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The King of the Jungle appeared regal that day.
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The lion demonstrated camouflage.
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The King contemplated freedom.
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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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The Harbor Seal was very curious about us as we motored past, but not curious enough to actually move.
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This photo shows a sea lion swimming in the late afternoon sunlight beneath the wharf in Santa Cruz. Lovely light on a lovely animal.
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Two Macaws preening one another. A very intimate, gentle moment in a birds' life.
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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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This killdeer tried to lure me away from her nest and eggs fluttering her wings as if injured. Ironically, the only reason I knew her nest was nearby was because of the mother killdeer's behavior. She faked being hurt and then looked back to see if I was buying it.
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A very large male sea lion with a much smaller female.
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A very large, old Leopard Tortoise sunned itself that afternoon.
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A very young sea lion was sleepily curious about his observers.
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Two Harbor Seal were of quite different fur colors but all the whiskers were blonde.
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Close up of a male sea lion. According to Wiki, "Zalophus californianus" means "Californian big-head" because a male grows a crest of bone on top of his head that causes a bulging forehead.
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This group shot of harbor seals illustrates their cuteness and wide variations in colors.
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A female avocet sits on her eggs. When the tide comes in this nest will barely be above the water.
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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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A very pregnant Harbor Seal looking quite pleased with herself.
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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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This was the second killdeer nest I'd found. The first one was on gravel and this one on flowerbed mulch. Both times the nests were easily overlooked and the eggs hard to spot.
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The larger Great Egret was stalked by the smaller Snowy Egret.
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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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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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A female sea lion tried to appear very demure.
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