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An adult night heron in full breeding plumage showing off its pink legs which are yellow the rest of the year.
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This group shot of harbor seals illustrates their cuteness and wide variations in colors.
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A very pregnant Harbor Seal looking quite pleased with herself.
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The lion demonstrated camouflage.
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A very young sea lion was sleepily curious about his observers.
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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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I love the pattern of this seal's fur, but I would never entertain the idea of taking it away from her to use for myself.
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Catching the afternoon sun, the master of the grasses rests in its domain.
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Two Harbor Seal were of quite different fur colors but all the whiskers were blonde.
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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 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 female sea lion tried to appear very demure.
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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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I know they are wild animals with big teeth and claws but jeez, don't they look cuddly?!
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This bedraggled juvenile black-crowned night heron was perched on the dock near the boat we were going to use. I hoped it wasn't a harbinger of how our trip would turn out.
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A very large, old Leopard Tortoise sunned itself that afternoon.
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Sea Lions swam in and out of sunlight and shade beneath the wharf in Santa Cruz.
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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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More of the endless variation of facial expressions you can always find in sea lions.
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It surprises me that a big bird like a Pelican can fly so effortlessly.
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This is a close-up of the same Pelican I posted yesterday,
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The improbable flamingo pondering its place in natural history.
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King of the mountain and he knows it.
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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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