Site Report: Half Moon Bay - Pillar Point

Common Loon (Gavia immer)

Black-vented Shearwater (Puffinus opisthomelas)

Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)

American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus) - Non-breeding

Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)

Black-vented Shearwater (Puffinus opisthomelas)

Scripp's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus scrippsi)

Harbor and rocky shoreline

Kingdom: Animals (64 records)

Phylum: Chordates (64 records)

Class: Birds (61 records)

Order: Anseriformes (7 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
- Brant (Branta bernicla)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
- Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
- Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
- Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- American Coot (Fulica americana)

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 (23 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Brandt's Cormorant (Urile penicillatus)
- Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)
- Pelagic Cormorant (Urile pelagicus)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Family: Grebes
- Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
- Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
- Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
- Family: Loons
- Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)
- Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)
- Common Loon (Gavia immer)
- Family: Oystercatchers
- Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)
- Family: Pelicans
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

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
- California Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica)
- American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- 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
- Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (13 records)
- Family: Auks, Murres, Guillemots, and Puffins
- Common Murre (Uria aalge)
- Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba)
- Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)
- Scripp's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus scrippsi)
- Cassin's Auklet (Ptychoramphus aleuticus)
- Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata)
- Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni)
- Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus)
- California Gull (Larus californicus)
- Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
- American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)
- Family: Plovers
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

Order: Tubenoses (2 records)
- Family: Shearwaters and Petrels
- Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
- Black-vented Shearwater (Puffinus opisthomelas)

Class: Mammals (3 records)

Order: Carnivorans (2 records)
- Family: Otariidae
- Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus)
- California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)

Order: Cetacea (1 record)
- Family: Eschrichtiidae
- Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus)

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