- WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
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
- TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
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 in excellent body condition and had no evidence of preexisting illness |
Observations from Saunders Reef:
* 4-6 humpbacks; 1 traveling south; the others foraging in the area
- MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
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 Center for Whale research is happy to announce a new calf in L pod of the Southern residents orcas!!
L90 and new calf L128: Mom looks physically robust, and the calf is nursing and moving normally.
Observations from the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula:
* no whales seen
* 66 harbor seals
* 1 Great Blue Heron
* 1 Great Egret
* 2 American kestrels
No whales seen at Saunders Reef
- SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2024
Observations at the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula:
* no whales seen
* 79 harbor seals
* 2 ospreys
* 2 American kestrels
No whales seen at Saunders Reef
- THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
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