Several sea lions gathered on the rocks of a marina's breakwater. They are lounging in various positions, some looking at the camera, almost as if they are posing for a Renaissance period painting.

A colony of sea lions gathered on the breakwater rocks at the Edmonds marina this past Sunday

#Pinnipeds #SeaLions #Edmonds #RenaissancePainting #AniamalArtTuesday #Nature #RockinTuesday #TidesOutTuesday #PugetSound #PNW #Photography #Wildlife

Harbour seals can 'talk' thanks to their parrot-like brains Seals, sea lions and walruses are among the few animal species that exhibit a wide range of vocal flexibility — the most extreme being in seals, which can even mimic human speech. They compared the br...

Seals, #sealions and #walruses are among the few animal species that exhibit a wide range of vocal flexibility — the most extreme being in #seals, which can even mimic human speech www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Little time to draw during this vacation, but there was one particular thing that made it all worthwhile. I found feisty sea puppies #sealions

Join a guided tour to Espiritu Santo Island near La Paz, #Mexico and #snorkel with #sealions , explore deserted #beaches , see blue footed boobies and the occasional goat. How did you like it? #EspirituSanto #LaPaz backpackandsnorkel.c...

Chillin' On The Dock of Shilshole Bay. Easy wildlife spotting near Golden Gardens Beach in Seattle. #sealions #seattlevibes

Join a guided tour to Espiritu Santo Island near La Paz, #Mexico and #snorkel with #sealions , explore deserted #beaches , see blue footed boobies and the occasional goat. How did you like it? #EspirituSanto #LaPaz backpackandsnorkel.c...

Join a guided tour to Espiritu Santo Island near La Paz, #Mexico and #snorkel with #sealions , explore deserted #beaches , see blue footed boobies and the occasional goat. How did you like it? #EspirituSanto #LaPaz backpackandsnorkel.c...

Join a guided tour to Espiritu Santo Island near La Paz, #Mexico and #snorkel with #sealions , explore deserted #beaches , see blue footed boobies and the occasional goat. How did you like it? #EspirituSanto #LaPaz backpackandsnorkel.c...

Sea lions have a tendency to take over docks all around the coast. The Whiskey Dock in Ucluelet was annexed by them recently but someone has prepared defences 🤣

#Ucluelet #Tofino #VancouverIsland #Sealions

Just a quick bite… and a very dramatic response.

Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

#galapagos #galapagosislands #sealions #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #animalbehavior #natgeo #bbcearth #discoverearth

Helen MacInnes, “Friends and Lovers”. ‘There was one moment when David’s head said, “Turn back!” But his heart said, “Go on!”’ Ladies’ Home Journal, April 1947.
#wildlife #biodiversity #seals #SeaLions #illustrationart #illustrationartists #PruettCarter #HelenMacInnes

biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16070600 https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/albums/72157631243784678 ‘The Reverend Pierre Jacques Smit, who often signed his works Peter Smit, Peter J. Smit, or P.J. Smit, was a natural history illustrator of the Victorian era in England.’ Wikipedia

#wildlife #biodiversityawareness
‘Hooker’s Sea Lion.’ Illustration by P. J. Smit (1863-1960)
👉ALT
*The Royal Natural History* ed. #RichardLydekker (1849-1915). Vol. II Section IIII. (London & New York 1894)
#seals #Sealions #ScientificIllustration #illustrationartists #PJSmit

www.amazon.com/Sea-Lion-Sib...
Just unwind and turn off your brain while you read this #adulthumor #ebook and #AI Voice #audiobook, "A Sea Lion Sibling Story". Available on #amazonkindle and #kindleunlimited.
#RatedRReads
Rated R for Language.
#Naturephotography
#wildlifephotography
#sealions
#KU

A prominent, shaggy mane around their massive necks and shoulders. Known for a "lion-like" appearance, they have dark brown to reddish-brown fur, a broad snout, and an upturned nose. This one was shouting to let the others know it's his territory.

A huge male South American Sea Lion letting everyone know who's boss!

#wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #sealions #mammals

www.amazon.com/Sea-Lion-Sib...
#adulthumor
Rated R for Language.
#RatedRReads
#naturephotography
#wildlifephotography
#booksky
#bookrecommendation
#californiasealions
#picturebook ( but not for kids).
#NSFWreads
Available at #amazonkindle and #Kindleunlimited
#sealions
#bookreview
#KUReads
#KU

I just ran across my 2012 photo taken during a long day traipsing around #NobHill in San Francisco. This is the entrance of an apartment building that I almost passed by without pausing, until I noticed that the #terracotta guard lions on the entry plinths are #sealions. How about that for whimsy?

So sleepy #sealions #ocean #shoreline #beachwalk #pacificnorthwest #Canada #westcoast

An absolute unit of a sea lion has started visiting Pier 39 in SF.
#SeaLions #Pinnipeds

Nature at the US Coast Guard Pier #photography #travel #USA #California #Monterey #nature #sealions #marinelife

H5N1 in marine mammals is spreading: Research tallies over 50,000 seals and sea lions killed along South America's coast When the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus was discovered on a poultry farm in Asia in 1996, there was little indication that it would become so widespread and so destructive. Within 30…

#H5N1 in #marine #mammals is spreading ...

| #seals | #sealions | #HPAI | #avianinfluenza | #BirdFlu | #AvianFlu | #pathogen | #infections | By @ucdavis.bsky.social via @sciencex.bsky.social

For #AAG2026 geographers visiting #SanFrancisco who are done with travelling along corridors indoors I can recommend outdoors with #sealions at North Point, setting sun over the #GoldenGateBridge up #TelegraphHill and ditto from the Pacific side at #SutroBaths and #LandsEnd. Fabulous geography city

Original stained glass sea lion bookends.

#stainedglass, #bookends, #handmade, #woodworking, #sealions, #art

Massive Steller sea lion seen sunbathing at San Francisco's Pier 39 Humans aren't the only ones taking in the San Francisco sunshine ☀️ A Steller sea lion showed up Friday morning to the docks at Pier 39, making itself at home.

Not unusual to see #seals and #sealions sunbathing at San Francisco's Pier 39, but right now there is an extra large pinniped making itself at home. A #Steller sea lion showed up Friday morning and it is big - as you can see in these pictures. abc7news.com/post/massive...

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah (Kaikoura, NZ)

#photosky #sealions #newzealand #kaikoura #photography #sonyalpha

Sea puppies on the sand.
#sealions #ocean #barking #imtryingtosleep #oceanlove #westcoast

Grateful that I got to witness these beach beauties waiting for the herring spawn
#Photography
#VancouverIsland
#sealions

Beauty gathers in the quiet places where nature rests.
Even simple moments of togetherness can soften the day.
You feel the calm settle in as life finds its easy rhythm.
Joy rises gently from the stillness nature offers.

#photography #nature #wildlifephotography #sealions
#sandiegocalifornia

Belugas facing euthanasia at shuttered Canada theme park may find new homes in US For about three decades, beluga whales and bottlenose dolphins greeted more than a million annual visitors to Marineland of Canada. In the sprawling 162-hectare (400-acre) theme park, located a stone’...

30 #belugas, four #dolphins, three #seals and two #sealions remained in the park, their future uncertain. In February two remaining #sealions were transferred to Vancouver Aquarium. The fate of the three #seals remains unclear. news.mongabay.com/2026/03/belu...

California Sea lions squashed together on Noyo Harbor public dock. Fort Bragg, Northern California.

After a lot of noisy squabbling, everyone found a spot. 💙🦭
#sealions #californialove

California Sea Lions have taken over the dock at Noyo Harbor, Fort Bragg Ca. 🌊🦁
#sealions #marinemammals #harbor