Author: tmercer

FRIDAY, JULY 19th: We welcome our amazing guest, Aeon Bashir founder and Head Krill at Aeon for Ocean  

Fog at Point Arena Lighthouse;  observations not possible At Saunders Reef: persistent strong wind, ocean covered with whitecaps, poor visibility * No whales seen * 1 adult bald eagle

Observations from the Point Arena Lighthouse Peninsula and from Saunders Reef At PAL: *  5 humpbacks; breaching, flipper slapping, tail lobbing observed * 87 harbor seals * 4 black oyster catchers * 1 Northern Harrier At Saunders Reef: No whales seen

Observations from the Point Arena Lighthouse Peninsula and from Saunders Reef At PAL: * 6 humpbacks; breaching, flipper slapping, tail lobbing observed * 107 harbor seals * 3 black oyster catchers * 1 red-tailed hawk At Saunders Reef: * 3 humpbacks        

Observations from the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula and from Saunders Reef Flat, calm ocean, no wind, very good visibility At PAL: * 3 humpbacks, slowly moving to the south * 3 harbor porpoise also swimming south * 74 harbor seals * 8 black oyster catchers * 1 osprey At Saunders Reef: *  7 humpbacks; *…

“Unprecedented numbers of gray whales are visiting San Francisco Bay, and nobody quite knows why”  by Suzanne Rust https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-07-14/gray-whales-san-francisco-bay

Observations from the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula The ocean was quite calm and flat on this cloudy, gray day but we did spot four humpback whales! One was moving  slowly to the north towards three others that stayed mostly in the same area while we observed them.  These whales were a most welcomed sight! In…

Observations from Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula and Saunders Reef No whales seen at either site Dense fog at PAL 92 harbor seals 1 red-tailed hawk  

Observations from the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula and from Saunders Reef No whales seen at either site At PAL: 94 harbor seals 1 great blue heron 7 brown pelicans    

Don’t miss this fascinating conversation with Ted Cheeseman of Happy Whale on KGUA 88.3 FM

OBSERVATIONS FROM POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA AND FROM SAUNDERS REEF   No whales seen at either site AT PAL: 39 harbor seals  1 Northern Harrier 7 black oyster catchers 25 brown pelicans

Observations today from the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula: With excellent visibility and a calm ocean, we spotted 4 humpback whales; 2 traveling to the south and 2 traveling to the north 56 harbor seals 2 black oyster catchers Approximately 30 Brown pelicans