Kevin,
We (20 students from Newport High School and myself) had a Northern
Elephant Seal on a whale watch in the San Juans on Saturday. The skipper
on our boat mentioned that he had only seen a few in his 7 years.
Ironically, we were out on his last trip two years ago when he had seen
last seen one. Take care.

Barry Levine
Seattle
levinb at belnet.bellevue.k12.wa.us

On Sat, 15 May 1999, Li, Kevin wrote:

> I forgot to mention that Monday last week, while working off the south west
> end of Whidbey Island, our skipper Steve Aubert pointed out a Northern
> Elephant Seal that was in the main channel; this male sat high in the water
> for minutes at a time, allowing us good looks from a distance. It's only the
> second that I've seen in this region, and Steve had seen just a few in his
> many years of skippering.
> Bird-wise it was fairly quiet, a large flock of brant in the main channel, a
> few marbled murrelets, rhino auklets and pigeon guillemots.
>
> Kevin Li
> Seattle
>