WEST SEATTLE WILDLIFE: Pre-Easter seals and sea lions

April 12, 2020 12:23 pm

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| Seen at sea | West Seattle news | Wildlife

We’ve been saving up these contributed photos (THANK YOU!) over the past week:

Above, from Mindi Katzman; below, from Jeffrey Jones:

Below – if you saw this, you might think it’s a passing orca, but it’s not:

That’s a sea-lon behavior known as “sailing” (explained here in the past). Above, from Jim Spraker; below, from James Moore:

Later today, some great bird photos from the past week (not The Turkey, who by the way is still in Burien at last report!).

5 Replies to "WEST SEATTLE WILDLIFE: Pre-Easter seals and sea lions"

TWST April 12, 2020 (4:17 pm)

Thanks for the wildlife update, they look pretty content :)
Kersti Muul April 12, 2020 (4:19 pm)

Salmon in the near shore.Nice to see animals get a break from human activity
- Rick April 13, 2020 (4:23 am)
  
  That salmon didn’t catch a break. At least from a non-human.
- TWST April 13, 2020 (6:54 am)
  
  Wow, Kersti, thanks for the nature close-up!
onion April 12, 2020 (5:35 pm)

Thanks for these pictures. Good to know that life goes on, even as we humans go crazy. In fact, our animal friends may benefit from our crisis and suspension of normal behavior.

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