🌊📊 Celebrating 100 years of daily ocean monitoring! Did you know that the #FarallonIslands Shore Station has tracked sea surface temps & salinity data since 1925 (with only a brief pause during WWII)? Thanks to secured funding, there will be no gap in 2025! 🧪 🦑 🌎 #FarallonFriday

🌎🦉🧪 A Farallones first! A rare #CrestedAuklet was spotted off Shubrick Point—the first-ever record of this #seabird species on the #FarallonIslands and only the 3rd in CA. The first? Spotted by our Palomarin crew nearly 46 years ago to the day! 🔗 shorturl.at/EJQu5 #FarallonFriday #RareBird

🌊⚠️ #FarallonFriday served with a side of tsunami safety! After Tuesday’s warning, our Farallones crew followed protocol and camped out at the island's highest point–the lighthouse! We’re happy to report that everyone is safe and sound after a night of unexpected views & unforgettable memories. 🧪🦑🌎

🦑🌎🦉🧪 Views from various blinds of the #FarallonIslands! Watch to observe from Sea Lion Cove Blind, Murre Blind, & Corm Blind at sunset. Look 👀 & listen 🎶 for sounds and sights of our favorite Farallon inhabitants! #Conservation work can come with some pretty awesome views! #FarallonFriday

#FarallonFriday So many fluffballs, so little time! 🐣 It’s peak hatch season on the Farallones, and baby #WesternGulls are breaking out of their speckled eggs! From eggs to pipping to banding, tracking each step of their journey allows us to better understand and protect these #seabirds. 🦑🌎🧪🌐🦉

🐧 #FarallonFriday update from Little Lighthouse Hill, home to our new #TuftedPuffin social attraction site! We deployed nest boxes & decoys courtesy of ‪@audubon.org, and we’re hoping these efforts encourage #FarallonIslands Puffins to breed at this site. 🧪🦉🌎🦑🌐 #Seabirds #Conservation #Wildlife

We’re back with #FarallonFriday! On 5/27, between 10:30 PM & 1:30 AM, our biologists captured 54 storm-petrels! 🌌🚨 Mist nets + audio lures help us capture & study these elusive #seabirds after dark. Valuable data, one bird at a time. #Conservation #FarallonIslands #WildlifeMonitoring 🌎🦉🧪

🌊🐣 It’s #FarallonFriday and we’re excited to share some updates on one of our favorite #FarallonIslands #seabirds, the Ashy Storm-Petrel! 🌎🦉🦑🧪 #seabirdscience #wildlifemonitoring #conservation

🐣⁠ The first Cassin’s Auklet chicks of the season have hatched on the #FarallonIslands! These fluffy chicks are 10–15 days old and have reached thermal independence. At this stage, they can stay cozy in the nest alone while both parents head to the ocean to forage. 💙🌊🦉🌎🦑 #FarallonFriday #Seabirds

🌊 #FarallonFriday is back! Spring is in full bloom on the Farallon Islands, and #seabird nesting is in full swing. 🐣 Check out fresh pics of Brandt’s Cormorants, Common Murres, Cassin’s Auklets & Rhinoceros Auklets nesting on the Farallons this season! 🧪🦉🌎🥚

brilliant cloudy pink sunrise over the Farallon Islands with a view of one of the 2 white houses on the island

brilliant orange, pink, and blue sunrise sky over the Farallon Islands with view down a straight path

orange and pink sunrise clouds over the Farallon Islands with gulls flying in the sky

Happy #FarallonFriday! Here's a view of the brilliant sunrise 🌄 our biologists witnessed yesterday morning.

Enjoy the weekend!

📷 Jim Tietz

Happy #FarallonFriday! A tagged female fur seal, 7511E, was spotted at by Point Blue Farallon Biologists on Nov 10th. It was first tagged on St. George Island in 2019. This is only the second seal resighted from a northern colony! 📷 Caroline Provost & Jim Tietz