Mile 49 Report
Graveyard Point, Port, Harbor, Battle Rock
June 20, 2012
People and a few dogs were enjoying the beautiful sunny day.
Report Details
People and a few dogs were enjoying the beautiful sunny day. I saw the fewest dead birds I have seen on any of my Coast Watch visits to this area.The beach was very clean and smooth.
Conditions
Temperature: 68 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: 3.0 feet.
Activities
Number of people: 25. Number of dogs: 6. Walking or running: 11. Surfing: 4.
Other Activities: c. 10 on dock; discussing a boat. Some people were walking their dogs. All the fishing boats appeared to be on the dock at Port Orford; tide was too low for launching until later in the day or evening. Some cars were parked at the restaurant on the dock; people were inside but not counted in my report..
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 25.
Notable Wildlife
cormorants, gull
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 3. 1 Pacific loon1 Western gull (only partial carcass)1 with no head or feet; possibly a pigeon guillemot
Wrackline Content
Shells, Wood pieces. Almost no litter; very clean beach
Tichenor
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Mile 49
Graveyard Point, Port, Harbor, Battle Rock
Quiet on this beach today. There are always more dead birds here than on the Battle Rock Beach.
Peggy Grimes
Mile 49
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
Mile 49
Graveyard Point, Port, Harbor, Battle Rock
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
Mile 49
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.
JaneSkipLegacy
Mile 49
Graveyard Point, Port, Harbor, Battle Rock
The beach was very clean and pristine
Gregg Cramer
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Graveyard Point, Port, Harbor, Battle Rock
The dead jellies were only on the main beach, not the little pocket beach bordering Battle Rock.
Elaine Cramer
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Graveyard Point, Port, Harbor, Battle Rock
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