TIDELINES
Photo
by Dave Dorrington
Finn
Slough Heritage & Wetland Society
October
1999 Newsletter
CONTENTS
Baby
Seal Rescue
Finn
Slough Outreach Programme
Invitation
to the Annual General Meeting
Baby
Seal Rescue at Finn
Slough
One
hot July evening, Finn Slough resident David Roberts awoke to strange sounds
like “ two trees rubbing together in the wind,” he said “or an eerie
moaning from a horror movie.”
David heard the sounds again
during a luncheon meeting he and two other Slough residents hosted but,“Our
guest was too polite to ask if we had someone tied up in the woodshed.“
However, the second he left,” said David, “We rushed under the house and
found a tiny, exhausted baby seal.”
The
residents called Marine Mammal Rescue and Rehabilitation Programme
which is part of the Vancouver Aquarium’s Marine Science Centre. Tammy and
another marine biologist arrived carrying a fiberglass box with a grilled
window. Tammy scooped up the baby seal and put him in the carrier saying, “He
might be as young as three days. Must have been accidentally separated from its
mother and then the tides brought him to Finn Slough.” She added, “He is
very weak and undernourished -- it is a good thing you called us!”
The
baby seal, named Seal #23 when he entered the orphan programme on July 23rd,
1999, weighed only 8 kg. and his age was determined to be 7 days. Eventually, he
was re-named “Dagobah” and on September 3rd, 1999, at an impressive 18 kg.
and fully capable of catching and eating fish independently, he was released at
White Cliff Park in West Vancouver.
Finn Slough Heritage & Wetland Society
9480
Dyke Road, Richmond, BC; V7A 2L5
1-604-271-5140
tidelines@hotmail,com
www.angelfire.com/bc/finnslough/
Finn
Slough Outreach Programme
The Finn
Slough Heritage and Wetland Society’s display booth which showcases photos,
video, birdlists, maps, wetland preservation information, history and heritage
information, etc. has been seen in many naturalist, heritage and community
events in the lower mainland including:
Living
City Forum (The Song Bird Project) at Roundhouse Community Centre, Vancouver,
September 1998
Richmond
Heritage Umbrella Weekend at the Richmond Centre, February 1999
Fraser
River Festival at Deas Island Regional Park,
June 1999
International
Bog Day at Delta Nature Reserve
(Burn’s
Bog), July 1999
Thanks to
all the volunteers who worked the display booth! Special thanks to Gretchen
Harlow who also gave away organic apples at Burn’s Bog and Deas Island
displays!
You
are cordially invited to attend
The
Annual General Meeting
of
the
Finn
Slough Heritage & Wetland Society
(with
soup, bread, tea /coffee, & nibbles)
Costumes
optional
but
welcome
Sunday
October 31st, 1999
1:00
- 2:30 pm
Gilnetter
Room
Steveston
Community Centre
4111
Moncton Street, Steveston