Mile 333 Report
Columbia Beach, Camp Rilea MR
October 26, 2009
Sweet Autumn day on the beach.
Report Details
Sweet Autumn day on the beach. Access at DeLaura Beach road heavily rutted by vehicles. Three trucks on beach but no hikers. Beach recently swept by waves and mostly clean of litter save for a few plastic bottles. Strand line lacking significant debris. Encountered a recently dead greebe whose death throes were recorded in the sand. Killed by recent algal bloom? No sign of nasty foam today. Also found a well-picked over gull, and a series of large vertebra (sealion?). Live ammo exercise at southern end of hike blocked access to next mile.
Conditions
Temperature: 55 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: SW.
Concerns
Apparent violations: none.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks on beach, allowed: 3.
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 2. greebe (death struggle recorded in sand), seagull
Driftline Content
Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Shells, Wood pieces. plastic bottles
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Came across these 2 mystery egg cases this morning.
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Came across a few patches of what look like Market Squid egg cases, the first we've seen on the Oregon coast.
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Columbia Beach, Camp Rilea MR
Lots of people and dogs on a bright sunny day.
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Columbia Beach, Camp Rilea MR
There was half a butchered elk rib cage in the parking area when we arrived which, quite oddly, was gone when we got back after the Mile.
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Columbia Beach, Camp Rilea MR
Mile 333 is a comparatively remote stretch of beach, bordered by Camp Rilea.
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Columbia Beach, Camp Rilea MR
We picked up about three bags of mostly plastic debris.
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Columbia Beach, Camp Rilea MR
This was a first visit for us, virtually all of the driftline was composed of driftwood.
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