THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2025

 Another day of near ideal conditions at the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula allowed us to observe:

 * 17 southbound gray whales – 1 group of 4 which spread out into four individuals as they moved along southbound through our observation area;  2 groups of 2; 9 traveling solo; two whales did a full breach!

 * 49 harbor seals

 * 1 great blue heron

 * 1 Ferruginous hawk

 * 2 red-tailed hawks

 * 3 American kestrels

 * 4 killdeer

 * 3 black oystercatchers

GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DATE: 63 southbound