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MILE 198 on 10/5/08   -   BAHNGARTEN LOCATION Lincoln  •  Beachside State Park to Reynolds Creek CONDITIONS Sunday 8:15 AM  •  Partly cloudy  •  50° F  •  Wind: Calm/Light from the S  •  Tide: 1 ft HUMANS People: 10  •  Dogs: 2 ACTIVITIES Walking/running: 10 CONCERNS DISTURBANCES VEHICLES Cars/Trucks parking: 1  •  ATVs/OHVs parking: 0  •  RVs/Buses parking: 0 ACTIV.COMMENTS NOTABLE WILDLIFE 5 ringbill gulls, 40+ Heerman gulls, 1 osprey, 2 beached Western grebes DEAD BIRDS Total: 5  •  Species/names: 1 common murre carcass 3 unmarked orange bands left leg, 2 Western Grebes, 1 sooty Shearwater, 1 unbanded common murre. STRANDED Total: 0 FISH & INVERTS DRIFTLINE NEW DEVELOPMENT MODIFICATIONS NATURAL CHANGES COMMENTS SUMMARY 5 bird carcasses: 1 banded common murre (reported to USFG (Roy Lowe)(3 unmarked orange bands L. leg), 2 Western Grebes,1 sooty shearwater(identified with COASST manual), 1 common murre(unbanded). 2 Western grebes stranded in sand, (plumage very wet from high seas?)- removed to calm creek waters nearby. Heerman and ring billed gulls in Western Gull flock. OBSERVER bahngarten EMAIL   •  REPORT PUBLISHED 10/5/08 2:02 PM PHOTOS PRINTER-FRIENDLY ©2013 Oregon Shores •  CONTACT US