VIEW POINT: Cliff House, San Francisco. 

 COLONY: Seal Rocks (429 009). 



ACCESS. 



The Cliff House overlooks the ocean from a bluff just north of Golden Gate 

 Park on the west side of San Francisco. Access is by bus or private car from 

 downtown. The best viewing is from a platform below the restaurants, where 

 coin-operated spotting scopes are available. The Golden Gate National 

 Recreation Area maintains an interpretive center there. 



SEABIRD SPECIES: 



Relatively few birds use this site for nesting, but good views of breeding Western Gulls 

 and occasionally of Black Oystercatchers can be made there. During the nonbreeding 

 season, especially in late summer and fall, Seal Rocks are used for roosting by hundreds 

 of Brown Pelicans and Brandt's Cormorants, as well as by Heermann's and Western 

 Gulls. Seal Rocks is also one of the best locations on the California coast to view 

 California Sea Lions and occasionally Steller Sea Lions. 



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