SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2024

Observations at the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula:

 * 4 humpbacks, 1 whale breached once

* 9 harbor seals (2 hauled out, 7 swimming in the water)

* 3 Great Blue herons, (2 in flight, 1 on the ground)

* 2 American kestrels

Observations at Saunders Reef:

 *12 humpbacks, 2 were about 1/2 mile offshore taking long dives and slowly swimming north, the others were scattered throughout our viewing area