March 11: Islas San Benito

posted 3/11/2010

Looking into the lovely, battle-scared face of a bull elephant seal, as photographed by Rik Walton.a
Hello whalewatchers,
Today we spent the day at Islas San Benito in calm waters behind the island. There were plenty of Guadalupe fur seals on the rocks on the way into the beach and everyone had a great hike.
Part of the group stayed close to the elephant seals and the other part of the group went up to the lighthouse and around the island.
There are several "weaner" elephant seals on the beach, alone after being weaned from their mothers.
Also, the plants have had some rain recently and there were more plants in bloom this trip.
Looking forward to tomorrow in Laguna San Ignacio,
Capt Art
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Some photographs taken by Frank S. Balthis of Nature's Design, FrankBalthis@yahoo.com