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Northern Elephant Seals - Enmass
As we drove south along California Highway 1 we found beautiful scenery, breathtaking scenery. Thankfully someone had had the foresight to put pullouts, or 'vista' areas along the best of the views. Certainly would prevent traffic backups in a lot of places.
One of the 'vistas' we pulled over to view held a large colony of Northern Elephant Seals. These are different from the sea lions I have photographed earlier. The males are quite a bit larger than the females and have a very distinctive proboscis, or nose. It is inflatable and resembles, somewhat, an elephant's trunk. It is used to make loud roaring noises, useful for defending it's territory from intruders, other males, and in attracting a mate. 
There were probably a couple hundred of these Elephant Seals at the 'vista' where we stopped. At first glance they almost appear to be logs laid out haphazardly on the beach.
One of the 'vistas' we pulled over to view held a large colony of Northern Elephant Seals. These are different from the sea lions I have photographed earlier. The males are quite a bit larger than the females and have a very distinctive proboscis, or nose. It is inflatable and resembles, somewhat, an elephant's trunk. It is used to make loud roaring noises, useful for defending it's territory from intruders, other males, and in attracting a mate. 
There were probably a couple hundred of these Elephant Seals at the 'vista' where we stopped. At first glance they almost appear to be logs laid out haphazardly on the beach.
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