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Wildlife in Deception Pass State Park

Here’s what naturalists are spotting in Deception Pass right now - pulled live from recent research-grade observations. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.

6,694
recent observations
30
species listed
15
other
12
plants
2
birds

Naturalists have logged 6,694 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species in Deception Pass. The most frequently seen is the Horned Nudibranch, with 659 recorded sightings.

Other account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (15 of the species listed here), followed by plants (12).

Rarer finds confirmed in Deception Pass include Fairy Slipper - uncommon enough that a sighting is worth logging.

Fairy Slipper
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Most-observed species in Deception Pass

Horned Nudibranch
Hermissenda crassicornis
659 observations · iNaturalist
Broad-leaved Stonecrop
Sedum spathulifolium
571 observations · iNaturalist
Pacific madrone
Arbutus menziesii
447 observations
Hooded Nudibranch
Melibe leonina
363 observations · iNaturalist
salal
Gaultheria shallon
336 observations
Aggregating Anemone
Anthopleura elegantissima
299 observations · iNaturalist
Pacific Banana Slug
Ariolimax columbianus
227 observations · iNaturalist
Western Rattlesnake Plantain
Goodyera oblongifolia
211 observations
Harbor Seal
Phoca vitulina
198 observations
Ocean spray
Holodiscus discolor
197 observations
Branched Dendronotid
Dendronotus venustus
197 observations · iNaturalist
Orange Sea Cucumber
Cucumaria miniata
194 observations · iNaturalist
Red-flowering Currant
Ribes sanguineum
190 observations
British Columbia Aeolid
Tenellia columbiana
185 observations · iNaturalist
Painted Anemone
Urticina grebelnyi
180 observations · iNaturalist
White-and-orange-tipped Nudibranch
Antiopella fusca
177 observations · iNaturalist
Douglas-fir
Pseudotsuga menziesii
176 observations
licorice fern
Polypodium glycyrrhiza
169 observations
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
168 observations
Bull Kelp
Nereocystis luetkeana
160 observations · iNaturalist
Egg-yolk Jelly
Phacellophora camtschatica
156 observations · iNaturalist
Yellow Shore Crab
Hemigrapsus oregonensis
155 observations · iNaturalist
White-lined Dirona
Dirona albolineata
145 observations · iNaturalist
Northern Leopard Dorid
Diaulula odonoghuei
139 observations · iNaturalist
Black Oystercatcher
Haematopus bachmani
137 observations
Foothill desert-parsley
Lomatium utriculatum
134 observations · iNaturalist
Fairy-slipper
Calypso bulbosa
133 observations
Western Starflower
Lysimachia latifolia
133 observations · iNaturalist
Modest Clown Dorid
Triopha modesta
130 observations · iNaturalist
bearberry
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
128 observations

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