Observations on this absolutely gorgeous day were from Gerstle Cove at Salt Point State Park. Ocean and weather conditions were ideal- excellent visibility clear to the horizon. Blows remained suspended in the air.
🌊 8 northbound gray whales – one trio, one deuce, three singles
🌊 2 gray whales initially seen swimming north, but then they turned around and swam south and they appeared to take foraging dives as they swam south; they continued south out of our observation view
🌊 18 harbor aeals
🌊 90 Aleutian cackling geese flying north
🌊 approximately 100 brown pelicans flying north
💠 TOTAL GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DATE ↘️
🔵 307 northbound – includes one mother/calf pair
🔴 382 southbound
🟢 5 foragers
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