Mile 49 Report
Graveyard Point, Port, Harbor, Battle Rock
September 18, 2008
A typical day at the beach and on the dock.
Report Details
A typical day at the beach and on the dock. Weather very pleasant (no wind!). The only thing unusual was the large number of jellies on the beach, flat, roughly circular, mostly brown. I counted 57, so upwards of 60, I would guess. I saw a similar situation some months ago, but could not find anything in my Coast Watch file about it.
Conditions
Temperature: 65 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: -0.3 feet.
Activities
Number of people: 10. Number of dogs: 12. Walking or running: 10.
Other Activities: My (less than) mile has three separate areas. The first is the end of a section of beach. Battle Rock is about at the beginning of my area and there is a small cove between in and Fort Point at Port Orford. There I noticed about twelve jellies on the very small beach. They appeared to have been there some time, as most had turned brown.The second part of my "beat" is the beach between the other (west) side of Fort Point and the dock. The beach is know as "Dock Beach," "Port Beach," or "Dog Beach." It lived up to its latter name as a met a walking group of five women with ten dogs on leashes. On this beach, also, were dead jellies--about 45 of different sizes.The weather gradually cleared to blue and sunny and about 70degrees, I estimated..
Concerns
Disturbances: Shorebirds moving in response to humans/dogs
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 5.
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 3. I think two murres and one gull.
Dead Fish or Invertebrates
Jellies as mentioned in comments; over 50 all together.
Wrackline Content
Shells, Small rocks, Wood pieces. lots of feathers of various sizes and colors
Actions & Comments
The third portion of my "mile" is the Port Orford dock which is at the edge of open ocean; there is no bar at Port Orford.About 45 cars and pickups were parked on the dock, though most of the fishing boats seemed to be on the dock, also. A few people around, and one dog.
Tichenor
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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
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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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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
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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.
JaneSkipLegacy
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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