{"id":935,"date":"2018-07-16T09:21:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T16:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jupitersway.com\/?p=935"},"modified":"2018-08-17T09:12:10","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T16:12:10","slug":"no-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jupitersway.com\/no-bears\/","title":{"rendered":"No Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since arriving in Alaska on June 12th we have been scouting for wildlife.\u00a0 Here is our report on sea mammals and bears:<\/p>\n

Pinnipeds:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Harbor Seals<\/em><\/strong> haul out onto ice to have their pups which weigh in at about 24 lbs.\u00a0 The young suckle for only one month during which time they double their weight, and thereafter exist on their own.\u00a0 We watched many seals on drift-ice recently calved from the LeConte Glacier<\/a>.\u00a0 The wide variation in the seals’ color lasts through every molt during their life time.<\/p>\n

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Harbor Seals nurturing pups on ice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We came across an enormous haul-out of Steller Sea Lions<\/em><\/strong> at the Brother Islands<\/a> in Fredrick Sound.\u00a0 Sea Lions are easily distinguished from seals by their ears and much larger size, and by their ability to “walk” using their front flippers.<\/p>\n

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Large congregation of Sea Lions in the Brothers Islands<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cetaceans:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bubble net feeding<\/a> is a learned and complex behavior exhibited by Humpback whales<\/em><\/strong> and, by good fortune, captured by our camera.\u00a0 The whales act in concert, communicating with vocalizations, circling their prey, usually a school of herring, and confusing them by creating a net of bubbles surrounding them.\u00a0 We watched four of them exhaling in ringed unison, then rising in tandem to the surface to reap the rewards.<\/p>\n

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Humpbacks bubble net feeding<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dall’s porpoises<\/em><\/strong> are our frequent companions as they seem to be drawn to the thrum of Jupiter’s engines and her movement through the water.\u00a0 They converge on the boat and delight in diving and rolling in our bow wake.\u00a0 Although difficult to capture as they barely break the surface of the water, we frequently enjoy their serendipitous behavior.<\/p>\n

\"Dall's <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Dall's <\/a> <\/div>
\"Dall's <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Ursidae:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bears.\u00a0 None seen.<\/p>\n

“To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the World” – John Muir<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The mountainous eastern shore of Baranof Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since arriving in Alaska on June 12th we have been scouting for wildlife.\u00a0 Here is our report on sea mammals and bears: Pinnipeds: Harbor Seals haul out onto ice to have their pups which weigh in at about 24 lbs.\u00a0 The young suckle for only one month during which time they double their weight, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,12,14],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jupitersway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC01003.jpg?fit=1280%2C719&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jupitersway.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jupitersway.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jupitersway.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jupitersway.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jupitersway.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jupitersway.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jupitersway.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jupitersway.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jupitersway.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jupitersway.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}