SEFI has a suite of typical wintering songbirds, but this year we had a few extra sparrows that have never been documented in the winter!
New Wintering Songbirds On SEFI
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SEFI’s Giant Gray Visitors
Each winter the waters surrounding the Farallon Islands teem with charcoal-colored, behemoth-sized visitors arriving from the north… the Gray Whale!
Fantastic Find on the Farallones
The crews on the Southeast Farallon Island are used to finding random objects throughout the island since gulls bring many back from the coast, but they weren’t prepared for what they found on February 6th.
Spring Tides Reveal Intertidal Treasures
We’re not referring to the season spring, but a ‘spring tide.’ This is a term referring to the periods of higher high and lower low tides during new and full moon. There is some really cool stuff in our intertidal!
Did Somebody Say Sperm Whale?
On the morning of February 2nd, the winter Farallon crew woke up to find quite a surprise… an immature sperm whale had washed ashore on Mirounga Beach!
Warning: There are graphic images in this post containing a deceased animal.
Peak of the E-Seal season: brawling bulls, caring cows, plump pups, and more!
Things are heating up for the winter Farallon crew, the Elephant Seal breeding season is at its peak!
It’s been a windy one
Yesterday on the Farallones: “It’s a heck of a lot easier to walk north!”
Cricket Time!
What lurks in the the caves on the Farallones? We survey them to find out! It’s time once again for our quarterly cricket surveys!
Glowing Sea Gherkins!
On the morning of January 7th, the field team stumbled across a curious sight to behold… thousands of tubular gelatinous creatures!
What the rains bring…
Exploring the interaction of annual precipitation trends on SEFI with one of our very special island critters!
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