On this absolutely gorgeous summer day, we observed at Gerstle Cove in Salt Point State Park. Calm ocean, gentle breeze, excellent visibility.
WE OBSERVED:
✳️ 15 humpback whales – many breaching
✳️ 2 minke whales swiftly swimming north
✳️ 8 harbor seals – at high tide
✳️ 1 Osprey with a fish
✳️ 1 northern pygmy owl
✳️ 1 white-tailed kite – hovering
✳️ 3 great blue herons in flight
✳️ 15-20 brown pelicans feeding, 55 flying south, 66 flying north
🔷 2 humpback whales seen in Point Arena, at least one was breaching multiple times, seen by Mel Smith
🔷 3 humpback whales seen off Ollies’s straight by Shari Goforth
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