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| Dead Sea Lion (?) washed up to bottom of access road at McPhillips Park |
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| rock outcropping north of access road |
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| looking north from McPhillips Park access road |
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| looking south from McPhillips Park access road |
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We didn't know what this was... thought maybe some weird kind of seaweed, but the answer came from COASST: "At first glance, these look like skinny
strands of fiber, but they're actually casings from cellophane tube
worms! Cellophane tube worms, Spiochaetopterus costarum, live
in tubes anchored in the sand just below the low-tide line and can be
dislodged in heavy surf when the sand is moved around."
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| more cellophane tubeworm casings |
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| lines of same stuff |
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| looking north toward Cape Lookout in the distance |
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| looking north toward Cape Lookout |
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| looks man-made in the photo but seemed to be organic... and is evidently the tube worm casings before they start to deteriorate |
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| recent bank erosion |
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| continuing erosion of blocked off path |
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| ocean foam on beach (and vehicle tracks in area where vehicles are allowed) |
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| vehicle tracks in area where vehicles not allowed (looking south) |
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| vehicle tracks south of signs, prohibited area |
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| vehicle tracks up the north side of Cape Kiwanda dune |
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| eroding formation at north end of Cape Kiwanda |
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| eroding bank at edge of dune |
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| looking north toward Cape Lookout from north base of Cape Kiwanda, dune on right, signs forbidding vehicles in distance, center of photo |
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| another area of bank erosion found on our return trip |
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| dead bird wing... not sure of i.d, but think Red Phalarope. |
We took out 2 big plastic bags of trash. Lots of people drive on and park close to the bank and picnic, drink, and some throw their bottles and trash there. Trash seems to attract trash so we are hoping when there are no other bottles/etc. in sight, people will take their trash with them. Hope springs eternal...
