Elephant Seal: 4
The juvenile cow left Great Race and an adult cow joined Scarlet on Middle Rocks.
Northern Sea Lion: 30
Numbers have dwindled this week and the remaining Stellers have relocated from Middle Rocks to SE Rocks.
Tag Archives: sea lion
Sealion census Nov 5-21, 2010
‘2010-11-05’, ‘California Sea Lion’, 10, ”, ‘VirginieLP’, ’09:09:12 ,
‘2010-11-05’, ‘Northern Sea Lion’, 50, ”, ‘VirginieLP’, ’09:08:57 ,
‘2010-11-06’, ‘California Sea Lion’, 5, ”, ‘VirginieLP’, ’09:08:51 ,
‘2010-11-06’, ‘Northern Sea Lion’, 25, ”, ‘VirginieLP’, ’09:09:04 ,
‘2010-11-07’, ‘Northern Sea Lion’, 50, ”, ‘VirginieLP’, ’08:16:52 ,
‘2010-11-08’, ‘Northern Sea Lion’, 40, ”, ‘VirginieLP’, ’23:01:37 ,
‘2010-11-09’, ‘Northern Sea Lion’, 15, ”, ‘VirginieLP’, ’11:10:20 ,’2010-11-10′, ‘Northern Sea Lion’, 40, ”, ‘VirginieLP’, ’11:14:33 ,
‘2010-11-11’, ‘Northern Sea Lion’, 25, ”, ‘VirginieLP’, ’22:57:33 ,
‘2010-11-15’, ‘Northern Sea Lion’, 25, ”, ‘VirginieLP’, ’09:33:49 ,
‘2010-11-16’, ‘Northern Sea Lion’, 25, ”, ‘VirginieLP’, ’11:50:20 , ‘2010-11-17’, ‘Northern Sea Lion’, 35, ”, ‘VirginieLP’, ’19:04:31 ,
‘2010-11-19’, ‘Northern Sea Lion’, 20, ”, ‘VirginieLP’, ’18:56:05 ,
‘2010-11-18’, ‘Northern Sea Lion’, 40, ”, ‘VirginieLP’, ’18:56:36 ,
‘2010-11-20’, ‘Northern Sea Lion’, 35, ”, ‘VirginieLP’, ’18:59:58 ,’2010-11-21′, ‘Northern Sea Lion’, 35, ”, ‘VirginieLP’, ’20:25:30 ,
Sealions and humpbacks
‘2010-11-04’, ‘California Sea Lion’, 10, ”, ‘VirginieLP’, ’19:16:39 ,
‘2010-11-04’, ‘Northern Sea Lion’, 100, ”, ‘VirginieLP’, ’19:16:55 ,
‘2010-11-04’, 2, ‘humpback whales feeding south of Race Rocks sighted at 8:00, during the morning and at 18:15.’, ‘VirginieLP’, ’19:19:45 ,
Sealion census
‘California Sea Lion’, 10, ”, ‘VirginieLP’, ’10:24:19 ,
‘Northern Sea Lion’, 150, ”, ‘VirginieLP’, ’10:24:34 ,
owl sighted
‘Other’, 1, ‘Sighted 1barred owl , ‘VirginieLP’, ’20:32:45 ,
‘California Sea Lion’, 50, ”, ‘VirginieLP’, ’20:35:38 ,
‘Northern Sea Lion’, 10, ”, ‘VirginieLP’, ’20:35:56 ,
Census
‘2010-10-31’, ‘California Sea Lion’, 10, ”, ‘Ryan’, ’12:22:06 ,
‘2010-10-31’, ‘Northern Sea Lion’, 100, ”, ‘Ryan’, ’12:22:36 ,
‘2010-10-31’, ‘Other’, 5, ‘White-fronted Geese’, ‘Ryan’, ’12:23:28 ,
South Race Rocks with Sealions
Sealions on the South rocks: Panorama by Ryan Murphy
Over-Wintering birds arriving
-237, ‘2011-09-15’, ‘Other’, 0, ‘Sea lion populations have stabilized in terms of numbers. With just ~250 California ”s and ~150 Steller ”s. Ever since the earthquake on 09/09/11 -which was not felt by me here), the sea lions have moved up from “the arena ” and East bay on Great Race to surround three sides of the Keeper ”s residence. They have blocked 2 of 3 entrances! They can be shooed away, but return during the night. The cool winds and overcast days permit them to sleep comfortably during the day only to be particularly raucous during the night. The transition between Glaucous winged gulls and their winter replacements the Thayer ”s gulls has begun. Some Heerman ”s gulls are present now as well. It appears at least one oystercatcher clutch was successful as an adult pair and their two fledged chicks are still present on Great Race.’, ‘Ryan’, ’10:03:54 ,
Slow death thanks to a Fisher’s discarded fish net-binding hoop.
Ryan has more images of injury on his Flickr site:
See this link to the log pages with injured marine mammals.
Ryan titled this one Slow death.
Something could be done about these entanglement injuries. DFO just has to have the determination to counter the Commercial Fishing lobby and insit on regulations to ban the disposal of fishing gear at sea or make biodegradable releases on these fish net hoops.
Injured flipper
See Ryan’s marine mammal images on his Flickr site:
See this link to the log pages with injured marine mammals.