Recent Sightings

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The ocean was calm today, no wind, some fog way out on the horizon but excellent visibility overall.

At the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula:

🔶 NO WHALES SEEN

🔶 84 Harbor seals

🔶 1 great blue heron in flight

🔶 38 brown pelicans flying north and several small groups of pelicans feeding

🔶 1 Caspian Tern flying in circles above the feeding pelicans

♦️♦️ NO WHALES SEEN AT SAUNDERS REEF

🔶 17 brown pelicans flying north

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Wind picked up throughout the day but visibility remained good.

AT POUNT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA:

♦️ no whales seen

♦️ 97 harbor seals

♦️ 1 sea lion

♦️ 3 black oystercatchers

♦️ 1 northern harrier

AT SAUNDERS REEF:

♦️🔶 1 gray whale traveling north

♦️ 3 pelagic cormorants

♦️ 1 osprey carrying a fish

Today was less windy and there were fewer whitecaps on the ocean compared to yesterday. Visibility was good.

At Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula:

🔷 no whales seen

🔶 88 harbor seals

🔷 2 black oystercatchers

AT SAUNDERS REEF:

🔶 no whales seen

🔷 76 brown pelicans flying north; none stop to feed