Site Report: Elkhorn Slough
Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)
Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)
harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)
Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)
Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus)
Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)
Tricolored Blackbird (Agelaius tricolor)
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni)
Elegant Tern (Sterna elegans)
Elegant Tern (Sterna elegans)
Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)
Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)
Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)
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Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)
Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)
harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)
Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)
Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus)
Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)
Tricolored Blackbird (Agelaius tricolor)
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni)
Elegant Tern (Sterna elegans)
Elegant Tern (Sterna elegans)
Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)
Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)
Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)
Saltwater estuary.
Visits
No visit reports available.Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (70 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(70 records)
Class: Birds
(64 records)
- Order: Anseriformes (5 records)
- Order: Boobies
(1 record)
- Family: Boobies and Gannets
- Cocos Booby (Sula brewsteri)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- American Coot (Fulica americana)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
- Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
- Order: Pelicans (22 records)
- Family: Grebes
- Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
- Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
- Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
- Family: Herons
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Family: Loons
- Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)
- Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)
- Common Loon (Gavia immer)
- Family: Pelicans
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)
- Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
- Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala)
- Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
- Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
- Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
- Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(11 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
- Tricolored Blackbird (Agelaius tricolor)
- Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
- Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(13 records)
- Family: Auks, Murres, Guillemots, and Puffins
- Common Murre (Uria aalge)
- Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba)
- Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni)
- Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus)
- Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
- California Gull (Larus californicus)
- Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
- Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
- Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans)
- Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
- Order: Tubenoses
(3 records)
- Family: Albatrosses
- Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)
- Family: Shearwaters and Petrels
- Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
- Sooty Shearwater (Ardenna grisea)
- Order: Vultures
(1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
Class: Mammals
(6 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(3 records)
- Family: Mustelids
- Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)
- Family: Otariidae
- California Sea Lion (Arctocephalus forsteri)
- Family: Phocidae
- Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)
- Order: Cetacea
(3 records)
- Family: Balaenopteridae
- Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
- Family: Eschrichtiidae
- Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus)
- Family: Phocoenidae
- Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)