A day with the elephant seals
If you have not seen an elephant seal up close, check out these majestic creatures at the
Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery
located on California highway 1 at the southern end of Big Sur on the California coast, twelve miles north of Cambria and four miles north of the entrance to the Hearst Castle.
Close-Up View
Mom & Pup
He roars!
Great communicators!
According to the Friends of the Elephant Seal, elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris, are true seals, or earless seals, members of the pinniped suborder. The huge blubbery males have pendulous noses that give these beasts their name. Females possess faces that seem to be etched with a permanent smile, and endearing plump babies are endowed with big brown eyes.
Come and visit soon.