 riding horses 1 bike riding.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 8.
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 3. Brandt Cormorant Immature gull Western gull
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass.
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