Mile 335 Report
November 16, 2016
Beautiful day, light breeze.
Report Details
Beautiful day, light breeze. Tide pretty high. Thin wrack line with lots of worm castings. LOTS of dead birds, small, medium and large. Dunes wind blown. Lots of micro plastics and big pieces of styrofoam. Didn't add my photos. Guess they exceed 2 MB. Not sure what to do about that...Fawn- photos reduced to 2.0mb or less and added on 3/15/17
Conditions
Temperature: 58 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: SW. Tide Level: 10.2 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 6. Number of dogs: 1. Walking or running: 2. Sitting: 4. Other Activities: The 2 sitting are in 2 cars.
Concerns
Litter, Driftwood removal
Apparent violations: Driftwood removal - fire wood.Vehicles
Notable Wildlife
Seagull and sandpipers in the surf.
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 7. no bands. 1 small, 1 pelican, some not all parts are there, 2 Northern Fulmars
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Wood pieces, Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Styrofoam, Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.). Small amount of shells. Lots of plastic debris, a few really big pieces of styrofoam! Lots of worm castings
Actions & Comments
Collected debris off beach.