i felt that my favorite feature of la jolla required it's own post. this area of san diego is famous for it's population of SEALS!!!!!!!! or as tony calls them "fat little sea nuggets". he's not wrong. they are kind of nugget-ish. this little cove was originally meant to be a beach for children to play on. a sea wall was built on one side to create a smooth wading area. but rather than attracting children? it became the nesting ground for dozens of harbor seals!! look at all those blobs just chilling in the sand....
i could've spent all day watching these fat and happy seals lounging and playing in the surf.
happy seals, bathing in the waves!
this little guy was trucking along up the beach! he was my favorite "nugget". *having technical difficulties uploading the video....hopefully will load soon!*
just a little way up the coast line and there is a whole other cache of adorableness. sea lions!!! i never really saw the difference between seals and sea lions until i saw them so close together. seals? move by "scouching" themselves along the sand. sea lions? have back fins that stick out so they can waddle more than flop. and they bark. LOUDLY. also? they have ears that stick out. seals like to lay out on their own, while sea lions tend to huddle. look at this pack of sea lions!!!!
i love how the group on the left all have their necks wound together.....
i'm pretty sure that sea lions started the "cuddle puddle" trend.
a rock full of sea lions! they would crawl all over each other to get in and out of the water. and nobody seemed to mind....
you can hear their loud "barks"! *another attempt at a video upload....will return shortly*
Gummy that California want more sunny and warm, but any break is nice. We have been soooooo snowy this year beyond not fair.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE seals and sea lions! They are so much fun to watch goof around on land. Cutest cuddle puddles indeed.
Miss you guys!