I  checked on the pup briefly this morning (so far unnamed as we will wait for a while to make sure he has a good chance of survival.)  I said “he” because Alex thinks it is probably a male because of a tell-tale opening midway from umbilical to tail.

This picture taken at 11:15 AM from camera 1 shows all is well and the male Chunk (top) is not bothering the pup or the female. 

Hopefully you can take advantage of the documentation we have on the website of our observations of elephant seals at Race Rocks Ecological reserve.……more tomorrow…..