Ano Nuevo State Park

California

1/21/19 Raptor Monitoring for the protection of Ridgway's Rail. This female Kestrel did get a Dragonfly, but is of no concern to the Rails.

Here is a close-up of the seal. I could come to about one metre distance of him.

Seal on rocks at the Entrance rock wall...

Kaikoura, New Zealand

back seat of your best friends car, well we were onto something.

Waiting for a fish donation

Inner Farne

I'm ready for my close up, Mr. Hutt.

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Tasmania - boat trip around Cape Pillar

Seals on Tentsmuir beach, Scotland

(Quality is poor due to being taken on a 4mega pixel camera at the top end of its zoom, not to mention lying down on my front in the sea, so as not to be seen by them!)

What to say… they are not that dif-fer-ent from us… More at www.rolfmaederphotography.com/socializing-seals/

Horsey Gap

A New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus fosteri) on Kangaroo Island near Admiral's Arch.

a young male elephant seal checks us out

seal!

La Jolla California

La Jolla California

Crabeater seals don't actually live in the area, but a few show up every season. They are not nearly as docile as the Weddell seals.

Paulet Island, Antarctica