Category: Daily Observations

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

Ship strike likely killed beached young fin whale A juvenile female fin whale, measuring 40 feet in length, had washed up on 10 Mile Beach north of Fort Bragg. Veterinarian Pádraig Duignan, director of pathology at the Marine Mammal Center,  said that the preliminary cause of her death is ship-strike blunt force trauma. The whale was…

We were notified today that a female fin whale has washed ashore on Ten Mile beach in MacKerricher State Park.  A necropsy will be performed to hopefully determine the cause of death and to gather as much information as possible about this whale. Only a blue whale is larger than a fin whale.   The…

Observations at the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula: * no whales seen * 79 harbor seals * 2 ospreys * 2 American kestrels No whales seen at Saunders Reef

Observations from the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula:  * no whales seen * 59 harbor seals * 1 osprey  * 1 black oyster catcher  * 1 American kestrel Observations from Saunders Reef: * no whales seen