Sentences with phrase «harbor seals on»

Not exact matches

«The Red Triangle includes roughly 200 miles of coastline.But it's not the beachgoers and surfers that attract great whites to these waters.It's the rich population of other mammals like elephant seals, harbor seals, sea lions, and sea otters.Great whites prefer to prey on these animals instead of humans.

Finding a layer of ash in the ice wouldn't be surprising: the West Antarctic Ice Sheet straddles a broad continental rift that is known to harbor volcanoes, some of them exposed on the surface and others sealed under ice.

He saw harbor seals quivering on the canal's banks during the 2003 winter feeding frenzy.

Hopefully, this internship may turn out to be a program for future science assistants at NSF like the fieldwork I'm currently participating in with Dr. Jim Harvey and his studies on harbor seals.

When those populations thinned out, the theory goes, they moved on to smaller prey, such as harbor seals and sea otters.

In the flurry of new research on the rapid decline of Steller sea lions, harbor seals, and northern fur seals, I thought one of the most likely causes was a dramatic climate shift in the region they inhabit.

Now a group has found evidence that harbor seals learn to tell which killer whales are dangerous by eavesdropping on their conversations.

Blindfold a harbor seal, clap headphones on its ears, and the keen hunter will still be able to track a distant fish, using its whiskers to detect the ripples made by its prey.

Although they can reach up to six feet in length and weigh around 180 pounds, when on land and in plain sight harbor seals may not be easy to spot.

Unlike sea lions, harbor seals can not rotate their hind flippers underneath them so when they haul out, they scoot across the ground on their bellies.

Over the course of approximately 30 minutes, you'll enjoy an exclusive tour of the seal facility and a special educational presentation on seals, then participate in an exciting harbor seal training session alongside Georgia Aquarium's own animal trainers.

The parks contain forests of towering redwoods, a coastline where elephant seals bellow on secluded beaches, and hills harboring Tule elk and half the bird species in North America.»

Paddle board into harbor on the two beaches, separated by the famed Stearns Wharf, to find yourself up close and personal to the seals that are known to laze upon the harbor's buoys.

Over the course of approximately 30 minutes, you'll enjoy an exclusive tour of the harbor seal facility and a special educational presentation on seals, then help prepare a seal meal, and finally, participate in an exciting harbor seal training session alongside Georgia Aquarium's own animal trainers.

San Mateo County Park Ranger Rob Cala caught these stunning photos of Heyerdahl struggling in the water and alone on the beach at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, a known harbor seal haul - out area.

Find out what to do when you see a harbor or elephant seal pup alone on a beach: it can mean the difference between life and death for newborn pups.

This time of year, young elephant seals and harbor seals are born on beaches up and down the California coast, and these pups stay on the beach while their mothers nurse them for about a month.

Within a few months, our busy elephant seal and harbor seal pup seasons were in full swing as well, and we were caring for a record number of patients on - site at our hospital in Sausalito, California: 291.

The natural birthing room for mama harbor seals in Monterey Bay expanded, for the first time, onto Pacific Grove's popular Lovers Point beach, prompting the beach's closure in recent days.A mother and newborn seal pup were spotted on the beach early Sunday by a volunteer docent for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, and human helpers sought to keep the legally protected marine mammals protected.

Skiffing up Endicott Arm, harbor seals pups laze around on icebergs.

We're also right in the thick of peak harbor seal and elephant seal pup season, with more than 187 patients on - site today.

Wildlife officials are reminding beachcombers not to disturb harbor seal pups that might show up on Marin beaches in the coming weeks.

Three months of care, many fish milkshakes and a «fish school» graduation later, harbor seal pup «Theros» was given the all clear to return to the wild on Mother's Day earlier this month.

By the time harbor seal pup Ernesto was spotted alone on a public beach along Monterey Bay, The Marine Mammal Center had already rescued more than 80 harbor seal pups during a record - breaking busy season.

Seal pupping season is in full swing along the Sonoma County coast, and visitors to Goat Rock and similar beaches may find harbor seals spread comfortably on the shore nursing their newborn pups.

While harbor seals swim safely in the surf, they will often curiously watch humans walking on beaches.

In the Pacific, they range from Alaska to Baja California, Mexico.1 Harbor Seals are typically found near shore.They are found throughout the California Channel Islands including all five Islands in Channel Islands National Park.On San Miguel Island 1,100 harbor seals breed annually on Point Bennett, which is also an extraordinary haul out area for four other pinniped species.

Searching under rocks for crabs, watching humpback whales feed on a school of small fish, or being surprised as a harbor seal pops up right next to their kayak are all memories children cherish for a lifetime.

Monterey Bay is home to many species of marine mammals, including sea otters, harbor seals, and bottlenose dolphins; as well as being on the migratory path of Gray and Humpback Whales and a breeding site for elephant seals.

Staggering populations of over 70,000 California sea lions, 5,000 northern fur seals, 50,000 northern elephant seals and 1,100 harbor seals breed and pup on the island each year.

Although whales aren't expected, the wildlife refuge on this route is home to dozens of harbor seals, nesting bald eagles and many species of marine birds.

Harbor seals, harbor porpoises, and bald eagles are frequently spotted on our trips.

It provides breeding and feeding grounds for at least twenty - five endangered or threatened species; thirty - six marine mammal species, including blue, gray, and humpback whales, harbor seals, elephant seals, Pacific white - sided dolphins, and one of the southernmost U.S. populations of threatened Steller sea lions; over a quarter - million breeding seabirds; and one of the most significant white shark populations on the planet.

[2] Castle Rock is the northernmost breeding colony of northern elephant seals, which like harbor seals breed on the island; California sea lions and Steller sea lions use the island as a haul - out [3] but do not breed there.

California sea lions and harbor seals are also regular Channel Islands visitors, but Point Bennett on San Miguel Island — reached by a ranger - guided 15 - mile hike in the summer — is the best place to spot rare species like Guadalupe fur seals and Stellar sea lions.

The cold, nutrient - rich water surrounding the 9,491 - acre, eight - mile - long and four - mile - wide island is home for a diversity of sea life, including 100,000 northern elephant seals, California sea lions, northern fur seals and harbor seals that breed at varying times throughout the year on Point Bennett (30,000 may be on the beach at any particular time).

On the day of my visit, a menagerie of harbor seals, elephant seals, and California sea lions populated the fenced enclosures.

Pacific harbor seal pups that are not yet weaned are generally started on Zoologic (Milk Matrix 30/55) a high fat milk protein powder containing low levels of lactose and fortified with vitamins and minerals, fish oil, and water.

From mid-February through the end of June, the Center's rescue and rehabilitation work focuses on orphaned elephant seal and harbor seal pups.

Re-alimentation in harbor seal pups: Effects on the somatotropic axis and growth rate.

HI - Point Reyes is two miles from the ocean in a secluded valley on Point Reyes National Seashore, known for its abundant flora and fauna, including bobcats, fox, deer and elk, harbor seals, and sea lions.

While kayaking, we noticed that the harbor seals and northern sea lions seemed to be spending just a bit more time in the water and less on the rocks where exposure to wind chill has been extreme.

According to Laura Sherr, a Marine Mammal Center spokeswoman, besides toxins, warming ocean temperatures have also had an impact on a harbor seal mother's ability to forage for food to take care of their pups.

On Friday, three rehabilitated harbor seal pups were released by the Marine Mammal Center at the private estate of Melanie and Richard Lundquist at Otter Cove in Pebble Beach.

Several of this year's elephant seals were picked up on the Sonoma Coast, as was a harbor seal that still had its umbilical cord attached, said Phil Warren of Bodega Bay, a TMMC board member and 10 - year rescue volunteer.

Originally published Sunday, May 5, 2013 at 9:26 PM Brutal Orcas prey on baby gray whales off Calif. coast The Monterey orcas have been spotted attacking sea lions, elephant seals, harbor seals, dolphins and porpoises, but gray whale calves are... Continue reading →

So, channel your inner child, grab your sweetheart, and take a ride on all of your favorite Bostonian animals (i.e. fox, squirrel, peregrine falcon, skunk, whale, turtle, butterfly, lobster, harbor seal, rabbit, owl, oarfish, whale, and grasshopper).