Recent Sightings

Shari Goforth will present “Hungry, Hungry Giants: Gray Whale Feeding Strategies in the Changing Ocean Conditions of the Pacific Northwest Coast.”

 

WINDY CONDITIONS, whitecaps and much ocean spray

Observations from the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula:

* no whales seen

* 84 harbor seals

 *1 Great blue heron

 * 2 American kestrels

NO WHALES  SEEN AT SAUNDERS REEF

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Observations from the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula:

* 1 humpback

* 70 harbor seals

* 1 red-tailed hawk

* 2 American kestrels

* 1 Great blue heron

No whales seen at Saunders Reef

 

Observations  from the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula:

* no whales seen

* 9 harbor seals (8 hauled out, 1 swimming )

* 1 Great blue heron

* 1 red-tailed hawk

* 1 American kestrel

* 1 black oystercatcher

* 7 meadowlarks

Observations from Saunders Reef:

* 2 humpbacks

Today was warm (67 degrees) sunny, no wind, very calm ocean, with unlimited visibility to the horizon

AT PAL:

* 4 humpbacks

* 7 harbor seals swimming near their haul out

* 1 peregrine falcon

* 1 red-tailed hawk

* 1 Northern harrier

* 1 black oystercatcher

*1 meadowlark

* 2 American kestrels

 * 1 great blue heron

* 10-12 flocks of pelicans ranging in size from 5 to 27, flying south

No whales seen at Saunders Reef