Mile 213 Report
July 7, 2012
Human activities: total of 35 people seen walking, walking 5 dogs, 2 riding bicycles and 6riding horses.
Report Details
Human activities: total of 35 people seen walking, walking 5 dogs, 2 riding bicycles and 6riding horses.Shoreline: Wood pieces not as large as seen in March. Couldn't tell if an item we saw repeatedly was coated wire or vine. Foam at a few water outlets looked like eggs in it. Took some photos.Physical Changes: Erosion in one area south of Henderson Creek & north of beach access at Surfland Private Beach access seems to be getting worse. But plants/grasses seem to be helping to stabilize it. Don't remember one pipe outlet.
Conditions
Temperature: 59 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Strong. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: 0.0 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 35. Number of dogs: 5. Walking or running: 27. Other Activities: walking sometimes with dogs, on horseback & on bikes. There were 5 dogs being walked, 6 people on horseback & 2 riding bicycles on the beach.
Concerns
Driftwood removal
Apparent violations: but not a concern; one person was carrying some.Vehicles
Notable Wildlife
No shorebirds were observed; 3 crows sometimes eating the skeletal remains of an animal (see photos). Lots of crab shells (molting?)
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 1. Bird remains not enough to identify.
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Styrofoam, Wood pieces. driftline cleaner than last time; smaller wood pieces; less styrofoam & bottle caps
New Development
Drainage pipes.
Natural Changes
erosion in southern part of mile below Henderson Creek seems to be getting worse but amazingly all kinds of vegetation/flowers growing helping to slow erosion
Actions & Comments
1) Because eroded area is close to housing, we're assuming this is being watched closely by owners. 2) Strange discharge in some "streams" see photos (unfortunately close-up photo is blurred). Eggs? 3) Seeking identity of skeleton (deer/seal or sea lion?). 4) Possible tsunami debris: felt pen with Japan written on it with Japanese/Chinese characters -- could be from a tourist. 5) Wood crate side. Unfortunately not a good photo of markings.
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A pleasant day on the beach at very low tide which exposed one large tidal pool which hadn't seen before.
PaulJulia
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We usually access the beach via an entry at Surfland which hasn't been easy in the past.
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1000s of washed up jelly fish and 1 washed up recently deceased sea lion
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Around midnight last night, from our condo observed lights from a fishing boat apparently beached on South Beach, just south of SouthShore community.
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