2013 11-05 Zuma

Very clear and sunny and cool. A wonderful sunrise and a surfing sea lion too.

Point Dume sunrise.
Point Dume sunrise 2013 Zuma 001
Point Dume sunrise with gulls.
Point Dume sunrise Larus 2013 Zuma 022
Flock of brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) like stitches on the seam of a baseball.
Pelecanus occidentalis flock sky clouds 2013 Zuma 140
Looking up at the blue sky as a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) flies directly overhead.
Pelecanus occidentalis blue sky looking 2013 Zuma 186
1 of an 8 shot sequence: a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) surfs a wave and ends up chasing, then catching a grunion.
Zalophus californianus surfing chasing fish 2013 Zuma 113
2 of an 8 shot sequence: a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) surfs a wave and ends up chasing, then catching a grunion.
Zalophus californianus surfing chasing fish 2013 Zuma 115
3 of an 8 shot sequence: a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) surfs a wave and ends up chasing, then catching a grunion.
Zalophus californianus surfing chasing fish 2013 Zuma 118
4 of and 8 shot sequence: a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) surfs a wave and ends up chasing, then catching a smelt.
Zalophus californianus surfing chasing fish 2013 Zuma 120
5 of an 8 shot sequence: a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) surfs a wave and ends up chasing, then catching a grunion.
Zalophus californianus surfing chasing fish 2013 Zuma 123
6 of an 8 shot sequence: a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) surfs a wave and ends up chasing, then catching a grunion.
Zalophus californianus surfing chasing fish 2013 Zuma 124
7 of an 8 shot sequence: a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) surfs a wave and ends up chasing, then catching a grunion.
Zalophus californianus surfing chasing fish 2013 Zuma 125
8 of an 8 shot sequence: a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) eats a grunion.
Zalophus californianus surfing chasing fish 2013 Zuma 129
A moderate sized holdfast of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) washes ashore and casts a reflection on the wet sand.
Macrocystis holdfast wrack wet sand 2013 Zuma 045
Ian finds a Zuma record-sized (Sargassum sp.) plant.
Sargassum plant debris 2013 Zuma 009

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2013 11-05 Zuma