Recent Sightings

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

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Observations from the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula and from Saunders Reef

No whales seen at either site

At PAL:

64 harbor seals

1 osprey

1 red-tailed hawk flying with a gopher in his/her talons

1 great blue heron

23 brown pelicans flying north

2 adult ravens and two of their offspring nearby

 

At Saunders Reef:

6 pelagic cormorants

 

 

Observations from the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula and from Saunders Reef

No whales seen at either site, however;

a blow was seen by Shari Goforth-Eby from the Lighthouse but it was knocked down quickly by the wind and the whale was not seen again

At PAL:

74 harbor seals

2 great blue herons

3 black oyster catchers

At Saunders Reef:

1 osprey

1 pelagic cormorant