A bull elephant seal serenaded us!

This elephant seal cow was trying to get comfortable...

And once she was, she quieted down.

Elephant seal pups are born totally black in colour and solely drink milk for the first three weeks of their lives.

Look closely at this pup - the umbilical cord is still attached! It must have been born within 24 hours of our seeing it.

There are several elephant seal rookeries along the Californian coast in the winter.

This odd couple was sharing a stretch of farmland right on the beach.

It's amazing how similar elephant seals are to people, especially when they're yawning!

Ground squirrels get tame very quickly. This one was begging for a guy's cigarette butt because it thought it was food.

Along the coast, ground squirrels eat ice plants for food and moisture.

The San Diego Wild Animal Park has a magnificent pair of lions. The male lion was quite interested in what I was doing.

But his lionness didn't appreciate the attention he was paying me, and she let him know it.

And then, she let ME know it!

Dragonflies can be found along the creeks and lakes in Colorado in the springtime.

Large colonies of Monarch butterflies spend the winter along the Californian coast in large milkwood stands.