Mile 20

Mile 20

Saddle Rock, Crook Point

August 13, 2009

Kelp/algae, small rocks, animal casings, wood pieces and cones, a few shells, Leather Bryozoa, Hydrozoa and Sea Pork in the driftline.

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Mile 20

Saddle Rock, Crook Point

July 23, 2009

Kelp/algae, animal casings, wood pieces, Leather Bryozoa, Hydrozoa and one Gumboot Chiton in driftline.

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Mile 20

Saddle Rock, Crook Point

June 8, 2009

Shells, kelp/algae, animal casings, wood pieces, Hydrozoa, Leather Bryozoa in driftline of middle beach.

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Mile 20

Saddle Rock, Crook Point

April 26, 2009

We spent time exploring the intertidal invertebrates just south of Saddle Rock during the low tide today (see photos).

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Mile 20

Saddle Rock, Crook Point

March 31, 2009

Little of no drift.

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Mile 20

Saddle Rock, Crook Point

March 9, 2009

New drift logs distributed on rocks below bluff and numerous small rocks on south beach.

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Mile 20

Saddle Rock, Crook Point

February 9, 2009

Majority of duff seen in January near the point has been removed leaving two small ridges of duff high on beach and two large six-foot high clumps.

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Mile 20

Saddle Rock, Crook Point

January 12, 2009

We were incredibly surprised to see an extraordinary amount of forest duff (leaves, needles and moss) piled up to a height of 10 to 12 feet on the beach from the headland south to about the middle of Mile 20.

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