Why the sea lions came for breakfast

Miguel DelinquentoMiguel Delinquento Registered Users Posts: 904 Major grins
edited February 12, 2008 in Wildlife
Saturday morning was pretty grey and wet here in Puget Sound. My wife convinced me to hang out with our local Audubon folks for an hour of bird watching. Our ferry dock is a pretty convenient place for bird watchers to setup wondrous Leica and Zeiss scopes. I brought my Pentax K10D DSLR, DA*50-135mm, and a cheap but useful Tokina SD 400mm lens on a monopod.

What we found was a rowdy pack of sea lions.

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K10D, DA* 50-135 @ 135mm 1/350 f8 ISO 400

Usually we get a few spotted harbor seals here and there, but sea lions tend to keep their distance from the dock. Not this time.

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K10D, Tokina SD 400mm 1/750 f8 ISO 400

Why, I wondered, were they here? Finally this young lion's hungry gaze gave me a clue

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K10D, Tokina SD 400mm 1/350 f9.5 ISO 400

I followed his line of sight to where the truth became apparent:

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K10D, DA* 50-135 @ 55mm 1/180 f8 ISO 400

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Comments

  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2008
    Very interetsing and funny ste. thumb.gif
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