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This group shot of harbor seals illustrates their cuteness and wide variations in colors.
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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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For an unforgettable wildlife experience, I highly recommend the Elkhorn Slough Safari in Moss Landing. We saw over one hundred sea otters, almost eighty harbor seals and dozens of sea lions very up close and personal.
This photo shows a raft of about eighty sea otters. Raft is the official label for a bunch of otters hanging out together, looking like a raft.
In addition to sea mammals, I also photographed sixteen species of birds. The trip was two hours of wildlife bliss. There were a few . . . |
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Two Macaws preening one another. A very intimate, gentle moment in a birds' life.
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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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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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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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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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I know they are wild animals with big teeth and claws but jeez, don't they look cuddly?!
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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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A very pregnant Harbor Seal looking quite pleased with herself.
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Two Harbor Seal were of quite different fur colors but all the whiskers were blonde.
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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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The Harbor Seal was very curious about us as we motored past, but not curious enough to actually move.
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The lion demonstrated camouflage.
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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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This photo shows just part of a very large raft of otters we saw in the Elkhorn Slough. The older individuals had light faces, and such cute faces they were.
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Here is an older otter, recognized by the light colored fur on its face. It is grooming itself after eating. Otters must have one of the cutest faces in the animal kingdom
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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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The King of the Jungle appeared regal that day.
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A lone individual popped up out of the water after a dive for food. We suspected he has a clam grasped in his paws. Otters love shellfish.
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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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Here is another otter grooming or maybe he is thinking "oh, not another boatload of paparazzi!"
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A very large tortoise with an imposing look.
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The pelican glides effortlessly over the surface of the sea.
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