Buzz's Marine Life of Puget Sound: PEARL AND JAM - JAM MAY BE WEANED

Friday, September 14, 2018

PEARL AND JAM - JAM MAY BE WEANED - MT. RAINIER MT. GOATS, COYOTE, GROUSE.

It may be time for Harbor Seal pup Jam to be called a weaner meaning there is no longer any free milk from mom. Jam is estimated to be between 4 and 6 weeks old which is the time frame when pups are weaned. The last nursing was observed on September 11th. Currently the daytime tides are not low enough for the seals to haul out on their favorite rocks. Good luck to Jam. The other Harbor Seal seen often in the same area with Pearl and Jam is Mudhoney a female that my have lost a pup and has been hanging out with Pearl and Jam. She was seen on September 12th but Pearl and Jam were not around.

My hikes at Mt. Rainier have been rewarded with some interesting wildlife visits. I met a herd of some 9 Mountain Goats while hiking the Huckleberry Creek trail and was visited during my lunch break on the Naches Peak Loop trail by a lone coyote. Some deer showed up as well as my favorite rodents the Golden Mantled Ground Squirrels with some Pikas and Marmots....Grouse were common. As most visitors to this blog know I include the Puget Sound watershed area....because all that fresh water ends up in Puget Sound sooner or later... Enjoy your Fall season....yep it is meterological fall (Sept 1 to Nov 30)....if not the astronomical one.