Visibility was excellent today and we could see all the way to the horizon. It was mostly cloudy with some sun and the ocean was calm.
AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA:
🔶 5 Humpbacks – we first noticed a large group of feeding birds consisting mostly of gulls, with some pelicans and terns; as we watched them, the humpbacks showed up to join in the feeding
🔶 13 southbound gray whales – one group of four, one group of two and seven singles; many fluked and backs and heads were visible; most were swimming between one and two miles offshore and made steady progress south
🔶 48 harbor seals
🔶 1 red-tailed hawk
🔶 1 Ferruginous hawk
🔶 2 American kestrels
🔶 2 black oystercatchers
💠 Shari Goforth was observing today earlier in the day and reported seeing a deuce and a single southbound gray whale at Gualala Point.
💠 NO WHALES WERE SEEN AT SAUNDERS REEF
TOTAL GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DATE = 64 SOUTHBOUND
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