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MILE 99 on 12/30/08   -   DOUG C LOCATION Coos  •  Bandon State Park, Devils Kitchen, Haystack Rock CONDITIONS Tuesday 10:00 AM  •  Sunny  •  52° F  •  Wind: Calm/Light from the S  •  Tide: 4.5 ft HUMANS People: 8  •  Dogs: 5 ACTIVITIES Walking/running: 8 CONCERNS DISTURBANCES VEHICLES Cars/Trucks parking: 3 ACTIV.COMMENTS All walking, dogs under control. Driftwood shelter had been created. (Reported to Oregon Parks South Coast Beach Ranger. NOTABLE WILDLIFE Pelagic Gooseneck Barnacles (Lepas anatifera) on flotsam DEAD BIRDS Total: 2  •  Species/names: Common Muerre, Northern Fulmar STRANDED Total: 1  •  California Sea Lion, dead, N43.08538, W124.43536, slightly south of Haystack Rock, east of other rocks on beach. Animal previously reported by County coordinators. FISH & INVERTS DRIFTLINE Shells  •  Animal casings  •  Kelp/Algae  •  Wood pieces  •  Plastic pellets  •  Ocean-based debris  •  Styrofoam Lots of tree branches, fishing floats and plastic bottles due to recent storms NEW DEVELOPMENT MODIFICATIONS NATURAL CHANGES Erosion of vegetated foredune Dune erosion due to high river water levels COMMENTS Action taken on the problem(s) mentioned Driftwood shelter reported to Oregon Parks Department. SUMMARY Had a break in the storms and caught a great morning. Calm, sunny and in the low 50's. Plant material (wood pieces, small branches), Bull Kelp and seaweed littered the beach due to the storms. Also found a lot of plastic bottles, fishing floats and debris, and styrofoam particles. One dead Northern Fulmar and one dead Common Murre were found. A California Seal Lion carcass on this mile was previously reported. Human activity was light, 8 adults and 4 dogs walking. Considerable erosion of vegetated foredunes due to higher river water levels. We had not seen Pelagic Gooseneck Barnacles before - very interesting. A driftwood shelter was reported to the Oregon Parks Department. OBSERVER Doug C EMAIL   •  REPORT PUBLISHED 1/4/09 9:40 PM  •  EDITED 1/4/09 11:39 PM PHOTOS 1 Mile 99 Beach Condition Description: Bull Kelp, shown here, and wood pieces and branches littered the beach after major storms. Location: General - mid mile Date: 12/30/2008 2 Foredune Erosion from River Description: Storm water in the river eroded the foredune and sand bank. Drop to river was about 4-5 feet. Dune in the rear of the photo is about 15 feet high. Location: Northern end of mile where Johnson Creek turns south before hitting the ocean Date: 12/30/2008 3 Pelagic Gooseneck Barnacles Description: Lepas anatifera on a previously floating plastic bottle. Also found some on driftwood. Date: 12/30/2008 PRINTER-FRIENDLY ©2013 Oregon Shores •  CONTACT US