2022 04-30 Monterey Breakwater
SEA LION PORTRAITS GALORE!
Later in the day we drove down to Monterey and spent about an hour on the San Carlos Beach Breakwater. Nesting cormorants completely took over the rocks and drove the usual occupants, California sea lions, into the water and on to the rocks closer to the public walkway, plus under the Coast Guard pier. Most of the sea lions on the rocks were juvenile males and they were very close so some wonderful portraits could be had. We only saw one otter on our walk, where in the past we’ve seen many more. Perhaps they were foraging out in the kelp or elsewhere along the coastline.
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Zalophus californianus California sea lion PORTRAIT 2022 04-30 Monterey Wharf-a-010
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