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MILE 204 on 6/16/10   -   WATERWITCH LOCATION Lincoln  •  Driftwood Beach Wayside, Buckley Creek CONDITIONS Wednesday 12:30 PM  •  Cloudy  •  Wind: Calm/Light from the N HUMANS People: 8  •  Dogs: 1 ACTIVITIES Walking/running: 8 CONCERNS DISTURBANCES VEHICLES Cars/Trucks parking: 4  •  RVs/Buses parking: 2 ACTIV.COMMENTS NOTABLE WILDLIFE A flock of apx. one dozen vultures. DEAD BIRDS STRANDED FISH & INVERTS DRIFTLINE Shells  •  Small rocks I found 2 dead baby seals. Both appeared to be headless. The bodies were decomposing and being eaten by vultures.. NEW DEVELOPMENT MODIFICATIONS NATURAL CHANGES COMMENTS SUMMARY The beach was calm and clean of debris. No seabirds present. The only birds were vultures eating two, apparently headless, dead, baby seals that had washed up appx. 1/2 mile apart. OBSERVER waterwitch EMAIL   •  REPORT PUBLISHED 6/18/10 1:55 PM PHOTOS 1 dead seal Date: 06/16/2010 PRINTER-FRIENDLY ©2013 Oregon Shores •  CONTACT US