At the beginning of May I got to take a trip to the Pribilof Islands to do some tech support for our field office there.It was a pretty incredible trip - very few people get out to "the Pribs". It's a three hour flight in a twin-engine Saab turboprop from Anchorage, mainly over water. Almost 3/4 of the entire population (~600,000) of the Northern Fur Seal breeds on the islands of St. Paul and St. George, but only the big males were on the beach when I was there. When the breeding is taking place in July/August, the entire beach under the boardwalks are covered with seals. NMFS does counts from the boardwalks during the summer. I know Bill has already done some research, but here are some links for the rest of you ....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pribilof_Islands
http://www.pinnipeds.org/species/norfursl.htm
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Uh, I think that usually BLOGS are for one post a day, and really, 4 in a day is a little weird. You might want to do some reading up on blog etiquette in the near future
hmmm, what is that little trash can for at the bottom of james' post?
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