This baby seal was crashed right out, surrounded by several people. I couldn't believe it, here, in the middle of civilization. You can see it's quite thin, and in the first picture may be misaken for dead. Rest assured it was breathing regularly enough! You could almost say snoring. Well, I was slightly alarmed and started asking if we should pour water on it, or get a lifeguard or call the Acquarium or something. The woman (you can hardly see) sitting beside the girls laughed and said to leave it alone. She knew alot about it and it's a good thing she was there because every succesive person that came up reacted much the same as I did.\
A boy was there as well; he was very good about running up to anyone with a dog and telling them to make sure the dog didn't disturb our sleeping baby. After about 45 minutes of astonishment, and a few pics, it woke up, blinked a couple of times, looked around at us, seemed briefly startled, then . . .YAWNED, rolled over and went right back to sleep! It was close to the most amazing thing I have ever randomly seen.
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Speaking of 'bonuses', sometimes it's better to just go with the flow and not try to orchestrate things. By now, in late June, the tide was so low and the weather so warm that there were people, and their dogs, all over the beach. So no eagles. Early in the mornings I would still have success, but the low tide cycles through all hours of the day so there were times when the eagles were flying and I could only watch helplessly from the shore.
On this day it was clear there would be no eagle sightings, although I kept my eyes roving over the horizon regardless. I was taking in some rays, and dipping into the ocean, when at one point a group of German people walked very close to me. I looked up slightly annoyed -since there's a WHOLE BEACH here, why are you coming right up to me?- when one fellow said "There's a baby seal taking a nap on the beach." Excited, I jumped up, grabbing my camera, and this is what I found.