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.
This will be our final photograph from Bicheno. The sun was moving in and out of cloud cover for most of the afternoon, but here the brilliant sunshine illuminates Alligator Rock which has an active fur seal colony. The Australian fur seal is the fourth rarest seal species in the world.
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I am lucky enough to be able to photograph Seals from my brothers boat that goes out from Titmarsh Marina giving us access to Walton back waters. It was quite a gloomy day, but still enjoyed a few hours in the company of these wonderful creatures. Will be posting a few over next week or so! Let's start with a splash!!
A good news story! Grey seal numbers, in the UK, have increased from only 500 in the early 20th century to more than 120 000 now. Here are a few of last year's pups.
Elephant seal, South Georgia.
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Walking around the coastline of the UK, you sometimes get that feeling that they get in detective stories - that you're being watched. The grey seals in Cornwall, UK are a very curious bunch. They pop up to rest but they keep an eye on you. This fellow was just off the rocks below a steep cliff at Lizard point.
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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.
A grey seal at a fishing pier. The grey seals wait for the fishing boats to come in, hoping to get some scraps.
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!