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American Pika Credit: Gary Skipper
Bullocks Oriole Credit: Rich Warren
Yellow-faced Bumble Bee Credit:  Cindy Croissant
Channel Islands National Park Island Fox Credit:  Samira Furlan
Young Oystercatcher   Credit: Annette Siegel
Great Egret Credit: Chih-Hsin Wang
San Joaquin Antelope Squirrel  Credit:  Kaelyn DeYoung
Visitation: 40,000
Area: 10 Acres
Lat: 40.024295
Lon: 124.066865
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Gary Skipper
  American Pika
Rich Warren
  Bullocks Oriole
Cindy Croissant
  Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Samira Furlan
  Channel Islands National Park Island Fox
Annette Siegel
  Young Oystercatcher
Chih-Hsin Wang
  Great Egret
Kaelyn DeYoung
  San Joaquin Antelope Squirrel

Species found at Viewing Site

Shelter Cove/Lost Coast Wilderness  - Site # 193

Species:Bald Eagle
Seen:Yes
Locations:Seen over the kelp beds in the protected cove.
Present Season:Yr
Season View:W
Reliable:Good

Species:Black Turnstone
Seen:Yes
Locations:Along Black Sands Beach.
Present Season:Sp,F
Season View:Sp,F
Reliable:Good

Species:California Sea-Lion
Seen:Yes
Locations:Offshore.
Present Season:Yr
Season View:Yr
Reliable:Excellent

Species:Common Murre
Seen:Yes
Locations:Offshore rocks.
Present Season:Yr
Season View:Yr
Reliable:Good

Species:Common Tern
Seen:Yes
Locations:Seen over the kelp beds in the protected cove.
Present Season:Yr
Season View:Yr
Reliable:Excellent

Species:Gray Whale
Seen:Yes
Locations:Offshore.
Present Season:W,Sp
Season View:Sp
Reliable:Good

Species:Harbor Seal
Seen:Yes
Locations:Offshore.
Present Season:Yr
Season View:Yr
Reliable:Excellent

Species:Pelagic Cormorant
Seen:Yes
Locations:Seen over the kelp beds in the protected cove.
Present Season:Yr
Season View:Yr
Reliable:Good

Species:Pigeon Guillemot
Seen:Yes
Locations:Offshore rocks.
Present Season:Yr
Season View:Yr
Reliable:Good

Species:Wilson's Phalarope
Seen:Yes
Locations:Along Black Sands Beach.
Present Season:Sp,F
Season View:Sp,F
Reliable:Good