Sea Lions leave Puget Sound later in Spring than I thought
I was last in the water just over a week ago, and everything was brown. Serious algae bloom, probably the worst viz I've ever seen. Since then, we've had a solid week of unseasonably warm and sunny weather, so I'd imagine the conditions underwater have probably not improved, hence the unusual amount of time I've been dry.
On Sunday the 5th, a gray whale died on the mud flats of a beach only a few miles from my home. I wasn't able to get out to have a look until the evening of Tuesday the 7th. It was high tide so I probably wouldn't have been able to see it even if it was still there, but I think they had already towed the carcass away by that point anyway.
I was surprised to find that, from this overlook that nearly straddles the place where Everett becomes Mukilteo, I could still hear the sounds of California sea lions barking from their haul-out at the Everett naval station. While I figured there may still be a Steller or two hanging around, I thought for sure the CSL's would have been out of here by the first couple days of May. It would be so much easier to make an accurate timeline of their seasonal movement in the Puget Sound if there was some way to get within viewing distance of their haul-out...but that property is all owned by the Navy and private corporations and protected by a crazy amount of security. Would probably have to have a death wish to try trespassing there.
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