Report Details

A nice warm partly cloudy day with a large group enjoying the picnic area by the parking lot.  Only 7 people were on the beach, walking or biking.  The sand is built up to the dunes covering the wood, with a very long beach.  The tides have been high, leaving thin wrack lines of that light brown algae (?) all down the beach. Four bird carcasses were found: Pelagic Cormorant, common Murre, Pacific Loon, and some kind of raptor, probably a hawk.  Otherwise there were no plovers or shorebird around, and only a few gull.  One vulture was waiting for a hurt gull to die.  The restrictions for the Snowy Plover are over as of September 15th.  No debris and no problems noted

Conditions

Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW.

Human Activities

Number of people: 7. Walking or running: 6. Other Activities: biking 1.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 20. RVs/Buses parking: 1.

Notable Wildlife

A vulture, some gulls, No shorebirds or Plovers

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 4. Pacific Loon, Raptor (hawk?), Common Murre, Pelagic Cormorant

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass.

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

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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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