FARALLON ISLAND BIRDS, LIVE WEBCAM
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- Location: Farallon National Wildlife Refuge, 27 miles off the coast of San Francisco
- Source: California Academy of Sciences
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Info: Live streaming webcam with seabirds at Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge, located off the coast of San Francisco in California.
Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge
has the largest sea bird breeding colony south of Alaska and contains 30 percent of California's nesting sea birds.
To watch more live views of seabirds and coastal wildlife, visit: Live Seabird Webcams
Farallon National Wildlife Refuge was established by Theodore Roosevelt in 1909. The Refuge is located 27 miles off the coast of San Francisco. It is made up of all the Farallon Islands and Noon Day Rock and supports the largest seabird nesting colony south of Alaska. Thirteen seabird species numbering over 200,000 individuals nest here each summer – including petrels, cormorants, black oystercatchers, western gulls, common murre, pigeon guillemot, puffins, auklets and much more.
The endangered California brown pelican disperses from breeding sites in southern California and Baja California to roost on and feed from the Farallon Islands. Hundreds, and sometimes thousands of pelicans drape West End Island and other roosting areas from late summer through fall.
Northern fur seals, Stellar sea lions, California sea lions, harbour seals, and northern elephant seals breed or haul-out onto the Farallon Refuge. As well as seabirds, the refuge is home to a variety of endemic species including white sharks, hoary bats, and arboreal salamanders.
Video about restoring the Farallon Islands:
Additional Information :
Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary - farallones.org
Mammals, Birds and the Farallon Islands - sfenvironment.org
Farallon Islands through the centuries - goldengatebirdalliance.org