Swimming free in the sea,
the way they are meant to be.
There were many hundreds of Pacific white-sided dolphins in this pod, fishing cooperatively, and playing.
It is such a thrill to be amidst a massive pod of these intelligent creatures.
The ocean color differentiation you see below, is a result of the dolphins getting curious, and swimming closer to the boat to check us out.
The dolphins were joined by sea lions,
who were fishing too,
and just as curious about the humans in the boat!
Cheers to you from California’s splendidly free marine mammals~
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They are all having fun. Beautiful photos.
They look like they play on a daily basis!
So awesome! Great images.
So happy you enjoyed the 🐬🐬!
What a wonderful experience, Cindy! Such beautiful animals, and the photos are so crisp and clear!
Ahhh, thanks much Lavinia & have a wonderful weekend!
Schöne Fotos.
Vielen dank mein lieber Freund Wolfgang!
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Beautiful!
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So beautiful! Thank you!
Lovely 🙂 Just like ‘Flipper’ 🙂
Lots of flippers out here!
Oh Cindy what a treat to see them up close and happy! Thank you so much for sharing 💜🐬🌞
Thank you much more for appreciating them!
Stunning photos of a magical experience! Wish I was there 🙂
I wish you were too!
Happy and free is the way to be. 💕 Wonderful captures Cindy!
Happy & free weekend to you dear Val <3
Wonderful photos!!!
You are a wonderful friend Charles!
Such beautiful creatures! And fantastic photos.
They are fantastic and I am happy you know this!
Wonderful photographs! It is especially good that you could take pictures of both the sea lions and the dolphins. Both are great creatures.
Agreed & thank you!
Great shots, Cindy!
Thanks much Klaus & cheers to you!
🙂 🙂
Love!!!
🐬🐬🐬 <3
Wonderful!
I agree with you, they are wonderful, and it is a thrill to see them wild & free!
Superb, intelligent, and amazingly beautiful creatures! 🙂
Yes! I love them too! Thank you~
They are beautiful and intelligent animals. The close up pictures of the sea lion make me want to reach out and pat. I know they are cute but should be no contact.
Yes, they do seem approachable but sea lions are big and wild and unpredictable!
Fabulous experience and collection of images, Cindy. So joyful.
I have been amidst pods like this maybe six or so times in my life and each time it is an absolutely thrilling experience. Thank you for knowing this Jane~
Brilliant photos 💕
Awww, thank you Charlotte~ 🐬
Beautiful shots, dear Cindy.
I love wilderness.
Mo-hugs <3
I know you do and all the wild creatures that live in it! 🐬🐬
<3 🐬🐬🐬🐬 <3
I think most all of the emojis were meant for you~
🙂
Did you received my book, Cindy? 🙂
I didn’t……
If you could give me your email address I will send it to you. My email address is lookaround_99@yahoo.ro
Beautiful photos! I love watching dolphins and the sea lions are equally fun to watch. Lucky you to live where you can see these amazing creatures.
Seeing them is always a thrill! 🐬
It would have been so tempting to leap in and join in the fun!
I have done this before, but not in open ocean, and so have my children. It was like being part of the most deserving peer group on this planet~
Good for you. I still forward to a similar experience… 🙂
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Lovely photos bringing back memories of my time living at the coast and enjoying the privilege of watching the daily show of dolphins travelling up in the morning and returning in the afternoon. With the annual humpback migration down to the Cape there was so much to see, share and feel. Nostalgia nips! 😊
Yes, I can well imagine, nostalgia bringing up a variety of feelings about these amazing creatures!
Wow! Tres’ cool.
Merci beaucoup mon ami 🐬
Beautiful photos, and cuteness overload with the seals!
Awww, if you love the unfairly maligned and hunted sea lions,I am grateful to you~
I’m grateful to you too! I just love watching sea lions and listening to the sounds they make. That was possibly my favorite part of visiting San Francisco and Santa Cruz. I miss California!
We are in perfect accord!
How lovely. You get the greatest pictures, Cindy. I think you’ve developed a reputation. The animals see you coming and all want their pictures taken.
Oh, I SOOO wish I were the Dr. Doolittle of photography! That would be heaven 🐬
Awww great photos! I love all of them!
I do too each and every one of the hundreds of them 🐬
So wonderful…freedom and life. Fabulous photographs. <3
Thank you on behalf of the dolphins, sea lions and I <3
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Wow.
Theses creatures are definitely of WOW! 🐬
They look so playful, Cindy.
Leslie
They spend soooo much time playing and it is infectious watching them!
They’re extraordinary creatures. It’s heartbreaking seeing them in captivity when they belong in the vast ocean instead. We went whale watching last summer off the coast of Victoria. I hope to go again soon. Lovely shots.
That whole area off that coast of Vancouver Island is paradise for whales and the matrilineal orca pods are truly amazing to follow and observe. I would love to go back too, soon! 🐬
You are so knowledgeable, Cindy! I’m so grateful these whales have a safe place to be. I would love to live on the island. It’s a dream.
Beautiful photos, Cindy.
How lucky you are to have the opportunity to get so close to these intelligent mammals. I’d be thrilled just watching them, let alone photographing them up close.
Every time I see wild creatures in their natural environment I am thrilled out of my gourd~ 🐬
Sea lions too! I am so jealous Cindy 🙁 But at least you shared their photos – thank you 😀
Awww, I am just happy you love them and the sea lions too! Good for you!
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You are not just a bird whisperer, you are a whisperer to every creature on the planet I think. Man you take some amazing photos my dear. Love, N 🙂 <3
“All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.”
Cecil Frances Alexander
One of my favorites as are you❣️😘
<3
Oh oh oh how beautiful. What a special experience.
Alison
Yes, our world used to be even more filled with creatures like this. Thank God some of them are still here, and seeing them never ceases to amaze. Hugs to you Alison~
So very beautiful, thank you for sharing.
Thank you more for appreciating them & cheers to you~
Wow for an amazing experience Cindy, such beautiful animals 🙂
Yes, these amazing creatures deserve WOWS and they get from me every time I am lucky enough to see them. Hugs to you and so good to hear from you! Hope you are doing well~ <3
Aww… the last last shot is so sweet.☺
Beautiful shots Cindy.👍
Thank you. Not the best photo, just the best wild face!
Isn’t it wonderful that person and creature can appreciate each other and be together in harmony? Even if it’s only for a short while, and doesn’t happen as much as it should. 🙂
YES! Wonderful. Transportive. Spiritual in the deepest way.
Admire you to sense this~ <3
Wonderful!
So happy you enjoyed!
Amazing photos. Thanks.
Very kind & most appreciated! Thank you~
More wonderful shots
Awww, you are very kind!
Fantastic shots, great to see these animals in their natural environment, must be an amazing experience.
It is amazing, and if more people experienced this, they would be far less likely to agree to confining them~
They make my heart beat faster just by looking at your photos! <3 🙂
Yes. They are thrilling to see, every time!
Happy creatures! May they always have a place to call home!
Amen to this!
Oh you lucky human and beautifully captured. All I can offer in return is from Douglas Adams, roughly:-
We think we are more intelligent than dolphins because all they do all day is swim, have fun and eat fish. They know they are more intelligent than us for exactly the same reason.
😀
Perfect and perfectly true!
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eek, eeek, icky 🙂
tee hee hee…..
Funny dolphin. 🙂
splen-di-de. Grazie ciao
Grazie mille!
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Marvelous dolphins and sea lions swimming free in California waters.
The dolphins, sea lions, and I thank you!
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Beautiful!❤
Merci beaucoup!