{"id":615,"date":"2007-09-19T20:39:08","date_gmt":"2007-09-20T03:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/19\/basking-on-a-buoy\/"},"modified":"2007-09-20T09:06:40","modified_gmt":"2007-09-20T16:06:40","slug":"basking-on-a-buoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/19\/basking-on-a-buoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Basking on a Buoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/buoy-seals.jpg\" title=\"buoy-seals.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image616\" src=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/buoy-seals.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"buoy-seals.jpg\" class=\"left\" \/><\/a>Whenever we take the Catalina Express to or from Catalina, we never fail to see several <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/California_Sea_Lion\">California Sea Lions<\/a> basking on the harbor navigation buoys. I took this picture as we passed into the harbor returning to the San Pedro Catalina Terminal.<\/p>\n<p>Most <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seal_(mammal)\">pinnipeds<\/a> are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection act, and organizations such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sanpedrochamber.com\/champint\/mamalctr.htm\">Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur<\/a> (we are supporting members) provide rescue, rehab and restoration to the habitat for injured critters.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not uncommon for sea lions to rest on buoys; they will also often gather at marinas and wharves. These man-made environments provide them safety from their natural predators: orcas and white sharks.<\/p>\n<p>You can click on the image for a larger view.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever we take the Catalina Express to or from Catalina, we never fail to see several California Sea Lions basking on the harbor navigation buoys. I&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-critters","category-photography","category-vacation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}