Sentences with phrase «lion breeding areas»
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The rocky shores of Santa Barbara Island also provide resting and breeding areas for California sea lions, harbor seals and northern elephant seals.
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In September 2014, Melin and her team, along with veterinary staff from The Marine Mammal Center, visited the sea lion rookeries on the Channel Islands, a primary breeding area, to assess the pups born three months prior.
Our research area is Sea Lion Island (52 ° 26» S; 59 ° 05» W), the main breeding site of elephant seals in the Falkland Islands.
Especially the late August and September trips as this is when we large numbers of Steller sea lions usually return to the area from their remote breeding rookeries, high numbers of sea birds congregate in the area, and humpback whales become more surface active as they feed on small schooling fish.
On Sunday, the Sea Center of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History will sponsor a voyage to Santa Barbara Island, a sanctuary with an area of less than 1 square mile where sea lions and elephant seals breed far from the madding crowd.
The 122 islands in the area are a haven for breeding - seabirds, sea lions, dolphins and migratory whales.