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Wind picked up throughout the day but visibility remained good. AT POUNT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA: ♦️ no whales seen ♦️ 97 harbor seals ♦️ 1 sea lion ♦️ 3 black oystercatchers ♦️ 1 northern harrier AT SAUNDERS REEF: ♦️🔶 1 gray whale traveling north ♦️ 3 pelagic cormorants ♦️ 1 osprey carrying a fish

Today was less windy and there were fewer whitecaps on the ocean compared to yesterday. Visibility was good. At Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula: 🔷 no whales seen 🔶 88 harbor seals 🔷 2 black oystercatchers AT SAUNDERS REEF: 🔶 no whales seen 🔷 76 brown pelicans flying north; none stop to feed

Today we had winds at 15 mph from the south southeast with gusts of 22 mph. The ocean was covered with whitecaps. It was cloudy but visibility was good. Ocean temperature was 55 degrees Fahrenheit. At the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula, we observed: 🟢 1 whale, most likely a humpback but exact identification was not…

OBSERVATIONS FROM POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA: 💠 1 humpback whale, heading north 💠 100 harbor seals 💠 86 brown pelicans, mostly flying north 💠 1 great blue heron

OBSERVATIONS FROM POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA: ☀️ 1 humpback whale, slowly traveling to the north ☀️ 78 harbor seals ☀️ 57 brown pelicans, including several small groups diving into the ocean to feed; others flying north ☀️ 1 great blue heron ☀️ 1 white-tailed kite

Although it was sunny and clear at some locations along the coast, the fog kept rolling in at the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula greatly reducing our visibility. We did see: 🔆 46 harbor seals 🔆 1 sea lion swimming south 🔆 groups of brown pelicans feeding upon anchovies 🔆 1 great blue heron Today we…

When the morning fog lifted, we headed out to look for whales at the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula and Saunders Reef. 🔴 NO WHALES SEEN AT EITHER SITE AT PAL, we observed: 🔶 56 harbor seals 🔶 1 great blue heron 🔶 feeding groups of brown pelicans

We looked for whales today from the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula and Saunders Reef. At PAL, we observed: 🔷 one whale that we were unable to identify with certainty; we suspect it was a humpback; we saw the whale blow three times and then he or she vanished 🔷 60 harbor seals 🔷 1 great…

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We did not observe any whales today at various locations from Gualala, to Saunders Reef, to the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula. Shari Goforth, however, did photograph a possible blue whale or finback whale this morning which she first saw off Gualala Point and then off Ollies straight which is just south of Anchor Bay and…