Category: California 2019

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Otters and Birds at Sea Lions at the Breakwater

Our juvenile sea otter friend was hard at work prying muscles off the rocks along the jetty.
Chowing down!
LOOK AT THAT CUTE LITTLE TONGUE!
He really goes to town in the middle of the surf!
It’s pretty rare to see otters feeding so up close.
“Do you have snacks for me?”
“No, I don’t have snacks for you.”
A sailboat out on the bay.

A shorebird looking for some food on the rocks.

Big lump of muscles to eat.

Mom and pup in their kelp seat belts.
Another shore bird looking for bugs.

Mom and pup in their kelp seat belts watching what’s going on.

Our juvenile friend hamming it up for the camera.

He gets into some tight places!
Up on the rocks hunting for a snack.

A shore bird watching the otters.
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Otters on a Cloudy Day

Another day, a bunch more cute otters down at the breakwater in Monterey! These two moms and pups were hanging out in the kelp.
Just look how cute they are!
Pup waiting for mom to come back. He’s hanging out in his little kelp seat belt!
Moms and pups relaxing in the kelp.
The pup wants to know if mom has food.

Time for a snooze!
“Moooom! Something touched me!!!!”
This mom has tags on her feet.
Looking toward the commercial wharf in the Monterey harbor.
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Otters at Breakwater

I’ve been playing around with Heather’s DSLR camera. There are a bunch of otters down at Breakwater most evenings eating snacks. Here are a few photos of some of those little cute water weasels.

Mom and pup.

Eating some snacks.

“Mooooom! Give me snacks!”

Chowing down on a sea urchin.

Looking around to see where the other otters are.

Cute otter on the move.
This little guy has been hanging out a lot at Breakwater. We think he’s and orphan. He’s a bit young for being out on his own.

Nomming on some tasty muscles.
Mom and pup eating some urchins together.
Just floating along having dinner.
“Mom, do you have any more urchins for me?”
“I’m going to steal this urchin off your tummy, mom!”
Here’s our little juvenile otter friend right up on the jetty rocks!
He really gets in close!
“Mom, is that food that you have? Can I have it?”
Two moms fighting over a pup. The pup went to the wrong mom and things got a little bit heated!
All is forgiven and everyone gets back to eating snacks pretty quickly.
Big hunk of barnacles being chowed down by an otter.
These are pretty big muscles for one otter to have broken off and brought to the surface!
Whacking the giant barnacles with her favorite rock.
“Stay away from my mommy!” Another pup tried to wrestle in on the pup’s territory.
Big hunk of muscles for dinner!
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