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MILE 305 on 5/15/10   -   SKYHAR8000 LOCATION Tillamook  •  Oswald West SP, Cape Falcon N CONDITIONS Saturday 7:00 AM  •  Cloudy  •  50° F  •  Wind: Calm/Light from the NW  •  Tide: -1.5 ft HUMANS People: 1  •  Dogs: 0 ACTIVITIES Walking/running: 1  •  Playing in surf: 0  •  Playing in sand: 0  •  Sitting: 0  •  Photography: 0  •  Rockhunting: 0  •  Tidepooling: 0  •  Surfing: 0  •  Windsurfing: 0  •  Kayaking: 0  •  Fishing: 0 CONCERNS DISTURBANCES VEHICLES ACTIV.COMMENTS Had one person round the headlands from the north and sit or sleep on beach for half an hour before leaving the same route by which he arrived. NOTABLE WILDLIFE One bald eagle. 10-15 adult seals, 3 seal pups, 1 dead seal pup. DEAD BIRDS Total: 0  •  Signs of oil: 0  •  Entanglement: 0 STRANDED Total: 0 FISH & INVERTS DRIFTLINE Shells  •  Animal casings  •  Wood pieces  •  Land-based debris  •  Ocean-based debris NEW DEVELOPMENT MODIFICATIONS NATURAL CHANGES COMMENTS n/a SUMMARY Threw 250-foot line down cliff to sea level. Had 1 person stay at top while I went down and got as many floats and as much debris as I could carry, and brought it to the rope. Hiked it up the hill and out to the truck. A good project. Two notes: found a recently deceased seal pup at about the low tide line. The rest of the colony scattered to the water, but one pup remained to apparently guard the corpse. Eventually two more pups came from the safety of the water to do the same. I took pix and left ASAP. Have contacted personnel from park to see if our ongoing litter removal method is AOK with them -- works well for us but causes a bit of erosion with every trash bag we lift up the cliff. Also had a bald eagle swoop through the cove when we first arrived. A good visit, and if our new method/manner for picking and raising trash is okay with the parks people, I hope to get in one more visit during upcoming low tides so that we can finish the cleanup job. OBSERVER skyhar8000 EMAIL   •  REPORT PUBLISHED 5/19/10 6:20 PM PHOTOS PRINTER-FRIENDLY ©2013 Oregon Shores •  CONTACT US