Author: tmercer

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…

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