Mile 49 Report
Graveyard Point, Port, Harbor, Battle Rock
April 3, 2012
I missed an opportunity when the sun came out late the afternoon of March 18.
Report Details
I missed an opportunity when the sun came out late the afternoon of March 18. Due to my busy schedule and the continual intense storms since March 19, I am just over two weeks late with this spring report.Piles of wood -- from small twigs to logs and rooted stumps -- are on the upper beach above the driftline. A very strong wind last Saturday cancelled the Beach Cleanup so plastic bottles and other debris are tangled with the piles of wood.The dead birds I saw seemed to be recently dead; they had no missing parts and the bodies were in good condition except for the pelican which had been partially eaten. I'm guessing the deaths were mostly because of the intense storms.
Conditions
Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: 0.5 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 5. Number of dogs: 6. Walking or running: 4. 12 of the vehicles were on the Port Orford dock. Though I didn't see any people there, some were inside the restaurant and I could hear a couple of men working inside a boat. All the fishing boats seemed to be at the dock on their trailers. The weather has not been conducive to fishing for more than two weeks.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 15.
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 11. 5 White-winged scoters2 Western grebes1 Pelican3 Common murres
Driftline Content
Small rocks, Wood pieces.
Tichenor
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Graveyard Point, Port, Harbor, Battle Rock
Beautiful day! Sunny clear blue skies (Tee shirt weather) about as good as it gets here. Beaches looked clean and in good shape.
Gregg Cramer
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Cloud cover broke as we were eating lunch prior to going into the beach. On the pocket beach by Battle Rock saw a dead tree looking ready to fall off Battle Rock, almost directly over where the tunnel exits onto that beach.
Skip-Jane Legacy KC
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Graveyard Point, Port, Harbor, Battle Rock
The beaches were pretty clean this visit except for an exceptional amount of small trees and branches up with the logs at high tide line. There was no one on the Port Beach but 3 different people used the picnic table at the Sailor memorial while I was there.
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The beach was very clean and pristine
Gregg Cramer
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The dead jellies were only on the main beach, not the little pocket beach bordering Battle Rock.
Elaine Cramer
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Velella velella in piles with the logs high in the sand.
Peggy Grimes
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Graveyard Point, Port, Harbor, Battle Rock
Not much trash and minimal people activity, especially given what a beautiful day it was.
Kristi Cramer
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Never seen so many dead birds on this small beach.
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