Mile 48 Report
Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek
October 23, 2019
Took a short walk on the beach and found 10 "intact" beached birds, most likely Common Murres.
Report Details
Took a short walk on the beach and found 10 "intact" beached birds, most likely Common Murres. (no gloves!)
Conditions
Temperature: 60 F. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 2.5 feet.
Concerns
Apparent violations: Beached birds.
Actions & Comments
I reached out to COASST and they were able to identify from a photo sent one bird was a rhinoceros auklet, and most likely part of a current die off. They hadn't known it was occuring so far South. I sent pictures of all I saw, even though I wasn't doing an official survey.
alaingamerica
CoastWatcher
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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
