I noticed something a little odd about one of the harbor seals at the overlook last Sunday, but it wasn’t until I got home and took a closer look at the photos that I realized what I’d seen.
Check out this image:
Can you spot the harbor seal that isn’t actually a harbor seal? I think this might be a California sea lion. Here’s a close-up:
I scanned across that group with binoculars, looked right at that animal, noted that there was something different about it, but didn’t think anything more. I was looking for baby harbor seals, and it clearly wasn’t one of those, so I just kept going.
My brain cracks me up sometimes.
Tags: harbor seal rookery, california sea lion, Carpinteria Bluffs.