Recent Sightings

Observations on this cloudy day were from the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula. There was a slight wind from the south creating some small whitecaps on the ocean and blows did disappear very quickly.

🔆 10 southbound gray whales – all singles

🔆 TOTAL GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DATE = 332 southbound 🔆

🔷 6 bottlenose dolphins swimming north

🔷 59 harbor seals

🔷 2 great blue herons

🔷 5 black oystercatchers

🔷 5 brown pelicans- 4 flying north and 1 flying south

 

It was a cloudy day at Gerstle Cove with little distinction between the ocean and the sky. There was some offshore fog but visibility was good.  Some limited sunshine did appear in the afternoon.

AT GERSTLE COVE:

🔶 No whales seen

🔶 17 harbor seals

🔶 1 red-tailed hawk

🔶 1 Northern harrier

🔶 1 brown pelican

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We then headed to the Point Arena Lighthouse where it was quite windy and the ocean was covered with large whitecaps. The wind was blowing 12 mph from the north northwest with gusts 16 mph. There also was significant sun glare.

AT PAL:

🔶 3 southbound gray whales – all singles

🔶 TOTAL GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DATE 🟰 322 southbound 🔶

🔶 1 great blue heron

🔶 2 black oystercatchers

 

It was a cloudy, windy day at the Point Arena Lighthouse. Blows were mostly bushy and they dispersed quickly. There was also fog offshore.

AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA:

✳️ 15 southbound gray whales – one trio, three pairs, and six singles

❇️ TOTAL GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DAYE 🟰 319 southbound ❇️

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✳️ 4 harbor seals hauled out and 8 swimming around the rocks at high tide

✳️ 5 black oystercatchers

✳️ 1 great blue heron

✳️ 1 white-tailed kite

✳️ 1 bufflehead

✳️ 2 American kestrels

Observations today were from the beautiful Mendocino Headlands.  It was cloudy to begin the day  and gradually became sunny.  We had very good visibility.

💠 9 southbound gray whales – two groups of two and five singles

💠 TOTAL GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DATE 🟰 304 southbound 💠

Like yesterday, the day began quite cloudy, but the ocean was calm with little to no wind. We had excellent visibility tot he horizon.  By midday, sunshine provided better distinction between the sky and the ocean and blows were more easily detected.

AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA:

🔺14 southbound gray whales – four groups of two and six singles

🔺 TOTAL GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DATE ↪️  295 southbound 🔺

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🔺 63 harbor seals – outgoing tide

🔺 2 American kestrels

🔺 2 great blue herons

🔺 1 Ferruginous hawk

🔺 2 black oystercatchers

🔺 1 black phoebe

🔺 1 female hooded merganser