Mile 48 Report
Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek
November 5, 2014
First time ever walking this beach after many many times observing it from the public rest area on the bluff above.
Report Details
First time ever walking this beach after many many times observing it from the public rest area on the bluff above. Surprised at the amount of people using the beach at this time of yearVery surprise by number and variety of dead sea birdsQuite surprised to find a fairly large dead marine mammal, possibly recently washed up on the beach
Conditions
Temperature: 63 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: 0.0 feet.
Activities
Number of people: 20. Number of dogs: 6. Walking or running: 18. Photography: 2.
Other Activities: First time ever actually walking this beach though I frequently visit the rest area at Battle Rock. Beach obviously gets lots of visitors even in the "off" season. More littler than I would have like to see. I was in position to do anything about but I or someone needs to bring a little bag some time sooner rather than later.
Concerns
Litter
Disturbances: Shorebirds moving in response to humans/dogs
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 12.
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 4. 1 small unidentified black bird, maybe a dipper1 unidentified gull2 unidentified marine birds
Stranded Marine Mammals
Total stranded mammals: 1. possible whale or dolphinMain carcass found 2-300 yards North of gut pileCarcass being heavily fed upon by birds
Wrackline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings or molts, Marine debris, Plastic debri (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Shells, Small rocks, Styrofoam.
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Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek
Very little trash on the beach today. I've never seen large barnacle shells like I saw today or the clumps of shellfish in the wrack line.
Peggy Grimes
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Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek
Beautiful day! Sunny blue skies, calm winds and warm (Tee Shirt weather) People and dogs enjoying the day with the weather about as good as it gets here. Beaches looked clean and in good shape. It doesn't get much better than this.
Gregg Cramer
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Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek
Beach is mostly clean.
Skip-Jane Legacy KC
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Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek
Odd large pieces of trash near Battle Rock. Lots of bottle caps in wrack line. Many small pieces of plastic in the wrack line near Hubbard Creek. I remember my mom showing me an aluminum railing from a shipwreck sticking out of the rocks on this beach years ago when the sand was low.
JaneSkipLegacy
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Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek
Quite a beautiful, calm, dry, fall weather day.
Gregg Cramer
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Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek
A pleasant afternoon at the beginning of the Labor Day weekend.
Elaine Cramer
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Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek
I was astounded by the mass of humans on the beach, so I thought I'd report it. Port Orford made plans for beach cleanups of both the dock beach and the Battle Rock beach for July 5th.
Elaine Cramer
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Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek
The beach looked good today.
Peggy Grimes