Saturday, June 2, 2012

Beach Report: June 2, 2012

 An early beach walk this morning, because we had a 10 o'clock meeting.  At the beach we were greeted by a troop of Bay Scouts and their families, helping another scout with his Eagle Scout project, transplanting beach grasses from our natural dunes on the north beach to some recently rebuilt dunes on the south beach.
 Joel and Red remembered to come early. 

We had a large storm in Maryland last night, tornado watches, even a couple touch down, though no where near us. However, as a result the wind was up this morning and from the north, and the Bay was choppy and muddy.
Skye checks out a log that she has checked out a hundred times before.  But you never know, maybe there will be something exciting there this time!
A sheet of crusty algae growing on the cliff face.  These are fueled by the nutrients which get into the groundwater from the numerous septic tanks in our community.  The water seeps through the sand, but hits a clay layer and moves sideways until it come out at the top of the clay on the cliff.
A "wild" rose grows in English Ivy on the cliffs where soil permits.  Both are non-native invasive species.  This rose is clearly a domesticated rose gone wild, as it has the many extra petals that have been added to the basic rose design of 5 petals by gardeners breeding for "showiness."

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