April 18, 2021

Temperature: 46 F. Cloud Cover: Foggy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: 0.3 feet.

Number of people: 26. Number of dogs: 5. Walking or running: 26. Tidepooling: 3. Fishing: 1. Other Activities: Saw guy who drove out in a pickup, scratching around in the sand. Don't know what he was picking up, but he had a small plastic sack. Another guy was picking up trash he said he planned to use the interesting stuff in his "art.". Several families. There was a rather elaborate driftwood structure near Hubbard Creek. (See photos.) Some painted graffiti on driftwood by the structure. The beach was quite clean - we saw a man who was cleaning up, he said he was using the more interesting items for his art. My sister did two sea star surveys.

There were kelp crabs in the rocks, two blood stars in the rocks leading out to one of the sea stacks - one was upside down and didn't look so well. There were only one or two seagulls for most of the beach, but there was a small flock of them by the outlet of Hubbard Creek.

Total dead birds: 1. Bird appeared to be a fresh kill, and it seemed to be a cormorant. A seagull had been scavenging on the body, and probably created the hole that had fresh blood on it.

Several tiny crabs in the tide line. Fish head from a large fish - looked like a rock fish or something, but it was very large. (See photo.) Just the head, so don't know if it came off a fishing boat or something.

Small rocks, Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Wood pieces, Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.). At the driftwood structure we found some socks, and a small amount of trash.

Steps down bluff. I don't remember seeing the handrails before, but the steps from the north side of the parking lot to the trail down to the sand.

There was a fresh landslide noted in the winter report, and judging from the photos of the other report it hasn't gotten any larger.