Recent Sightings

Observations from beautiful Gerstle Cove in Salt Point State Park:

good visibility with an offshore haziness, sunny and warm

* 6 humpbacks in the area foraging and feeding

* 26 harbor seals

* 2 black oyster catchers

* brown pelicans

 * cormorants

 After three days of persistent, dense fog, we finally had a sunny, warm, beautiful  day with excellent visibility.

At the Point Arena Lighthouse we observed:

 * 9 humpbacks

 * 10 harbor seals

 * 1 red-tailed hawk

 * 1 American kestrel

 * 3 black oyster catchers

 At Saunders Reef we saw:

* 1 humpback

Shari Goforth-Eby observed 3-4 humpbacks at Gualala Point

On Saturday, September 21, Sara Bogard will present “Seals Beside Us: Harbor Seals and Other Inhabitants of the Point Arena Lighthouse and Stornetta Public Lands” at the Point Arena Lighthouse at 4:00 pm.

Another day of dense fog prevented us from observing whales at any location.

Dense fog at the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula:

* no whales seen

* 4 harbor seals

* 1 red-tailed hawk

* 1 American kestrel

The fog at Saunders Reef retreated enough for a short while for us to see 1 humpback whale .

Observations at Saunders Reef in the morning:

* 4 foraging humpbacks

Observations from the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula:

* 4 foraging humpbacks

* 29 harbor seals

* 1 red-tailed hawk

* 1 American kestrel

* 4 Black Oyster Catchers

Observations from Saunders Reef in the afternoon:

* 6 foraging humpbacks

* 1 red-tailed hawk