We had less wind today compared to yesterday but there was some offshore fog starting at about 4 miles out so we could not see all the way to the horizon.
🔷 AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA:
✅ 1 gray foraging close to and around the rocks about 400 yards off shore; possibly a second forager but we did not see any part of this whale’s body to identify the species
✅ estimate of 20 humpbacks – one breach, some in groups of threes and fours, many singles
most were actively and consistently feeding
✅ 96 harbor seals – 11 moms with pups
✅ 1 osprey
✅ 1 great blue heron hunting for prey on the rocks where the harbor seals haul out and the gulls gather
✅ 12 brown pelicans
✅ 2 black oyster catchers
🔷 TOTAL GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DATE ↘️
🔵 344 northbound – includes 7 mother/calf pairs
🔴 382 southbound
🟢 13 foragers
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