Mile 297 Report
Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP
September 15, 2021
It was a beautiful day with strong wind, few people, lots of dead Murres, no debris, and no more restrictions for the Snowy Plover.
Report Details
It was a beautiful day with strong wind, few people, lots of dead Murres, no debris, and no more restrictions for the Snowy Plover. The beach is very long, with old wrack lines of seaweed but nothing at the current tideline. There were 9 cars in the parking lots but only 7 people seen on the beach, 4 walking, 2 on horseback and one sitting in a little shelter. No birds except a couple vultures were in the sky. The restrictions for Snowy Plover nesting have been removed. And the beach was clean of human debris with the sand built into waves from the wind. Unfortunately there was a wreck of Common Murres with 16 carcasses found, most pretty fresh. One brown Pelican, and a Sooty Shearwater were also found.
Conditions
Temperature: 61 F. Wind Velocity: Strong. Wind Direction: NW.
Human Activities
Number of people: 7. Walking or running: 4. Sitting: 1. Other Activities: 2 on horses.
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 18. no bands 16 Common Murres, 1 Brown Pelican, 1 Sooty Shearwater
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