Ideal conditions at Gerstle Cove in Salt Point State Park provided excellent visibility clear to the horizon. The ocean was calm, a very light wind, and brilliant sunshine.
🔷🔶 13 humpback whales – several within one half mile of shore, others about 3 miles out; backs, dorsal fins, flukes visible; one group of three, three groups of twos, and four singles
🔷🔶 11 harbor seals
🔷🔶 1 barking sea lion
🔷🔶 2 osprey
🔷🔶 1 great blue heron flying to the north
🔷🔶 1 American kestrel
🔷🔶 Several large groups of cormorants flying swiftly to the north
🔷🔶 Several dozen brown pelicans diving into the ocean
🔷🔶 1 garter snake
We also had the good fortune to meet two marine biologists from the Greater Farallones Association studying and mapping kelp bed growth with the use of drones.
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