Seals and Sea Lions
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San Francisco’s 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.
Elephant seal, South Georgia.
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Isn't this cutie adorable? A young harbor seal watching us very curious.
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Two Harbor Seal Lions on an iceberg calving from Red Stone glacier, a tidewater glacier in the Northwestern Fjord, Kenai Fjords National Park - Alaska
Harbor seals, Phocidae family, also called “common” or “hair” seals by some locals. They are covered with short, stiff, bristle-like hair. Coloration varies, but two basic patterns occur: light gray sides and belly with dark blotches or spots, or a dark background with light rings. They can be distinguished from other pinnipeds, such as fur seals and sea lions, by the absence of external ear flaps; only a small hole (the external pinnae, or opening to the ear canal) is visible on either side of their head. Harbor seals are mammals and therefore breathe air, but they are well adapted to life in the ocean.
The first white settlers to Alaska in the 1700s established a massive fur trade based on the pelts of harbor seals and nearly wiped them out completely, but since the Marine Mammal Protection Act, their numbers have rebounded and are now estimated at between 200,000-300,000.
Looking north up this popular central Oregon beach, with Elephant rock in the distance.
Located between Newport and Waldport.
"Oregonians have always enjoyed visiting the coast; a tradition that was officially protected in 1913 when Governor Oswald West and the Oregon legislature established the state's 362 miles of shoreline as a public highway. This designation only applied to the wet-sand portions of the beaches.
Then, in the summer of 1966, the owner of a Cannon Beach hotel put down large driftwood logs to block off a section of the beach to all but the hotel guests. In response, the State Highway Commission, with Governor Tom McCall's support, introduced two bills in the legislature. The bills mimicked a Texas law that recognized the public's continued use of private beach land as a permanent right. Commonly known as the Beach Bill, it established a permanent public easement for access and recreation along the ocean shore seaward of the existing line of vegetation, regardless of ownership." oregon.gov
Thank you Oregon for allowing any visitor access to so many amazing beaches, like this!
Have a wonderful Wednesday!
A Common seal youngster, was great to come across this little fella on my walk along the beach yesterday
Back to Terschelling. During high tide we made a nice boat trip and ran into these seals. It was a strip with hundreds of them sunbathing, amazing. I choose to zoom into just these two buddies instead of showing you the full strip. Have a nice day
Some seals catching a free ride on the rudder of a supertanker. Blue water sailing off Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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From the 2016 November birthing season at Donna Nook on the Lincolnshire coast.
Every November and December, grey seals come to the Donna Nook coastline to give birth to their pups near the sand dunes.
1,957 pups were born in the 2016 season., last year 2,134 were born.
The Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust manage this National Nature reserve.