July 22: Wildlife tag

I found this flipper tag on the east beach  of the Isthmus. These tags were used to tag the flippers of seals back when seals were still a subject of research on the island.
The Rangers are currently looking into tracing some information  on the tag and its origin.  Stay tuned.
UPDATE: It turns out that Orange 9583 belonged to a female elephant seal born in 1999 at 33 kg. She was weaned at a weight of 72kg. She survived to age 6.

Flipper tag. Photo: Jacque Comery