Site Report: Half Moon Bay - Pillar Point, United States of America
Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)
Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens)
Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)
Common Loon (Gavia immer)
Black-vented Shearwater (Puffinus opisthomelas)
Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus) - Non-breeding
Scripps's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus scrippsi)
Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)
Black-vented Shearwater (Puffinus opisthomelas)
Scripp's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus scrippsi)
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Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)
Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens)
Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)
Common Loon (Gavia immer)
Black-vented Shearwater (Puffinus opisthomelas)
Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus) - Non-breeding
Scripps's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus scrippsi)
Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)
Black-vented Shearwater (Puffinus opisthomelas)
Scripp's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus scrippsi)
Harbor and rocky shoreline
Visits
- 2015-01-10: Walked around by jetty and another trail to the point.
- 2015-02-21: Pelagic trip out to the continental shelf
- 2016-11-25:
- 2026-07-05: Alvaro's pelagic trip, starting from Pillar Point.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (75 records,
11 images)
Phylum: Chordates
(75 records,
11 images)
Class: Birds
(70 records,
8 images)
- Order: Anseriformes (7 records)
- Order: Boobies
(1 record)
- Family: Boobies and Gannets
- Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- American Coot (Fulica americana)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
- Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
- Order: Pelicans (24 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Family: Grebes
- Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
- Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
- Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
- Family: Herons
- Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Family: Loons
- Common Loon (Gavia immer)
- Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)
- Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)
- Family: Oystercatchers
- Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)
- Family: Pelicans
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala)
- Hudsonian Whimbrel (Numenius hudsonicus)
- Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)
- Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
- Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Surfbird (Calidris virgata)
- Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
- Order: Perching Birds
(12 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- California Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica)
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
- White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Wrentit (Chamaea fasciata)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
- Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(13 records)
- Family: Auks, Murres, Guillemots, and Puffins
- Cassin's Auklet (Ptychoramphus aleuticus)
- Common Murre (Uria aalge)
- Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)
- Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba)
- Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata)
- Scripps's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus scrippsi)
- Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)
- California Gull (Larus californicus)
- Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni)
- Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus)
- Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
- Family: Plovers
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Order: Tubenoses
(8 records)
- Family: Albatrosses
- Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)
- Family: Northern Storm-Petrels
- Ashy Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates homochroa)
- Black Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates melania)
- Family: Shearwaters and Petrels
- Black-vented Shearwater (Puffinus opisthomelas)
- Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
- Pink-footed Shearwater (Ardenna creatopus)
- Sooty Shearwater (Ardenna grisea)
- Family: Southern Storm Petrels
- Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)
Class: Mammals
(5 records,
3 images)
- Order: Carnivorans (2 records)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetaceans
(3 records)
- Family: Balaenopteridae
- Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
- Family: Dolphins
- Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens)
- Family: Eschrichtiidae
- Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus)