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MILE 198 on 2/4/07   -   BAHNGARTEN LOCATION Lincoln  •  Beachside State Park to Reynolds Creek CONDITIONS Sunday 9:00 AM  •  Sunny  •  Wind: Calm/Light HUMANS People: 8 ACTIVITIES Walking/running: 5  •  Playing in sand: 2  •  Rockhunting: 1 CONCERNS Litter DISTURBANCES VEHICLES ACTIV.COMMENTS NOTABLE WILDLIFE 1 Black Turnstone DEAD BIRDS STRANDED FISH & INVERTS There were fewer razor clam shells than last month, but they were larger, and higher on the driftline. DRIFTLINE Ocean-based debris Some rope; packing/banding straps, oil & air filters off ships NEW DEVELOPMENT MODIFICATIONS NATURAL CHANGES Evidence of wave overtopping Waves come up into Beachside State Park occasionally in the winter. COMMENTS SUMMARY Large, copious kelp beds we observed earlier this winter ae now very dehydrated beds of rope. Some fishing rope is entwined in them. On the beach at Beachside State Park, at surf side, we saw Western Sandpipers for as far as we could look to the north -- perhaps a thousand of them. OBSERVER bahngarten EMAIL   •  REPORT PUBLISHED 2/8/09 3:40 PM  •  EDITED 2/8/09 3:41 PM PHOTOS PRINTER-FRIENDLY ©2013 Oregon Shores •  CONTACT US