Ano Nuevo
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Ano Nuevo mainland is a 300-350 acre low rocky windswept dune field, with its western portion driven by NW winds. Showing up first on Ano Nuevo Island in 1955, male northern elephant seals began hauling out on the mainland in 1965 although island carrying capacity wasn't reached until the late 1970's. The first pup was born on the mainland in January 1975 (Le Beouf et al. Chapter 2). During a census in 1961 12 births were recorded on the island, while in 1991 2248 total births were recorded for the island and the mainland, and there were approximately 2000 pups born on the mainland durning the 1994-1995 breeding season. This breeding area is mainly colonized by immigrants from San Miguel Island and San Nicolas Island and had an immigration rate of 3.9% between 1974 and 1986 (Le Beouf et al. Chapter 2). This coloney has a pup mortality rate ranging from 15 to 26%(Horizon Charters)
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