British Columbia · observation
Rocks above the west-side jetty, Great Race Rock
· Race Rocks
Ryan Murphy photographed a Steller sea lion pup nursing from its mother above the jetty. The same account follows the pup through subsequent disturbances, when it was seen with a shoulder wound and without its mother. Those later updates are not counted as separate encounters.
- Species
- Steller sea lion
- Number of seals
- 2
- Attributed name
- Unidentified
- Source
- Ryan Murphy / Race Rocks Ecoguardians Log
About this record
- Supporting evidence
- https://racerocks.ca/sea-lion-juvenile/ — Published 29 September, but the initial observer email explicitly dates the nursing pair to 27 September 2011.
- Identification confidence
- Not recorded
- Editorial status
- Published by Seal Watch.
Source wording, attributed names and approximate date labels are preserved. A published report does not establish a verified animal identity.