TIME FOR SOME SOCAL WILDLIFE!

January – February, 2019

OK, we’ll admit it.  There’s no sense hiding such passion.  And as long as we lived on the East coast we didn’t even know we had it so bad.  Well, here goes!  We couldn’t get enough of the harbor seals and sea lions and pelicans that can be seen up close and personal at La Jolla’s Children’s Pool Beach and Cove.  It was cool enough to see the pelicans flying while we walked along Sunset Cliffs.

It was cool enough to visit the Children’s Pool Beach and unknowingly be there during pupping season; to stumble across about 40-50 or so harbor seals, sea lions and a fair number of pups.

It was something else entirely to see a half dozen or so pelicans hanging out on a jetty.

…and it was something else entirely to walk on the rocks at the Cove and be within 3-6 feet of harbor seals and sea lions.

 

We also had encounters or 2 with young sea gulls, other sea birds, a rabbit camouflaged under some twiggs, some fresh water water fowl, a lizard (hey, Elyssa!), and a hummingbird.

 

We didn’t plan adventures to see wildlife.  We were so very fortunate, with the camera ever ready, to see our month in San Diego with eyes wide open, and to be able to share this experience and our passion for the mammals, reptiles and birds we encountered.

Barbara and Brian