tracking has revealed the majority of great white sharks from the Farallones (and from other parts of California, Hawaii and the west coast of Mexico) migrate to an area of ocean dubbed the White Shark Café, west of Ensenada, Baja California. The peak of activity at this location is from mid-April to Mid-July, but some sharks spend up to eight months of the year there. This island has many migratory sharks return to its waters every year. Rodents The islands have tens of thousands of invasive house mice that are wreaking havoc on the native ecosystem. An average of 500 Eurasian house mice occupy each of its , with an approximate total population of 60,000. In popular culture The Farallon Islands and their role in the Egg War of the Gold Rush era are documented in the 2017 The Kitchen Sisters Present podcast episode "Egg Wars", in the 2019 The Dollop podcast episode 407 "The Egg Wars", and in the 2020 Behind the Bastards podcast episode "The War of the Eggs". See also Channel Islands of California References Sources WP article External links Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge USFWS Satellite map and NOAA Chart of Farallon Islands on BlooSee Farallon Islands San Francisco Chronicle Farallon Islands at the Center for Land use Interpretation Article about nuclear waste at the Farallons farallones.org Area figures from Bureau of the Census The Farallon Blog Weblog of the field biologists on the Farallon Islands Aerial photography of the Farallones Live streaming video from the South East Farallon Island California Academy of Sciences Farallon Islands Foundation a SF Bay Area non-profit wildlife conservation group Islands of San Francisco Islands of Northern California Islands of the San Francisco Bay Area National Register of Historic Places in San Francisco National Wildlife Refuges in California Seabird colonies Protected areas of San Francisco Natural history of San Francisco Stacks of the United States Pacific islands of California