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MILE 299 on 11/24/09   -   HALLEE LOCATION Tillamook  •  South end Manzanita Beach CONDITIONS Tuesday 1:00 PM  •  Cloudy  •  55° F  •  Wind: Calm/Light from the S  •  Tide: 5.5 ft HUMANS People: 5  •  Dogs: 4 ACTIVITIES Walking/running: 5  •  1 running CONCERNS DISTURBANCES VEHICLES ACTIV.COMMENTS few people around since it was midday of a work day. NOTABLE WILDLIFE pelagic cormorant flying, 50 sanderling on beach, 1 raven on big cedar drift log, mixed flock approx 300 resting gulls sp?, 20 Hermann's Gulls, 1 Bald Eagle flying South along beach and across to Nehalem Bay DEAD BIRDS Total: 21  •  Signs of oil: 0  •  Entanglement: 0  •  Species/names: no leg bands seen, 20 dead Northern Fulmars, 1 dead Common Murre, (1 dead Bald Eagle seen four days earlier) No evidence of how they died. STRANDED Total: 0 FISH & INVERTS Unusual concentration 1 dead tuna, 1 dead salmon, 1 dead eel sp?, 1 dead flat fish sp?, 4 tiny dead anchovie sp? unusual to see so many dead fish on beach DRIFTLINE Shells  •  Kelp/Algae  •  Small rocks  •  Wood pieces  •  Land-based debris  •  Ocean-based debris  •  Styrofoam interesting post storm beach combing. Plastic pieces and rope that had been in the water a long time. NEW DEVELOPMENT MODIFICATIONS a "no vehicles beyond this point" sign at start of Nehalem Bay State Park on beach NATURAL CHANGES Erosion of vegetated foredune minor changes in trail through dunes due to recent winds COMMENTS Action taken on the problem(s) mentioned with this report am giving notification of dead Northern Fulmars SUMMARY Beautiful, calm, warm day. Few people around. Beachcombing interesting because of recent storms. * There were at least ten recently beached big driftwood logs. One a well worn cedar. Also smaller logs and pieces of wood that had been in the water a long time. Some with Pelagic Goose Barnacles and/or other barnacles on them. * We picked up small pieces of plastic and pieces of rope. Five water bottles, bottle caps, Bic lighter, balloon scraps, small pieces of styrofoam, candy bar wrappers (from Halloween?) *The dead fish (salmon, tuna, flatfish and eel?) were unusual. *Dead Northern Fulmars weren't a surprise because we had seen them last year and knew it was happening again this year. OBSERVER hallee EMAIL   •  REPORT PUBLISHED 12/6/09 12:30 PM PHOTOS PRINTER-FRIENDLY ©2013 Oregon Shores •  CONTACT US