March 29, 2016 Salish Sea, PNW
The other day we took our jaunt around Whale Rocks on a strong ebb tide. It was a windless quiet day and brilliantly sunny, the first warm day we’ve had this spring.
To my great surprise the Rocks were empty of sea lions! Usually there are about 30 lounging cheek by jowl, with a few youngsters sometimes wrestling noisily, roaring. This time neither rock had a single sea lion.
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No cormorants either. A dozen gulls and four Bald Eagles, but otherwise bare this day. The Sea Lions migrate back out to the open ocean for the summer but not until May or so.
Then I saw where they were. Every Sea Lion was in the water, on all sides of the Rocks.
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