Site Report: San Simeon Elephant Seals

House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)

Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris)

Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)

Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) - Young Male

Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris)

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris)

Elephant Seals

Kingdom: Animals (38 records)

Phylum: Chordates (38 records)

Class: Birds (35 records)

Order: Anseriformes (1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)
- Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis)

Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)

Order: Pelicans (9 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Brandt's Cormorant (Urile penicillatus)
- Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)
- Pelagic Cormorant (Urile pelagicus)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
- Family: Herons
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Family: Oystercatchers
- Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)
- Family: Pelicans
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)

Order: Perching Birds (15 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
- Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
- Family: Bushtits
- Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- Family: Kinglets
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
- Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
- Family: Shrikes
- Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
- Family: Wrens
- Northern House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (6 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus)
- California Gull (Larus californicus)
- Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
- Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
- American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)
- Family: Plovers
- Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Order: Vultures (1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

Class: Mammals (3 records)

Order: Carnivorans (2 records)
- Family: Mustelids
- Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)
- Family: Phocidae
- Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris)

Order: Perissodactyla (1 record)
- Family: Equidae
- Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii)

No trip reports available.