The Foundation has a new patient.
He has no official name yet so I just call him Bubba. He's a harbor seal that was rescued in Water Island on Fire Island. He's very underweight, barely 20 lbs and he has wounds and cuts on his hind flippers and underside. His injuries are consistent with a shark attack. Not sure how if this is viewable outside of Facebook but here is a video of his rescue.
I received more valuable training this week. Thanks to my new friend Bubba I've been officially trained in cleaning seal poop off the tank ledges. Oh happy day!
This past weekend I worked the Fall Wildlife Festival at the Theodore Roosevelt Nature Center in Jones Beach. Not a shabby place to be stuck in October honestly. The center has lots of really neat stuff for kids inside and "environmental boardwalks" made of sea shells outside. Many of the dunes are still roped off to protect the plover areas but you can still get great views of whatever happens to be hanging out. Our table/tent area was up against one of the butterfly gardens. Poor me right!
