Recent Sightings

As the day went on, conditions became very windy and cloudy.  The ocean was rough and the whitecaps were huge. Much rain expected over the next several days.

Observations from the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula:

 * 3 humpbacks

* 1 harbor seal (haul out site mostly under water)

 * 1 white-tailed kite

 * 1 black oystercatcher

 * 3 American kestrels

 * 1 Great blue heron

 * 3 deer running in the field

No whales seen at Saunders Reef

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Observations from the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula:

 * 7 humpbacks

 * 27 harbor seals

 * 4 American kestrels

 * 2 black oystercatchers

 * 1 red-tailed hawk

 NO WHALES SEEN FROM SAUNDERS REEF

Observations from the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula:

 * 1 humpback

 * 54 harbor seals

 * 2 American kestrels

   No whales seen at Saunders Reef

 

Shari Goforth will present “Hungry, Hungry Giants: Gray Whale Feeding Strategies in the Changing Ocean Conditions of the Pacific Northwest Coast.”

 

WINDY CONDITIONS, whitecaps and much ocean spray

Observations from the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula:

* no whales seen

* 84 harbor seals

 *1 Great blue heron

 * 2 American kestrels

NO WHALES  SEEN AT SAUNDERS REEF