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A total of 119.63 km of beach were walked in 41 surveys Appendix 1.. Birds and mammals were found on 16 of these surveys. There were 0.03 birdskm beach walked, and 0.14 mammalskm beach walked Table 1. The cause of death was not determined for any of the beached animals. There were no observations of oil or any other unusual water conditions. Three goosebeaked whales Ziphuis cavirostris and one Stejaegers beaked whale Mesoplodon stejnegeri were discovered in late July and early August. Two other whales beached at this time, one of which was returned to the ocean. The cause of beaching was not determined. Data and samples collected from these whales were sent to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. for analysis.