HRAP Online Encyclopedia
Birds
Haystack Rock is home to eight species of nesting birds every summer including Cannon Beach’s famous tufted puffins. The combination of expansive tide pools for foraging, and nesting sights the 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.
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 and Terns
Western Gull
Caspian Tern
California Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Water Fowl
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
Western Grebe
Birds of Prey and Scavengers
Bald Eagle
Peregrine Falcon
American Crow