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The water under the wharf was clear enough to watch two sea lions
swim and dive. The wharf provide four large, square, fenced holes through
which to look down and watch the sea lions.
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While swimming underneath the wharf, one of three sea lions
looked up and silently opened is mouth. Whether as a yawn or
a threat was unclear.
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Horizontal supports ran underneath the wharf
to strengthen
its pilings and to prevent damage from powerful storms.
The sea lions took advantage of these horizontal supports.
One would swim up near a support, leap from the water, and clamber
up onto a it. Once in place, the sea lion would find a sun-lit spot
and rest.
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The sun that afternoon shone almost horizontally under the wharf.
As soon as this sea lion popped its head from the water it was
lit as if from a spotlight.
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The downtown Strand Theater in San Francisco had been closed down.
Its movie theater role had been replaced by a multi-plex at 4th and Mission.
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A fancy drinking fountain was on the corner next to Benton County Court House.
A nearby sign read:
Courthouse Fountain
Donated to the
People of Benton County
by
John and Dorothy Fenner
Dedicated
July 1993
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The Spectacled Bear is the only bear that comes from South America. I hope this unique and beautiful endangered bear survives.
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A very pregnant Harbor Seal looking quite pleased with herself.
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The Harbor Seal was very curious about us as we motored past, but not curious enough to actually move.
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Bette Davis eyes? Bedroom eyes? Puppy dog eyes? They've got nothing on harbor seal eyes!
The little slit behind the eye is the ear which is an easy way to distinguish it from a sea lion with its little external ear.
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Two Macaws preening one another. A very intimate, gentle moment in a birds' life.
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A loud, large, parrot looking quite handsome.
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A great egret at the edge of the bay looking for food. It is a very graceful bird whether walking or flying.
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Harbor seals are close to the top of the cute list, right up there next to sea otters.
We saw close to eighty harbor seals that day, most of them lying on shore watching us watching them.
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The larger Great Egret was stalked by the smaller Snowy Egret.
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The fisherman hadn't noticed that a pelican had just landed next to him on the pier.
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I know they are wild animals with big teeth and claws but jeez, don't they look cuddly?!
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To our left as we exited the harbor and entered the slough, we saw an old pier covered with sea lions. We slowly motored past them. It was quite satisfying to be at their level and so close to them. I feel like I ended up with a family portrait instead of a wildlife photo.
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I was able to get nice close-ups of the harbor seals because I used a telephoto lens. If the boat had come this close they would have been disturbed and swum away.
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We saw many of these Marbled Godwits that day on the slough. This one is just about to take flight.
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The Island Fox is only found on the Santa Barbara Channel Islands. Each of those six islands has its own subspecies of this little fox. Very Galapagos of them.
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Two Harbor Seal were of quite different fur colors but all the whiskers were blonde.
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The Green-winged Macaw goes by many names: Greenwing Macaw, Red and Green Macaw and Green Wing Macaw. They are one of the largest and gentlest of all the Macaws.
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Bewick is pronounced Buick, like the car. This wren is thriving in the nation's parklands and adds its voice to nature's concert.
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