Rabida Island, Part 2

The sun had burned off most of the clouds at the end of our hike on Rabida Island. That gave me more light to shoot the sights on the red sand beach.

Those sights consisted primarily of sea lions.  And they weren't sleeping!

It was great to get the chance to observe some interactions between these animals.  Some seemingly tender ...

... some less so ...

... then back to tender again.  Sea lion love!

I suppose it was inevitable that sleep would eventually come.

This poor creature had gotten itself entangled in some monofilament fishing line.

Our naturalist took a closer look and confirmed that the fishing line was gone, but the damage had already been done.  And I was getting some pretty strong "no more pictures" signals.

Well, maybe just one more.

Water, beach, hill, and sky all converge at roughly the same point in the distance.

Not sure what this marine iguana was up to.  Eating, maybe?

As the day grew warmer, the sea lions sought out some shady shelter.  Say that five times fast.

I honestly thought this scene of white trees on a red cliff against a blue sky would turn out more striking than it did.  Still appealing, though.

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