October 18, 2009

Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light.

Number of people: 17. Walking or running: 12. Playing in surf: 3. Sitting: 2.

Disturbances: Shorebirds moving in response to humans/dogs

Total dead birds: 2. Sooty Shearwater (1), Common Murre (1)

Just a few jellyfish

Seaweeds and seagrass. crab pot

The dunes w/grass seem to be building, though winter may wash them all away

I guess I should be happy that little changes on my mile, save for the REALLY deep hole some dug in the sand and over the years, the sand build up (low tides are not the same as a decade ago). Wait! This was in the news in the local newspaper about development on a sand dune (Classic Ridge) just on the other side of the road from the beach. I think it would be a disaster! It's an unstable sand dune with houses already on the top and they are going to build on the front of the dune. [Attached article headline: "City Pushes Glenesslin Shores public hearing back to Nov. 16". Also an attached letter to the editor by Mark Murray, "Another Glenesslin Disaster". Newspaper name unknown]