A couple of days ago, Mike and I drove to Cape Arago State Park for some hiking and geocaching. As soon as we arrived I remembered we had been there some 8 years ago! There is a beautiful botanical gardens in the park and, as you can see below, it is the home of thousands of sea lions and seals! They have to be viewed from shore and hang out on a string of small islands and reefs but they do not let you forget they are there and the barking of the sea lions is ongoing and almost deafening sometimes! They are fun to observe for sure!
A harbor seal alone on a small rock and several sea lions with faces to the sun on the other
In this pic, you can see several harbor seals in the foreground and then a swath of sea lions and behind them another group of seals on the left
This sea lion found a nice spot to himself....not easy!
They are very good at relaxing aren't they? They just drape themselves over the rocks willy nilly!
Here you can see cormorants looking down on some of the lighter colored steller sea lions.
The white covering on these rocks is actually poop from the cormorants and sea gulls! When the wind blows your way.......phew!!
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