Recent Sightings

We observed today at beautiful Gerstle Cove in Salt Point State Park in northern Sonoma County. There was offshore fog but overall, visibility was good.

🟪 4 humpbacks – two together and two singles

🟧 4 sea lions swimming together in a northwest direction

🟪 2 Caspian terns flying north quite elegantly

🟧 4 Ospreys

🟪 over 100 brown pelicans flying north and 12 flying south

🟧 1 northern Pygmy owl

At the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula, we observed:

🔶 1 humpback

🔷 120 harbor seals

🔶 1 sea lion

🔷 3 great blue herons

🔶 1 red-tailed hawk

🔷 2 black oystercatchers

🔶 33 brown pelicans

NO WHALES SEEN AT SAUNDERS REEF

Observations from the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula:

💠 128 harbor seals

💠 1 red-tailed hawk

💠 87 brown pelicans

Observations at Saunders Reef:

💠 1 humpback

💠 25 brown pelicans

On this cloudy, gray day without wind, the ocean was as calm as a lake and visibility was good.

AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA, WE OBSERVED:

🔆 2 humpback whales, backs and flukes visible as they surfaced

🔆 140 harbor seals

🔆 1 great blue heron

🔆 85 brown pelicans flying north, 17 flying south

AT SAUNDERS REEF:

🔆 2 humpback whales, backs and flukes visible as they surfaced

🔆 6 sea lions swimming together

🔆 17 brown pelicans flying north

OBSERVATIONS TODAY FROM GERSTKE COVE IN SALT POINT STATE PARK:
The ocean was calm but the sky was cloudy and gray. Whale blows were difficult to see against the gray sky.

❇️ 4 humpback whales – slowly traveling north – one tail slapped just a few times and then did a full breach!

❇️ 9 harbor seals

❇️ 1 female elephant seal hauled out in a small cove she had all to herself

❇️ 1 osprey

❇️ 58 brown pelicans flying north