Wrack line 2014

December 22, 2014

Brandt's cormorant carcass resting on the sand.
Brandt’s cormorant
A lost salmon flasher amongst the sea wrack.
Salmon gear
A Cassin's auklet carcass and a lost plastic bottle of shrimp scent rest among the sea wrack
Scent; Cassin’s auklet
A rhinoceros auklet carcass rests on the sand.
Rhinoceros auklet
A northern fulmar carcass rests on the sand.
Northern Fulmar
A lost buoy rests on the sand.
2-lug buoy
Mussel, pelagic barnacles, and a lost Uroko buoy in the swash zone.
Mussel, pelagic barnacles, and a Uroko buoy
Lost salmon/steelhead gear from upriver rests on the sand.
Lil’ Corky
A buck silver or coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch carcass rests just above the swash.
Coho
A short length of flexible pipe or tubing rests on the sand.
flexible plastic tube
A lost freshwater bobber from upriver rests on the sand among sea wrack.
Freshwater gear
A fat gaper Tresus capax shell fragment featuring the chondrophore rests on rain-dimpled sand,
Fat gaper chondrophore
A large cobble partially covered by a bull kelp holdfast rests on the sand.
Good-sized rock dragged ashore on a bull kelp holdfast
A drift glass bottle rolling around in the swash.
No messaage
A broken polystyrene float rests on the sand.
Float
Center-hole polystyrene float rest on the sand among sea wrack.
Styrene float with pelagic barnacles
An orange caution cone rolling around in the swash.
Caution
Lost marker buoy partially buried in the sand.
Buoy
Lost Uruko float and its line.
2-lug Buoy
Center-hole polystyrene float rest on the sand among sea wrack.
Styrene float
A disposable lighter resting on rain-dimpled sand.
Lighter
A plastic spacer rests on rain-dimpled sand.
Bead
A five gallon plastic bucket, converted into something like a DYI bait bucket or trap, rests on thee sand among sea wrack.
Bait bucket?
A Cassin's auklet carcass rests on the sand.
Cassin’s auklet
A empty snack bag labeled in script rests on the sand.
Snack in any language
A tin of chewing tobacco rests on rain-dimpled sand.
Chew
A hand-held bull kelp holdfast with a rock fragment it has dragged ashore.
Rock fragment on a bull kelp holdfast
Plastic dog bowl resting upside down on the sand.
Doggie dinner bowl?
Silicon applicator tube in a language I can't read resting on rain-dimpled sand.
I’m gonna need a translator
A piece of bubble wrap packing material and a plastic fragment rest of the sand.
Packing
A fragment of a flourescent light bulb rising on the sand along with a couple smaller plastic fragment and sea wrack.
Lighting
An empty and drifted razor clam Siliqua patula shell, with most of its periostracum peeled away, rests on the sand.
Pacific razor clam
A plastic pill bottle rests on rain-dimpled sand.
Pill hotel
A lost SANSHIN-KAKO buoy, somewhat encrusted, resting on the sand.
2-lug buoy
Dungeness crab Metacarcinus magister carapace resting on the sand right side up.
Dungeness test
Gaper clam Tresus shell, with a fragment broke out, rests on the sand. Exterior surface exposed.
Fat gaper
A lost recreational crab trap rests on the sand. Surf zone in the background. Clear sky.
Recreational crab trap gone missing
Empty energy drink can resting on the sand among sea wrack.
Monster Energy
Drift line at the tip top of the drift composed mostly of conifer needles and other terrestrial material. Above the line, rain-dimpled sand.
Needles in the drift line
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November 9, 2014

A central Oregon beachscape featuring driftwood resting up in the cobble zone, a forested headland in the distance.
Driftwood on the cobbles
A disposable plastic tampon applicator rests on the cobbles with some small driftwood.
Applicator
A spent wad from a shotgun shell rests in the cobbles among some small driftwood.
Spent wad
Both valves of a drifted razor clam shell, both chipped and eroded, rest on the sand.
Razor clam
Empty drifted cellophane tube worm Spiochaetopterus costarum casings (I think) resting in a line of small drifted conifer needles, pieces of wood, and plastic fragments.
Cellophane tube worm casings
A drifted terrestrial plant root fragment rests on the cobbles.
Mini root wad
Closeup of a fragment (less than half) of an eccentric sand dollar Dendraster excentricus shell resting on the sand.
Eccentric sand dollar
Closeup of an empty and drifted Bodega tellin Megangulus bodegensis shell, one valve only, resting on the sand.
Tellin
Closeup of both valves of a razor clam Siliqua patula shell, with one valve mostly buried under the sand. The visible valve is chipped and eroded.
Razor clam
A beetle runs across cobbles onto sand.
Beetle
A fragment of thin nylon line rests on the sand-rock interface at the back of the beach.
Line
A small plastic tube with a threads on one end rests on the cobbles among woody terrestrial material.
Plastic
A drifted plastic bottle cap rests on the cobbles among small driftwood.
Bottle cap
Closeup on a plastic lighter resin on the cobbles.
Lost lighter
A drifted mole crab Emerita analoga carapace, exterior surface exposed, resting on the sand.
Mole crab carapace
A beachscape featuring a cobble cairn in the foreground, beach in the mid-ground, and the surf zone in the distance. Cloudy sky with rain.
Cairn
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November 7, 2014

Closeup of a beached moon jelly Aurelia labiata fragment resting on the sand. Surf zone in the background. Clear sky.
Jelly blob
A roundish polystyrene float with a central plastic-lined hole rests on the beach. Beach and surf zone in the background. Clear sunny sky.A roundish polystyrene float with a central plastic-lined hole rests on the beach. Beach and surf zone in the background. Clear sunny sky
Float
A common murre carcass, breast meat eaten, rests on the sand. A single dog footprint near the feet.
Common murre
A drift mass of eelgrass Zostera marina (mostly) rests on the sand in bright sunlight.
Mostly eelgrass Zostera marina
Closeup of a beached Pacific sea nettle jellyfish Chrysaora fuscescens resting on the sand.
Pacific sea nettle Chrysaora fuscescens
A beached moon jelly Aurelia labiata rests on the sand.
Moon jelly Aurelia
A fairly intact Cassin's auklet carcass resting on its back on the sand.
Cassin’s auklet
A long tangled bull kelp Nereocystis luetkeana drift mass on beach sand. Surf zone in the background. Clear sky.
This bull kelp mass was 112 feet long!
A heavy mass of bull kelp Nereocystis luetkeana stipes and scores of holdfasts resting on the sand.
All stipes and holdfasts
Remnant drift bull kelp Nereocystis luetkeana holdfast clinging to a rock resting on the sand
Has enough grip to drag large cobbles and small boulders onto the beach
Closeup of a beached Pacific sea nettle jellyfish Chrysaora fuscescens resting on the sand.
Pacific sea nettle Chrysaora fuscescens
Closeup of a beached moon jelly Aurelia labiata resting on the sand.
Moon jelly Aurelia
A northern fulmar carcass rests on its back on the sand.
Northern fulmar
A beverage bottle 3/4 full of an inscrutable liquid rests on the sand in front of a drifted mass of eelgrass Zostera marina.
Plastic
A mix of jelly fragments and drift eelgrass Zostera marina resting on the sand.
Sloppy driftline
A bull kelp Nereocystis luetkeana drift mass partially buried in the sand.
Bull kelp Nereocystis luetkeana
A lost marker buoy rests on the sand. Beach and surf zone in the background. Clear sunny sky.
Float
A plastic nursery pot rests on the sand.
Pot
A Cassin's auklet carcass with the breast meat eaten rests on its back on the sand.
Cassin’s auklet
Bird tracks, probably gull tracks in the sand.
Tracks
One valve of a Nuttall's cockle Clinocardium nuttallii shell, exterior surface exposed, rests on the sand.
Nuttall’s cockle Clinocardium nuttallii
A small, drifted angular rock with piddock burrows rests on the sand.
Shale with piddock burrows
A drifted pumpkin rests on the beach near a driftwood stump.
Halloween leftover
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September 29, 2014

An unidentified alcid carcass rests on the sand.
Unidentified alcid
Three gull footprints and raindrops in the sand.
Gull and raindrop tracks in the sand
An unidentified alcid carcass rests on the sand, breast meat partially eaten.
Unidentified alcid
A drifted common murre carcass rests on the beach.
Common murre
A curious California gull exploring the beach.
California gull
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June 14, 2014

Beachscape with lost and tangled lines draped around a large driftwood branch jutting skyward above the sand.
Line design
Dowa comercial fishng float with script.
Dowa float
A driftwood shelter on the back of the beach anchored by the rootball of a large drifted tree.
Shelter
A lost rice paddle rests on the sand.
Rice paddle
Driftline dominated by small plastic fragments on the sand.
Plastic bits in the driftline
J + T carved in weathered driftwood.
True love
A lost child's sandbox rake with the rake part resembling a foot with four toes rests on the sand.
Hey, I’ve been looking for one of these
A lost and drifted insole rests among driftwood in the cobbles.
Insole
A kind fat sausage-shaped styrofoam float rests wedged between rock and driftwood.
Float
A empty and drifted plastic bottle rests among driftwood and styrofoam debris.
Green bottle
A loose tangle of lost line estes among coarse sand and cobbles.
Line
Tracks in the sand, river otter, probably, leading off into the distance.
Tracks
A small capped vial about half full of a translucent gel rests in the cobbles.
Vial
Remains of a wrecked metal ladder rest in the cobbles.
Ladder
A lost and drifted DIY float made from a large empty plastic bottle rests in the cobbles.
Makeshift float
A drifted plastic or styrofoam remnant rests on the cobbles.
Remnant
A lost and drifted center-hole trawl float rests among small driftwood on the cobbles.
Center-hole float
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June 13, 2014

A frond of drift sargassum rests on the sand.
Sargassum Sargassum muticum
A few fronds of detached and drifted Fucus rest on the sand.
Rockweed
A detached and drifted Macrocystis blade rests on rain-dimpled sand. A single drifted blade of Phyllospadix also in the scene.
Giant kelp and surfgrass
A drifted giant rock scallop Crassodoma gigantea shell rests on rain-dimpled sand.
Rock scallop
Closeup on a small clump of drift Fucus resting on the sand.
Rockweed Fucus
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June 12, 2014

A frond of drift Sargagassum rests on the sand.
Sargassum
Lots of pelagic gooseneck barnacles Lepas attached to a beached rubber tire (still on the rim. Beach and the surf zone in the background. Cloudy gray sky.
Bridgestone
A drifted tangle of surfgrass and Fucus, and a Pacific mole crab Emerita analoga carcass, rest on the sand.
Surfgrass, rockweed, and a Pacific mole crab
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May 16, 2014

Lost and drifted line rests on the sand.
Line
Graceful lines in a tangle of drift Phyllospadix.
Drift surfgrass Phyllospadix
Over a dozen large pelagic barnacles Lepas attached to a beached Bridgestone rubber tire still on the rim.
Bridgestone
A detached and drift hydroid tuft rests on the sand.
Hydroid
A lost and drifted toothbrush rests on the sand among some tiny plastic fragments.
Toothbrushes are pretty common
Drifted bull kelp stipe covered in pelagic gooseneck barnacles Lepas rests on the sand.
Lepas on a bull kelp stipe.
A detached and drifted hydroid tuft rests on the sand among a smorgasbord of other drifted material including nurdles and tiny plastic fragments.
Hydroid
A blue plastic bowl or dish rests on the sand among drifted debris.
Dog bowl?
A lost and drifted float (Thill float, steelhead gear) rests on the sand among other drifted debris.
Thill float- lost steelhead gear.
Drift line dominated by nurdles and small plastic fragments.
Feathers, surfgrass, and plastic bits.
A cut rose rests on the sand just below the cobbles and other drifted material.
Cut flowers are pretty common in the drift
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May 3, 2014

An empty and drifted rough keyhole limpet Diodora aspera shell rests, right side up, on the sand.
Rough keyhole limpet
A lost and drifted football-shaped float rests on the sand among driftwood and cobbles.
Float
A bleached and drifted eccentric sand dollar Dendraster excentricus shell rests, right side up, on the sand.
Eccentric sand dollar
A large Inaba Kasen float rests on the sand.
Inaba Kasen float
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March 22, 2014

A tall sign on the beach warning visitors they are entering a shorebird conservation area.
Snowy plover
An empty and drifted Pacific razor clam Siliqua patula shell, both valves, rests on the sand.
Pacific razor clam
A bleached and drifted eccentric sand dollar Dendraster excentricus shell rests, right side up, on the sand.
Eccentric sand dollar
An empty and drifted Nuttall's cockle Clinocardium nuttallii shell rests upside down on the sand.
Nuttall’s cockle
An empty and drifted California mussel Mytilus californianus shell, one valve only, rests on the sand with its exterior surface exposed.
California mussel
An empty and drifted fat gaper Tresus capax shell fragment, one valve only, rests on the sand with its interior surface exposed. Prominent chondrophore.
Fat gaper chondrophore
An empty and drifted Nuttall's cockle Clinocardium nuttallii shell rests right side up on the sand.
Nuttall’s cockle
TOS, the initials for this website, theoutershores, drawn with my index finger in the sand.
theoutershores
A beached three-spined stickleback rested on the sand.
Three-spined stickleback
Closeup of a beached Pacific sea nettle jellyfish Chrysaora fuscescens resting on the sand.
Sea nettle
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January 1, 2014

Carcass of a beached Pacific herring, age 1, rests on the sand.
Pacific herring, age 1
A drifted jelly fragment rests on the sand.
Jelly blob
A beached marbled murrelet carcass rests on the sand.
Marbled murrelet
Three-spined stickleback
A beached gull carcass rests on the sand.
Gull
A drifted jelly fragment rests on the sand.
Jelly blob
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