Take a stroll along almost any marina from Costa Rica to Alaska, and you"ll likely hear the playful barks of sea lions echo through the air. California sea lions, like the one pictured, are a common sight basking in the sun along the rocky shores of North America"s western coast. These marine mammals, belonging to the pinniped group, are often mistaken for seals. An easy way to distinguish between them is by looking at their ears—sea lions have visible flaps, seals don"t.
Sea lion in a kelp forest, Baja California, Mexico
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Pacific Park, Santa Monica State Beach, California, United States
-
Mount Fuji on Honshu Island, Japan
-
Frosty Finland
-
Independence Day of the Argentine Republic
-
Syracuse, Sicily, Italy
-
West Cornwall Covered Bridge, Connecticut, USA
-
Earth Day
-
Balloon Ascension Day
-
Gateway to Iberia
-
A pink moon over Arizona
-
When art imitates life
-
Sweetheart Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
-
Bukhansan National Park, South Korea
-
Pink apple blossoms, Avila Beach, California, United States
-
Fallow deer, Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, England
-
Celebrating the tropics
-
World Theatre Day
-
Toledo, Spain
-
Totally Thames Festival, London
-
Red deer, Canada
-
Rio Negro
-
Black-tailed prairie dogs, Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA
-
A high-flying royal tradition
-
Temple of Philae, Aswan, Egypt
-
Creating a better world
-
JRR Tolkien Day
-
Tide pools in La Jolla, California, United States
-
An island crossroad of culture
-
A painters palette of natures hues
-
Beauty beyond imagination
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

