| RR Ecoreserve ANIMAL CENSUS . recorded by Derek Sterling |
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| 2024-11-25 | 2024-12-18 | 2024-12-25 | ||
| Elephant Seal(male) | ||||
| Elephant seal (female) | 1 | |||
| Steller’s Sea Lion | 289 | |||
| California Sea Lion | 263 | |||
| Harbour Seal | 23 | |||
| Sea Otter | ||||
| Orca | ||||
| Humpback | 3 | |||
| Gray Whale | ||||
| Species 1 | ||||
| Species 2 | ||||
| Species 3 | ||||
| Canada Geese | 27 | |||
| Harlequin Duck | 4 | |||
| Black Oystercatcher | 12 | |||
| Black Turnstone | 28 | |||
| Surfbird | ||||
| Whimbrel | ||||
| Killdeer | 3 | |||
| Dunlin | ||||
| Black-bellied Plover | ||||
| Ruddy Turnstone | ||||
| Species 1 | ||||
| Species 2 | ||||
| Species 3 | ||||
| Species 4 | ||||
| Pigeon Guillemot | ||||
| Common Murre | ||||
| Rhinoceros Auklet | ||||
| Species 1 | ||||
| Species 2 | ||||
| Species 3 | ||||
| Species 4 | ||||
| Glaucous Winged Gull | ||||
| Western Gull | ||||
| Glaucous X Western Gull Hybrid | ||||
| Iceland(Thayer’s) Gull | ||||
| Heerman’s Gull | ||||
| California Gull | ||||
| Short-billed Gull | ||||
| Gull Species unknown | 226 | |||
| Gull Species 2 | ||||
| Gull Species 3 | ||||
| Cormorant total | ||||
| Brandt’s Cormorant | ||||
| Double-Crested Cormorant | ||||
| Cormorant species unknown | 283 | |||
| Pelagic Cormorant | ||||
| Pelican | ||||
| Great Blue Heron | ||||
| Bald Eagle Juvenile | 4 | |||
| Bald Eagle Adult | 6 | |||
| Peregrine Falcon | ||||
| Raptor Species 1 | ||||
| Raptor Species 2 | ||||
| Raptor Species 3 | ||||
| Western Crow | ||||
| Raven | ||||
| Purple Martin | ||||
| Barn Swallow | ||||
| Pacific Wren | ||||
| Savannah Sparrow | ||||
| Fox Sparrow | ||||
| Species 1 | ||||
| Species 2 | ||||
| Species 3 | ||||
| Species 4 | ||||
| Other Species 1 | ||||
| Other Species 2 | ||||
| Other Species 3 | ||||
in addition to the “Regular” birds i saw large flocks (up to about 70 birds each) of Black Oyster Catchers and Black turnstones.
- Animal Tracking and Injuries:
- 1 California Sea Lion identified as “Tuck” disentangled last year at Race Rocks…. still has a large open wound on the back of his neck, but it is quite well healed compared to the original injury