Today I went to the headlands with Dave Press and Heather Jensen in order to survey several elphant seal colonies. The first colony that I surveyed was the south end of Drakes Beach. This was made difficult by 50 mile per hour winds. Next we made our way to the tip of the point to in order to post a sign and survey two smaller beaches near chimney rock. Neither beach had any animales on it; probably due to the high tide. Lasty we counted the sealions at sealion overlook. I was surprised how much the number of animals on the beach fluxuates from week to week. Last friday there were 104 animals, and today we only counted 28.
Friday, December 7, 2007
Elephant Seals Surveys
Today I went to the headlands with Dave Press and Heather Jensen in order to survey several elphant seal colonies. The first colony that I surveyed was the south end of Drakes Beach. This was made difficult by 50 mile per hour winds. Next we made our way to the tip of the point to in order to post a sign and survey two smaller beaches near chimney rock. Neither beach had any animales on it; probably due to the high tide. Lasty we counted the sealions at sealion overlook. I was surprised how much the number of animals on the beach fluxuates from week to week. Last friday there were 104 animals, and today we only counted 28.
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