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A beautiful way to start 2016: having a two-mile long all to ourselves on a mild winter day. Sand and rocks scoured clean from recent storms. Driftline high up on rocks filled with logs and bull kelp, and some plastic. Surprisingly few birds. One jarring note: a small dump of old railroad ties and fencing by an owner - why did they think that was OK? 9 offshore commercial crab boats for beginning of the season. Looks like they are outside of new Cape Falcon Marine Reserve boundaries but difficult to tell.

Conditions

Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: 1.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 2. Walking or running: 2. Dumped old creosote railroad ties and fencing just north of the Tide Ave public access.

Concerns

Litter

Apparent violations: dumped railroad ties & fencing.

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass. many logs, bull kelp

New Development

Bluff development. new house on bluff; removed native vegetation to put in lawn up to the edge

Natural Changes

Newly exposed roots/trees falling. small slides throughout area

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Sorry no photos due to lack of phone on this walk.

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Mile 306

Cove Beach south, Tillamook-Clatsop county line

March 15, 2023

Just wanted to report seeing 8 black oystercatchers on the beach just now.

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Mile 306

Cove Beach south, Tillamook-Clatsop county line

September 30, 2022

Today was our first CoastWatch beach survey.

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Mile 306

Cove Beach south, Tillamook-Clatsop county line

July 2, 2022

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Mile 306

Cove Beach south, Tillamook-Clatsop county line

June 29, 2022

An eagle was obtaining breakfast from Gull Rock.

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Mile 306

Cove Beach south, Tillamook-Clatsop county line

November 8, 2021

These observations were made over the last 3 months walking the beach at different times of day but not keeping a record which I will try to start.

jkcornelius

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Mile 306

Cove Beach south, Tillamook-Clatsop county line

August 8, 2019

Numerous violations observed, including campfire in unsafe location and harvesting tidepool organisms in the marine reserve.

Frankie