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The beach looked relatively clean, but we still collected an assortment of plastic debris (photo attached). We enjoyed watching the busyness of the small sandpipers and observed a larger sandpiper family in the surf zone. (longer legs/longer beak/taller) We forgot the binoculars, so couldn't identify.

Conditions

Temperature: 64 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 0.6 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 2. Other Activities: clam digging.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 1. Cars/trucks on beach, allowed: 2.

Notable Wildlife

gulls, flocks of sandpipers, another group of larger birds (sandpiper family?) in surf zone

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells.

Natural Changes

Visible retreat of solid bluff.

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Mile 338

Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP

September 23, 2024

A warm second day of fall on mile 338 with a slight mist from low hanging fog.

Beth Kandoll

Mile 338

Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP

July 20, 2024

The wind would at times moves fog across parts of the beach from a cloud bank offshore.

Beth Kandoll

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Mile 338

Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP

March 31, 2024

Many folks enjoying a sunny Easter Sunday with mild wind and warm temperatures.

Beth Kandoll

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Mile 338

Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP

January 1, 2024

A very clean mile on this sunny first day of the year 2024.

Beth E Kandoll

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Mile 338

Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP

October 1, 2023

A beautiful clear blue sky and a mild windy day.

Randy and Beth

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Mile 338

Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP

March 29, 2023

Probably the cleanest our mile has ever seemed with virtually no human debris to pick up on our walk back south.

Randy and Beth

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Mile 338

Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP

January 1, 2023

A very quiet day on our beach mile with beach clean of debris/driftwood.

Randy and Beth

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Mile 338

Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP

September 24, 2022

More people than we have experienced on mile 338 on this sunny autumn day with a bank of cirrhus clouds on the horizon.

Randy and Beth