Mile 335 - Columbia Beach, Coffenbury Lake, Fort Stevens SP - November 16, 2016

Report Details

Beautiful day, light breeze. Tide pretty high. Thin wrack line with lots of worm castings. LOTS of dead birds, small, medium and large. Dunes wind blown. Lots of micro plastics and big pieces of styrofoam. Didn't add my photos. Guess they exceed 2 MB. Not sure what to do about that...Fawn- photos reduced to 2.0mb or less and added on 3/15/17

Conditions

Temperature: 58 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: SW. Tide Level: 10.2 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 6. Number of dogs: 1. Walking or running: 2. Sitting: 4. Other Activities: The 2 sitting are in 2 cars.

Concerns

Litter, Driftwood removal

Apparent violations: Driftwood removal - fire wood.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 6. RVs/Buses parking: 2. Cars/trucks on beach, allowed: 2.

Notable Wildlife

Seagull and sandpipers in the surf.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 7. no bands. 1 small, 1 pelican, some not all parts are there, 2 Northern Fulmars

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Wood pieces, Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Styrofoam, Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.). Small amount of shells. Lots of plastic debris, a few really big pieces of styrofoam! Lots of worm castings

Actions & Comments

Collected debris off beach.