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MILE 205 on 6/19/10   -   RBREITENSTEIN LOCATION Lincoln  •  Driftwood Beach north, Collins Creek, Squaw Creek CONDITIONS Saturday 9:50 AM  •  Cloudy  •  58° F  •  Wind: Calm/Light from the SW  •  Tide: 2 ft HUMANS People: 31  •  Dogs: 4 ACTIVITIES Walking/running: 24  •  Playing in sand: 7 CONCERNS Apparent violations: none DISTURBANCES VEHICLES Cars/Trucks parking: 2 ACTIV.COMMENTS no apparent problems. One large group with teenagers jumping into a tide pool on the sand, parents taking pictures. Did not appear to disturb any organisms. NOTABLE WILDLIFE oyster catchers in a pair and a possible nest site observed. large rock with two denuded areas. The byssal threads were visible, suspect a log knocked them off during a storm. DEAD BIRDS Total: 0 STRANDED Total: 0 FISH & INVERTS DRIFTLINE Shells  •  Animal casings  •  Kelp/Algae  •  Small rocks  •  Wood pieces NEW DEVELOPMENT MODIFICATIONS NATURAL CHANGES COMMENTS The cliff carvings from last year are gone and new ones have taken their place. New year, different idiots! SUMMARY All in all the beach looks in good shape. There is a small amount of plastic debris and the tire. The carving on the cliff wall is in the same location as last year because there is access to the wall from the base of the cliff only at this point. OBSERVER rbreitenstein EMAIL   •  REPORT PUBLISHED 6/19/10 6:29 PM PHOTOS 1 beach erosion Description: This is essentially the same as lat year Location: GPS on photo Date: 06/19/2010 2 Tire Description: This tire looks to have been in the water for some time, I do not remember seeing it last year. Is it newly washed up or is it just unburied? Location: on photo Date: 06/19/2010 3 black oyster catcher Description: One of a pair that may be nesting Location: on photo Date: 06/19/2010 4 lateral zonation Description: Fairly obvious how high the sea stars can climb! Location: on photo Date: 06/19/2010 5 denuded mussel bed Description: I suspect a log did this, however it could have been harvesters. Location: on photo Date: 06/19/2010 PRINTER-FRIENDLY ©2013 Oregon Shores •  CONTACT US