Lately the days have been going by pretty quickly. The Sooty tern chicks are hatching and the albatross are starting to fledge. Unfortunately we had another pup get bitten by a shark yesterday and the wounds are fatal. Hopefully it dies quickly. In other news we had a strange visitor. A short eared owl has shown up on Tern island, and the other birds don't like it much as they have been giving it a strong hazing. Well that's about it. I decided just to put up a bunch of photos. Hope you enjoy.
A red-tailed tropic bird on Trig island.
The eye of a masked boobie. These loud bastards wake up the seals every time you need to get close to get a tag number, but I still really like them.
A Laysan albatross one day closer to full flight. A monk seal mom and pup rest in the background.
I occasionally forget to photograph the turtles because they tend to get in my way while doing seal surveys, but they really are interesting animals. Here a good size group of green sea turtles is gathered on East island.
Green sea turtles on Trig island.
A white tern on the wing.
Monk seal moms are strange. They haul out right next to each other then get angry because they are too close. This is more of a mock fight, and no harm was done to either animal. Unfortunately the pup to the right was fatally bitten by a shark yesterday.
A monk seal pup sleeps on its mother.
A short eared owl makes an appearance. It seems to be a little lost.
A sooty tern chick.
This sooty tern chick seems confused about who its mother is. It stands under a black footed albatross who doesn't seem to mind the company.
The lagoon at Little Gin island, and our 17' Boston Whaler.
A male monk seal plotting to wake up all of the females I'm trying to get tag numbers on.
A brown boobie looks on.
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