Mile 214 Report
April 16, 2020
I was pleasantly surprised with how many people were out on the beach given the shelter-in-place mandate.
Report Details
I was pleasantly surprised with how many people were out on the beach given the shelter-in-place mandate. I think the weather was too good to miss. I had seen signs indicating snowy plovers are back but didn't see any birds or protective fencing for their nesting grounds as I have in the past. Overall, the beach was clean and clear.
Conditions
Temperature: 66 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: E. Tide Level: 3.0 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 7. Number of dogs: 1. Walking or running: 6. Sitting: 1. Surfing: 1. Kayaking: 3. parking lots are closed so no cars at the parking lots.
Driftline Content
Small rocks, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt). lots of shrimp molts and some smaller crab molts
Man-made Modifications
Dune modification/removal. It looks like the entrance to the beach from the day-use parking area in South Beach was leveled some, so it's not as steep of a climb over the dune.
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Unleashed dog chasing feeding shorebirds, and insufficient campaign to educate beach-goers to prevent this.
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