HRAP Online Encyclopedia
Birds
Haystack Rock is home to nine species of nesting birds every summer including Cannon Beach’s famous tufted puffins. The combination of expansive tide pools for foraging and nesting sights that are protected from land predators, creates an important environment for a diverse set of bird species. In addition to summer nesting, Haystack Rock is used as a hunting ground for birds of prey, a winter home for species that nest farther North, and a place for flocks of birds to stop and rest during migrations. Haystack Rock is a special ecosystem where visitors can observe seabirds, shorebirds, gulls and terns, water fowl, and birds of prey. Birds with an asterisk (*) after their name are species that have been known to nest on or around Haystack Rock.
Seabirds
Tufted Puffin*
Pelagic Cormorant*
Rhinoceros Auklet*
Leach’s Storm Petrel
Common Murre*
Brandt’s Cormorant*
Cassin’s Auklet
Brown Pelican
Pigeon Guillemot*
Double-Crested Cormorant*
Northern Fulmar
Shorebirds
Black Oystercatcher*
Western Sandpiper
Sanderling
Ruddy Turnstone
Dunlin
Semipalmated Plover
Gulls & Terns
Western Gull*
Caspian Tern
California Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Water Fowl
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
Western Grebe
Birds of Prey & Scavengers
Bald Eagle
Osprey
Peregrine Falcon
American Crow