Recent Sightings

WE INVITE YOU ALL TO WATCH THE AMAZING SPEAKERS IN THIS YEAR’S SYMPOSIUM. SIMPLY GO TO KGUA.ORG AND CLICK ON THE YOUTUBE ICON IN THE UPPER LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN. YOU WILL BE TREATED TO SIX OUTSTANDING SPEAKERS AND TOPICS.

Out host this year will be Shari Goforth and our producer is Seve Cardosi.

On this cloudy day with a few breaks of sunshine, visibility was quite good.

AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA, WE OBSERVED:

🔆 1 humpback

🔆 66 harbor seals

🔆 1 American kestrel

🔆 1 great blue heron

🔆 1 red-tailed hawk

🌐 NO WHALES SEEN AT SAUNDERS REEF

Today was windy and hazy and there were many whitecaps on the ocean

At the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula, we observed:

🟩 1 humpback

🟩 76 harbor seals

🟩 2 American kestrels

🟩 1 red-tailed hawk

🟦 No whales seen at Saunders Reef

At the Point Arena Lighthouse, we observed:

🟣 4 humpback whales – all singles; one breached once

🟣 87 harbor seals

🟣 1 black oystercatcher

🟣 1 great blue heron

🟣 1 American kestrel

🟠 NO WHALES SEEN AT SAUNDERS REEF

Good visibility today until the wind increased in the afternoon creating a haziness offshore.

ALONG THE SALAL TRAIL ON THE NORTH END OF THE SEA RANCH, WE SPOTTED ONE HUMPBACK.

KATE BLOCH ALSO REPORTED SEEING SEVERAL BLOWS IN THIS AREA, BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF GUALALA POINT ISLAND.

AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA, WE OBSERVED:

*️⃣ 1 humpback moving steadily south about 1 x 1.5 miles offshore

*️⃣ 79 harbor seals

*️⃣ 1 American kestrel

*️⃣ 1 great blue heron

*️⃣ 24 brown pelicans flying north, 5 flying south, 10-12 feeding

NO WHALES SEEN AT SAUNDERS REEF – lots of spray, whitecaps, sun glare

*️⃣ 1 red-tailed hawk