Seals and Sea Lions
View allAll Photos Tagged Seal
San Franciscoās Seal Rocks rise from the Pacific Ocean surf just off the shore of Lands End as the sun begins to set on the western edge of the city.
A grey seal at a fishing pier. The grey seals wait for the fishing boats to come in, hoping to get some scraps.
Thank you all who fave and comment on my photo'/video's,much appreciated.
www.facebook.com/Maureen-Campbell-photography-10049741866...
La Jolla, California, Rock within the small cove that contains The Children's Pool. Some Local Seals and a California Sea Lion soak up some rays.
A few more from the Grey Seal project. Most have now returned to sea so my trip tomorrow may well be the last for this season. I'll hopefully have time to work with them again when they return at the end of this year.
Grey seal - Halichoerus grypus
From the 2016 November birthing season at Donna Nook on the Lincolnshire coast.
At the last count this year, 2019, 2,168 pups have been born.
The bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) gets its name from its thick, light-colored whiskers, which resemble a beard. These ice seals live in Arctic waters, often on or near floating ice. Bearded seals are 7-8 feet long and weigh 575-800 pounds. Females are larger than males. Bearded seals have a small head, short snout, and square flippers. Their large body has a dark gray or brown coat that may have dark spots or rings.
This seal was seen in Quidi Vidi Gut in St John's NL, an uncommon visitor this far south.
I'm going to end this series for now with this newborn. At the end of the afternoon this baby seal was born in front of my eyes. It happened all within a few seconds. The highlight of the week and a moment I will never forget. Here you see the first encounter of the mother with her baby.
This will also be my last upload as I will be going on holidays for three weeks as of next week. Hopefully coming back with beautiful pictures!!
breakin' seal? i do not use punctuation in most of my writing. i like to leave it open to allow different readings.
i do use it sometimes with some titles, just not here.
A few more from the Grey Seal project. Most have now returned to sea so my trip tomorrow may well be the last for this season. I'll hopefully have time to work with them again when they return at the end of this year.
Haha! talk about looking comfy while sunbathing :)
Seal taking in the sunshine at Machrihanish beach.
My encounter with the seals on Horsey Beach will stay with me forever. It was breathtaking to see and hear them!
I'll keep posting photos of the Otters where I can (if I manage to get any more of them), but here's some Grey Seal images from the Winter project...
Grey seals with three pups (one behind the mother) on a very small island north west of Kerrera.
KT Tunstall - Silent Sea
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V5B8JJ0O0g
Please right click the link and open in a new tab to view and listen. Thank you !
Rollingstone1's most interesting photos on Flickriver
Ā© All rights reserved. Use without permission is illegal
Harbour or Common Seal - Phoca vitulina
The smaller of our two UK seal species, Common Seals are also known as Harbour Seals. Despite being called "Common", they are actually less common than Grey Seals!
The harbor (or harbour) seal (Phoca vitulina), also known as the common seal, is a true seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern Hemisphere. The most widely distributed species of pinniped (walruses, eared seals, and true seals), they are found in coastal waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the Baltic and North Seas.
Harbor seals are brown, silvery white, tan, or gray, with distinctive V-shaped nostrils. An adult can attain a length of 1.85 m (6.1 ft) and a mass of 132 kg (290 lb). Blubber under the seal's skin helps to maintain body temperature. Females outlive males (30ā35 years versus 20ā25 years). Harbor seals stick to familiar resting spots or haulout sites, generally rocky areas (although ice, sand, and mud may also be used) where they are protected from adverse weather conditions and predation, near a foraging area. Males may fight over mates under water and on land. Females bear a single pup after a nine-month gestation, which they care for alone. Pups can weigh up to 16 kg (35 lb) and are able to swim and dive within hours of birth. They develop quickly on their mothers' fat-rich milk, and are weaned after four to six weeks.
The global population of harbor seals is 350,000ā500,000, but subspecies in certain habitats are threatened. Once a common practice, sealing is now illegal in many nations within the animal's range.