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>Map >Satellite This small rock, about 600 meters (2,000 feet) offshore, supports an annual breeding colony of over 150 pairs of Brandt's cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus, and 300 pairs of common murres, Uria aalge.
Integrity: Undisturbed; it is under consideration for inclusion in a proposed Federal wildlife refuge.
Use: Research, educational, observational.
Ref: Osborne, T. O., 1972. Ecology and Avian Use of the Coastal Rocks of Northern California. Unpub. M.A. Thesis, Humboldt State University, 215 pp.
July 1977
Inventory of California Natural Areas
Revision © 2008 Steven Louis Hartman
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