Site Report: Big River

An estuary near Mendocino, California

Visits

2009-08-15: Barbara, Jenny, and I took kayaks up the river for a couple of miles.

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (5 records)

Phylum: Chordates (5 records)

Class: Birds (3 records)

Order: Anseriformes (1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)

Order: Pelicans (2 records)
- Family: Loons
- Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)
- Family: Pelicans
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

Class: Mammals (2 records)

Order: Carnivorans (2 records)
- Family: Mustelids
- Northern River Otter (Lontra canadensis)
- Family: Phocidae
- Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)

Lifelists

Trips

No trip reports available.