Report Details

A blustery, mostly cloudy day on this long beach.  The sand has been swept up from the gradual beach to reduce most of the elevation to the first dune.  Only some pieces of wood of various sizes are still sticking out, and no wrack.  5 people were about, none with dogs and two actually biking.   A few shore birds were feeding, plus a couple of flocks wheeling by.  Two dead birds were recorded, both Northern Fulmars, one a dark morph, the other a fresh white morph.  Most notable is the amount of debris -- plastic bottles and styrofoam -- littering the whole mile. Some has been blown high onto the dunes.  Most of the bottles have been in the water for awhile.

Conditions

Temperature: 45 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: NW.

Human Activities

Number of people: 5. Walking or running: 3. Other Activities: 2 biking.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 6.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 2. Northern Fulmars one dark morph, one light morph

Driftline Content

The beach had the largest amount of bottles and pieces of styrofoam that have been seen for quite a while. Sad

Man-made Modifications

The dunes that have been leveled to encourage the Snowy Plover nesting have now been sprayed to reduce the invasive grasses.

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October 22, 2023

The sky was mostly cloudy with some patches of fog and noticeable blobs of sea foam on wet sand.

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September 4, 2023

A nice warm partly cloudy day with a large group enjoying the picnic area by the parking lot.

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June 6, 2023

It was a blustery sunny day with 3 horse back riders and one walker on the beach.

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March 18, 2023

A nice bright day with a large group of birders from 30 cars looking for Snowy Plovers when I started but only 13 people walking or sitting on the beach on my way back.

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December 15, 2022

This was a sunny, cold, blustery day with 8 people and 2 dogs walking or biking(1) on the extensive beach.

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September 6, 2022

This was a sunny calm day with few people on the beach.

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June 15, 2022

This was a nice day with clouds and little wind.

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March 8, 2022

This was a nice cloudy day with only 4 cars in the parking lot and four people on the beach, one with a dog.

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