Mile 52 Report
Agate Beach, Garrison Lake, south of Paradise Point SW
April 20, 2007
This is not a full report, as I was just walking a part of the mile with my visiting sister.
Report Details
This is not a full report, as I was just walking a part of the mile with my visiting sister. I am sending a report because of finding the dead sea lion. I contacted Dave Bilderback of the Marine Mammal stranding network about the animal. I also found one dead Rhinoceros auklet and an amazing cabezon fish, quite large, about two and one-half feet. I had never seen one of these fish before but am quite sure of the identification which I did on returning home. I have GOT to get accustomed to taking my camera along on ALL walks!
Conditions
Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: S.
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 1. rhinoceros auklet
Stranded Marine Mammals
Total stranded mammals: 1. sea lion. Seemed to be a recent event. The fur was still quite nice and only one peck mark.
Dead Fish or Invertebrates
One cabezon. Very exciting to find this as I have never seen one. It was about two and one-half feet long, using the King George method of "feet", namely my own shoe!
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Small rocks. plastic bottles
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Agate Beach, Garrison Lake, south of Paradise Point SW
Very windy.
Michaela Donato
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Agate Beach, Garrison Lake, south of Paradise Point SW
Do to the 20 mph winds there was limited presence of humans or animals.
Tam Donato
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Agate Beach, Garrison Lake, south of Paradise Point SW
Everything seemed fine but I thought it was weird there were no birds
Brian / Michaela Donato
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Agate Beach, Garrison Lake, south of Paradise Point SW
There was a lot of small wood debris.
Brian Donato
Mile 52
Agate Beach, Garrison Lake, south of Paradise Point SW
There was a lot of small wood debris.
Brian Donato
Mile 52
Agate Beach, Garrison Lake, south of Paradise Point SW
Velella velella in the wrackline.
Crystal Roy
Mile 52
Agate Beach, Garrison Lake, south of Paradise Point SW
Most notable observations were the large amount of wrack debris, including fresh kelp, small woody debris, and remnants of dead gorse plants scattered along waveslope.
Alison Cebula
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Agate Beach, Garrison Lake, south of Paradise Point SW
Hazy conditions due to smoke from wildfires in wilderness areas east of Port Orford. Juvenile snowy plover and common murre chick offshore indicate successful nesting. Bleached barnacles on rocks may indicate disease or exposure to extreme temperatures. New home construction noted at southeast end of beach.
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