Mile 55 - South of Cape Blanco, north of CG beach access road - April 21, 2011

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Great morning on a beautiful beach. Although ORVs are allowed on this beach, I saw no tire tracks this morning. Tide was out. Beach was mostly clean, I saw some plastic bottles & what looked like something used in fishing (plastic also) among the driftlogs & rocks at the base of the bluff. This isn't the first time I've seen Canadian geese at the beach and I wonder if perhaps they are start to fill or trying to fill ecologic niches that used to be filled by other avian species. But those species have been hit harder/more easily decimated by human activities and loss of winter habitat (if migratory) or food supplies than the perhaps more adaptable Canadian geese. A very beautiful beach. Observed at least 3 plant species growing on higher reaches of the huge "needle" or whatever that huge rock is called that rises out of the beach near the north end of the mile.

Conditions

Temperature: 48 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: -1.0 feet.

Human Activities

When I arrived, the only vehicle in the parking lot was mine. When I left (after walking Mile 54 too), there were two. I saw only people on mile 54 when I walked there, saw none on mile 55.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 1.

Notable Wildlife

Saw a Canadian goose sitting by the water, saw two others flying around, trying to land in a hollow high up in what I think is called needle rock at north end of the mile. Otherwise, saw only gulls, maybe a comorant.

Driftline Content

Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.), Wood pieces.

Man-made Modifications

perhaps additional work had been done on beach access road & drainage system.

Actions & Comments

No action to take.

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Mile 55

South of Cape Blanco, north of CG beach access road

August 20, 2024

No major changes noted. There also seemed to be a larger colony of Brandt's Cormorants breeding on Needle Rock than we have seen in past years. Also, we found less plastic marine debris than normal and we carried out a small bag of rope and plastics back to our vehicle. A few Western Gulls and Turkey Vultures, and what may have been River Otter tracks on the beach.

Bruce Williams

Mile 55

South of Cape Blanco, north of CG beach access road

March 14, 2024

Beach could use a cleanup as Cape Blanco is a known "catcher beach". Erosion was very evident in multiple places including slides on rock bluffs and slumping of clay-based bluffs at the northern end of the beach.

Bruce Williams