What Are Some Animals In Redwood National Park

Biodiversity. Redwood has it in spades. The variation of animals in the park is shocking. Y'all tin can run into everything from Roosevelt elk to killer whales. Yep, y'all read the last part correct. Killer whales. Redwood is a wildlife wonderland, and seriously disregarded in this regard. It's remarkable that once tin can potentially view elk and gray whales at the same time. The completely unique one-time growth woods combined with wild rivers, rugged terrain, meadows and the Pacific Ocean class an ecosystem impossibly rich in life.

Threatened and Endangered Species of Redwood National Park: Western Snowy Plover (they closed the beaches to off route use to protected this bird), Tidewater Goby, Stellar'southward Body of water King of beasts, Steelhead, Northern Spotted Owl, Marbled Murrelet(close to extinction due to road building, logging), Coho Salmon,Chinook Salmon, Brown Pelican, Bald Eagle.

huge, flying brown pelican.

An endangered chocolate-brown pelican forth the shore of a Redwood Embankment.

Where to spot wildlife:

Roosevelt Elk - Elk Prairie, Gold Bluffs beach
Osprey - Beaches, rivers
Bald Eagles - Beaches, Rivers
Seals and Bounding main Lions - Bounding main shore areas
Whales - Klamath Overlook, higher shoreline areas
Northern Spotted Owl - Coniferous forests.
Pacific Behemothic Salamander - Coniferous forests
Pacific Tree Frog - Coniferous forests
Black acquit - Coniferous forests, meadows, rivers, creeks
Bobcat - Forests and meadow edges
Big Dark-brown Bat - Coniferous forests
Purple Chore Crab: Tidepools
Shield Limpet - Tidepools
Willet - Beaches
Western Sandpiper - Beaches
Western Snowy Plover - Beaches
Brown Pelican - Seastacks
Double Crested Cormorant - Seastacks
Cherry-red Shouldered Hawk - Rivers, forests
Great Blue Heron - Rivers, Marshes
Mountain Lions - Shorelines, woods edges and forest
River Otter - Rivers and creeks
Beaver - Creeks, rivers, ponds
Salmon - Rivers
Steelhead - Rivers
Blackness-Tailed Deer - Meadows
Coyote - Meadows, forests, creeks

Photography:

For landscape photography, you are going to want an ultra wide angle lens. In that location's no way around it. This kind of lens is essential for shooting inside the wood. A tripod is a must due to the dark nature of these environments. A minimum of 300mm is required for wild fauna, although shorter lengths would exist ok for some species. Taking pictures of animals in the forest is incredibly difficult due to the low light. Well lit beach areas offer keen chances to photo osprey, baldheaded eagles, gulls and pelicans - not to mention the animals that may be swimming just offshore. An ultra wide lens, a fast medium length prime and a zoom or prime to 300mm would be the ideal Redwood lens kit. Be sure to use filters to protect your lens from wind diddled sand.

Please refer to our Big Grove section on the forepart page for a location of the all-time redwood groves.

To be honest, nosotros at Parkcamper could spend weeks, if not months shooting the tremendous variety of animals at Redwood. The meeting of the ebach and woods environment is a spectacular wild animals viewing zone with almost constant action. You never know what the sea is going to turn upwardly - from seals to birds to whales. On our trip to Golden Bluffs nosotros encounted a marten, elk, a mink, bald eagles, osprey, gulls, numerous pelicans and a seal. This was all within 45 minutes!

Those interested in landscape will want to visit Gilt Bluffs Embankment and Enders Beach. I found the summertime fog at Redwood to exist helpful in creating proficient light as opposed to the harsh midday light of drier inland California. But once again, yous accept to have a tripod to photograph anything in the woods unless yous are filming motionless people with a fast prime lens.

Harbor seal sticking its head above grey ocean water
A harbor seal along the Redwood coast.

Redwood Wildlife Checklist

Redwood Whales:North Pacific Bottlenose Whale - present
Sperm Whale - present
Sei Whale - present
Minke Whale - nowadays
Killer Whale - nowadays
Humpback Whale - present
Grey Whale - present
Grampus - present
Goosebeak Whale - present
Fin Whale - present
False Killer Whale - present

Redwood Dolphins and Porpoises:

Pacific White-Sided Dolphin - present
Harbor Porpoise - nowadays
Dall Porpoise - present
Common Dolphin - present

Redwood Seals and Body of water Lions:

Stellar Ocean Lion - present
Harbor Seal - present
Elephant Seal - present
California Body of water King of beasts - present

Redwood Land mammals:

Roosevelt Elk - present
Black Tailed Deer - present
River Otter - present
Ringtail - present
Racoon - nowadays
Striped Skunk - present
Spotted Skunk - present
Pino Martern - nowadays
Mink - present
Longtail Weasel - present
Fisher - present
Ermine - present
Ruby-red Flim-flam - present
Gray Play a trick on - present
Coyote - present
Black Bear - present
Mountain Lion - nowadays
Bobcat - present
Porcupine - present
Muskrat - nowadays
Beaver - present
White-footed Vole - present
Townesend'due south Vole - present
Western Crimson-Backed Vole - likely
Carmine Tree Vole - present
Long-Tailed Vole - likely
Creeping Vole - likely
California Vole - present
Norway Rate - present
Black Rat - likely
house Mouse -likely
Western Harvest Mouse - present
Pinyon Mouse - likely
Pacific Junping Mouse - present
Deer Mouse - present
Dusky-Footed Woodrat - nowadays
Bushy-Tailed Woodrat - present
Botta's Pocket Gopher - present
Western Gray Squirrel - present
Northern Flight Squirrel - present
Gilded-MAntled Ground Squirrel - likely
Douglas's Squirrel - present
California Basis Squirrel - present
Belding's Ground Squirrel - Uknown
Sonoma Chipmunk - likely
Siskiyou Chipmunk - present
Allen's Chimpunk - present
Mountain Beaver - nowadays
Castor Rabbit - present
Blackness-Tailed Hare - nowadays
Townsend Mole - nowadays
Shrew-Mole - present
Coast Mole - present
Wide-Footed Mole - likely
Vagrant Shrew - present
Trowbridge Shrew - present
Pacific Shrew - likely
Marsh Shrew - Likely
Virginia Opposum - present

Redwood Bats:

Mexican Free-Tailed Bat - likely
Pallid Bat - likely
Yuma Myotis - present
Townsend's Big-Eared Bat - likely
Silver-Haired Bat -probable
Long-Legged Myotis - likely
Long-Eared Myotis - likely
Little Dark-brown Myotis - present
Hoary Bat - nowadays
Fringed Myotis - likely
California Myotis - present
Big Brown Bat - nowadays

Redwood Turtles, Frogs, Newts, Skinks, Lizards, Snakes and Salamanders:

Common Garter Serpent - present
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake - present
Aquatic Garter Ophidian - present
Pacific Gopher Ophidian - present
California Kingsnake - present
Band-neckSnake - present
Northern Pacific Rattlesnake - present
Abrupt-Tailed Ophidian - nowadays
Western Yellow-Bellied Racer - present
Pacific Rubber Boa - present
Northwestern Fence Cadger - present
Sagebrush Lizard - present
Western Skink - nowadays
Southern Alligator Cadger - present
Northern Alligator Lizard - nowadays
Rough-skinned Newt - nowadays
Southern Torrent Salamander - present
Dunn's Salamander - present
Del Norte Salamanders - present
Ensatina - nowadays
Pacific Giant Salamander - nowadays
California Slender Salamanders - present
Wandering Salamanders - present
Arboreal Salamander - likely
Black Salamanaders- present
Northwestern Salamander - present
Bullfrog - present
Foothill Yellow-legged frog - present
Northern Red-legged Frog - present
Pacific Treefrog - present
Western Toad - present
Tailed Frog - present
Western Pond Turtle - present

Redwood Fish and other water creatures:

Chinook Salmon - present
Steelhead - present d
Coho salmon - present
Coastal Cutthroat Trout - present
Pink Salmon - present
Sockeye Salmon - nowadays
Eastern Brook Trout - present
Brown Trout - Present
Pacific Lamprey - present
Western Beck Lamprey - present
Prickly Sculpin - nowadays
Black Rokfish - present
Cabezon - present
Fluffy Sculpin - nowadays
Tidepool Sculpin -present
Tidepool Snailfish - present
Mosshead Sculpin - present
Sharpnoe Sculpin - present
Penpoint Gunnel - present
Largemouth Bass - present

Sacremento Sucker- nowadays
Golden Shiner - present
Klamath Modest Oral fissure Sucker - nowadays
Brown Bullhead - present
Green Sunfish - present
Pea Mouth - present
English Soe - nowadays
Northern Anchovy - present
American Shad - present
White Sturgeon - present
Light-green Sturgeon - present
Japanese Pond Smelt - present
Threespine Stickleback - present
Eulachon- present
Tidewater Goby - present
Starry Flounder - present
Saddleback Gunnel - present
Pile Perch - nowadays
Rubberlip Surfperch - present
Redtail Surfperch - present
Shiner Surfperch - nowadays
Nighttime Smelt - present
Longfin Smelt - present
Surf Smely - nowadays
Pacific Herring - present
Coastrange Sculpin - present
Staghorn Sculpin - nowadays
Prickly Sculpin - present

Redwood Birds:

Cooper's Hawk - present
Northern Goshawk - present
Sharp-shinned Militarist - nowadays
Spotted Sandpiper - resent
Clark's Grebe - present
Western Grebe - present
Northern Saw-whet Owl - present
Red-winged Blackbird - present
Wood Duck Nowadays
Grasshopper Sparrow - nowadays
Sage Sparrow - nowadays
Black-throated Sparrow - present
Northern Pintail - nowadays
American Wigeon - present
Northern Shoveler - present
Dark-green-winged Teal - present
Cinnamon Teal - present
Blue-winged Teal - nowadays
Eurasian Wigeon - present
Mallard - present
Gadwall - nowadays
Greater White-fronted Goose - present
American Pipit - present
Scrub Jay - nowadays
Surfbird - present
Golden Eagle - present
Groovy Egret - nowadays
Neat Blueish Heron - present
Cherry-red Turnstone - present
Black Turnstone - present
Short-eared Owl - present
Burrowing Owl - nowadays
Lesser Scaup - nowadays
Redhead - present
Ring-necked Duck - present
Greater Scaup - nowadays
Canvasback - nowadays
Cedar Waxwing - present
Bohemian Waxwing - nowadays
Ruffed Grouse - present
American Bittern - present
Marbled Murrelet - present
Brant - present
Canada Goose - present
Slap-up Horned Owl - nowadays
Cattle Egret - present
Bufflehead - present
Common Goldeneye - present
Barrow's Goldeneye - present
Cerise-tailed Hawk - present
Rough-legged Militarist - present
Ruby-red-shouldered Militarist - present
Green-backed Heron - no
Greenish Heron - present
Distraction Bunting - present
Sanderling - present
Dunlin - present
Baird'southward Sandpiper - probable
Red Knot Probably - present
Stilt Sandpiper Probably - nowadays
Western Sandpiper - present
Pectoral Sandpiper - likely
Least Sandpiper - nowadays
Rock Sandpiper - likely
California Quail - present
Anna'due south Hummingbird - present
Lawrence's Goldfinch - present
Pine Siskin - present
Lesser Goldfinch - present
American Goldfinch - present
Cassin's Finch - unconfirmed
House Finch - present
Purple Finch - present
Great Egret - no
Turkey Vulture - present
Hermit Thrush - present
Swainson's Thrush - nowadays
Coulee Wren - present
Willet - present
Dove Guillemot - present
Rhinoceros Auklet - present
Brown Creeper - nowadays
Belted Kingfisher - present
Vaux's Swift - present
Wrentit - present
Snowy Plover - present
Semipalmated Plover - present
Killdeer - present
Snow Goose - unconfirmed
Emporer Goose - unconfirmed
Ross' Goose - unconfirmed
Blackness Tern - present
Common Nighthawk - present
American Dipper - present
Northern Harrier - present
Marsh Wren - nowadays
Oldsquaw - likely
Evening Grosbeak - present
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - present
Northern Flicker - present
Band-tailed Pigeon - present
Rock Dove - nowadays
Olive-sided Flycatcher - no
Olive-sided Flycatcher - present
Western Forest-pewee - nowadays
American Crow - present
Mutual Raven - present
Blueish Jay - present
Steller'south Jay - present
Tundra Swan -nowadays
Mute Swan - nowadays
Black Swift - nowadays
Blueish Grouse - present
Yellowish-rumped Warbler - present
Black-throated Greyness Warbler - present
Hermit Warbler - nowadays
Palm Warbler - present
Yellowish Warbler - present
Townsend's Warbler - nowadays
Black-footed Boundness - present
Bobolink - present
Pileated Woodpecker -present
Gray Catbird - nowadays
Snowy Egret - nowadays
White-tailed Kite - nowadays
Pacific-gradient Flycatcher - present
Hammond's Flycatcher - present
Dusky Flycatcher - unknown
Willow Flycatcher - present
Horned Lark - unconfirmed
Rusty Blackbird - present
Brewer'due south Blackbird - present
Merlin - present
Prairie Falcon - unconfirmed
Peregrine Falcon - present
American Kestrel - present
Tufted Puffin - present
Magnificent Frigatebird - present
American Coot - present
Northern Fulmar - nowadays
Common Snipe - present
Common Moorhen - unconfirmed
Arctic Loon - unconfirmed
Mutual Loon - present
Pacific Loon - nowadays
Red-throated Loon - present
Mutual Yellowthroat - present
Northern Pygmy Owl - nowadays
Blue Grosbeak - nowadays
Black Oystercatcher - nowadays
Bald Eagle - nowadays
Wandering Tattler - present
Black-necked Stilt - unconfirmed
Cliff Consume - present
Befouled Consume - present
Harlequin Duck - present
Xanthous-breasted Chat - present
Bullock's Oriole - present
Hooded Oriole - unconfirmed
northern oriole - present
Orchard Oriole - present
Varied Thrush - present
Dark-eyed Junco - present
Northern Shrike - present
Loggerhead Shrike - unconfirmed
Herring Gull - nowadays
California Gull - likely
Mew Gull - nowadays
Ring-billed Gull - present
Glaucous-winged Gull - present
Heermann'southward Gull - present
Glaucous Gull - nowadays
Western Gull - present
Bonaparte'southward Gull - present
Franklin'southward Gull Probably - nowadays
Thayer's Gull Present
Short-billed Dowitcher - likely
Long-billed Dowitcher - likely
Marbled Godwit - nowadays
Hudsonian Godwit - present
Bar-tailed Godwit - present
Hooded Merganser - present
Scarlet Crossbill - nowadays
Red-headed Woodpecker - unconfirmed
Acorn Woodpecker - present
Lewis' Woodpecker - nowadays
White-winged Scoter - present
Black Scoter Probably - present
Surf Scoter - present
Swamp Sparrow - present
Lincoln's Sparrow - present
Song Sparrow - present
Common Merganser - present
Carmine-breasted Merganser - present
Northern Mockingbird - present
Blackness-and-white Warbler - probable
Brownish-headed Cowbird - present
Townsend'due south Solitaire - unconfirmed
Ash-throated Flycatcher - nowadays
Clark'south Nutcracker - nowadays
Long-billed Curlew - present
Whimbrel - present
Snowy Owl - present
Black-crowned Night-Heron - present
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel - present
Leach'southward Tempest-Petrel - present
MacGillivray's Warbler - nowadays
Mount Quail - nowadays
Flammulated Owl - unconfirmed
Western Screech Owl - present
Ruddy Duck - nowadays
Osprey - nowadays
Northern Parula Warbler - nowadays
Black-capped Chickadee - present
Mount Chickadee - unconfirmed
Anecdote-backed Chickadee - nowadays
House Sparrow - present
Savannah Sparrow - present
Play a trick on Sparrow - nowadays
Lazuli Bunting - present
American White Pelican - present
Brown Pelican - nowadays
Greyness Jay - present
Double-crested Cormorant - present
Pelagic Cormorant - present
Brandt'due south Cormorant - present
Common Poorwill - probable
Crimson Phalarope - nowadays
Red-necked Phalarope - present
Wilson's Phalarope - unconfirmed
Band-necked Pheasant - present
Black-headed Grosbeak - present
Ruff - no
Downy Woodpecker - present
Hairy Woodpecker - nowadays
Pine Grosbeak - unconfirmed
green-tailed towhee - likely
California Towhee - present
Rufous-sided Towhee - no
Dark-brown Towhee - no
Spotted Towhee - present
Western Tanager - present
Snow Bunting - likely
American Gilded-Plover - likely
Pacific Golden-Plover - likely
Black-bellied Plover - present
Horned Grebe - present
Red-necked Grebe - present
Eared Grebe - present
Pied-billed Grebe - present
Vesper Sparrow - present
Sora - present
Purple Martin - unconfirmed
Prothonotary Warbler - present
Bushtit - present
Cassin's Auklet - present
Sooty Shearwater - present
Short-tailed Shearwater - nowadays
Virginia Rail - present
American Avocet - nowadays
Cherry-red-crowned Kinglet - present
Golden-crowned Kinglet - nowadays
Bank Swallow - present
Black-legged Kittiwake - nowadays
Rock Wren - unconfirmed
Black Phoebe - nowadays
Say's Phoebe - unconfirmed
Ovenbird - present
Rufous Hummingbird - present
Allen'south Hummingbird - present
American Redstart - nowadays
Mountain Bluebird - present
Western Bluebird - - present
Reddish-breasted Nuthatch - present
White-breasted Nuthatch - present
Ruby-red-breasted Sapsucker - present
Xanthous-bellied Sapsucker - present
American Tree Sparrow - present
Brewer'southward Sparrow - present
Chipping Sparrow - present
Northern Rough-winged Eat - present
Calliope Hummingbird - unconfirmed
Parasitic Jaeger Probably - present
Pomarine Jaeger - present
Caspian Tern - nowadays
Elegant Tern - present
Forster'south Tern - probable
Common Tern - nowadays
Chill Tern - nowadays
Great Gray Owl - nowadays
Spotted Owl - present
Barred Owl - present
Western Meadowlark - present
European Starling - present
Aboriginal Murrelet - present
Tree Swallow - present
Violet-dark-green Swallow - present
Bewick's Wren - present
Lesser Yellowlegs - nowadays
Greater Yellowlegs - present
Solitairy Sandpiper - nowadays
House Wren - present
Winter Wren -nowadays
American Robin - present
Tropical Kingbird -present
Eastern Kingbird -nowadays
Western Kingbird -present
Barn Owl -present
Mutual Murre -present
Orange-crowned Warbler - present
Nashville Warbler -present
Cassin'due south Vireo - present
Warbling Vireo - nowadays
Hutton's Vireo - present
Wilson's Warbler - present
Yellow-headed Blackbird - nowadays
Sabine's Gull - present
Mourning Dove - present
White-throated Sparrow - nowadays
Aureate-crowned Sparrow - present
White-crowned Sparrow - nowadays
Harris' Sparrow - nowadays