Site Report: Elkhorn Slough, United States of America
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
- 2006-09-24: None
- 2007-09-23: Drive-by
- 2014-03-11: Paddled for a couple of hours in the slough
- 2019-02-09:
- 2021-04-04: Quarantine busting whale watch trip.
- 2024-10-25: Walk next to slough
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
- Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
- Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
- 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
- Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
- Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
- Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
- Family: Herons
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Family: Loons
- Common Loon (Gavia immer)
- Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)
- Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)
- Family: Pelicans
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala)
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
- Hudsonian Whimbrel (Numenius hudsonicus)
- Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
- Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
- Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)
- Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
- Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
- Order: Perching Birds
(11 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
- Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
- Tricolored Blackbird (Agelaius tricolor)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
- Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
- White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- 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
- Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
- California Gull (Larus californicus)
- Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans)
- Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
- Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni)
- Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
- Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus)
- Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
- 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 (Zalophus californianus)
- 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)