Swimming with Sea lions of Isla Los Islotes, Mexico

- May 09, 2022

We anchored at the southern lobe of Ensenada Grande, tucked away (we hoped) from the expected Corumuel winds from the Southwest. Our goal the next day: a pretty long dinghy ride in the morning to Isla Los Islotes to swim with the sea lions. Mission: We wanted to get there, and out, before 9:00, when the tour boats arrive. (Note: the date stamp on my cheapo underwater cam still thinks it's 2017, it isn't.)

Isla Los Islotes, home to a sea lion colony.

Mission accomplished! We had a wonderful time swimming with the playful creatures all to ourselves, and were dinghying away just as the first tour boats arrived.

It wasn't all about the sea lions, of course. We also had time to enjoy the beauty of the Ensenada Grande anchorage.

Hold on to your hat!

We also spent a few days at the marina in La Paz, where I was finally able to reseal the rub rail leak that we had been monitoring since crossing the Sea of Cortez. Let's hope it holds!

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Belted Kingfisher, Great Blue Heron, American Crow, Northwestern Crow, American Robin, Bald Eagle, Red-winged Blackbird, Spotted Towhee, House Finch, Steller’s Jay, Common Raven, Rock Pigeon/Rock Dove, Canada Goose, Mallard, Northern Flicker, Downy Woodpecker, Dark-eyed Junco, Black-capped Chickadee, Osprey, White-crowned Sparrow, Pelagic Cormorant, Wood Duck, Pileated Woodpecker, Surf Scoter, American Wigeon, Bufflehead, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Double-crested Cormorant, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Barrow’s Goldeneye, American Kestrel, Common Merganser, Blue-winged Teal, Greater Yellowlegs, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Brown Creeper, Trumpeter Swan, Hooded Merganser, Northern Shoveler, Horned Grebe, Cedar Waxwing, Varied Thrush, Ring-necked Duck, Gadwall, Pied-billed Grebe, Western Grebe, Killdeer, Pearly-eyed Thrasher, Zanaida Dove, Magnificent Frigatebird, Bananaquit, Great Kiskadee, Pigeon Guillemot, Common Murre, Rhinoceros Auklet, Black Oystercatcher, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Brown Pelican, Great Egret, Whimbrel, Spotted Sandpiper, Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Snowy Egret, Brewer’s Blackbird, Brandt’s Cormorant, Willet, Western Scrub-Jay (California Scrub-Jay), Acorn Woodpecker, Carolina Chickadee, Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Red-tailed Hawk, Mourning Dove, Wild Turkey, Greater Roadrunner, Eastern Towhee, Northern Mockingbird, American Goldfinch, White Ibis, Wood Stork, Bare-throated Tiger-Heron, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Boat-billed Heron, Tricolored Heron, Rufous-bellied Chachalaca, Roseate Spoonbill, Blue-footed Booby, Brown Booby, Red-billed Tropicbird, Great-tailed Grackle, Anhinga, Turkey Vulture, Black Vulture, Golden-cheeked Woodpecker, Yellow-winged Cacique, Common Black Hawk, Neotropic Cormorant, Heerman’s Gull, Crested Caracara, Lineated Woodpecker, American Oystercatcher, Barn Swallow, Tree Swallow,
Green Kingfisher, Yellow Grosbeak, Cinnamon Hummingbird, Elegant Trogon, Boat-billed Flycatcher, Rufous-backed Robin, Long-billed Mexican Hermit, Guineafowl, Smooth-billed Ani, Hooded Oriole, Mangrove Swallow, White-throated Magpie-Jay, Inca dove, White-bellied Chachalaca, Social Flycatcher, White-winged Dove,
Black-throated Magpie-jay, Muscovy Duck, Purple Gallinule, Barred Antshrike, Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Prothonotary Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Orchard Oriole, Yellow-Tailed Oriole, Orange-chinned Parakeet, Green Heron, Rufescent Tiger Heron, Common Tody-Flycatcher, Wattled Jacamar, Shiny Cowbird, Panama Flycatcher, Lesser Kiskadee, Isthmian Wren, Keel-billed Toucan, Greater Ani, Tropical Kingbird, Crimson-backed Tanager, Blue-gray Tanager, White-necked Jacobin, Yellow-throated Toucan, House Wren, Black-breasted Puffbird, White-necked Puffbird, Pied Puffbird, White-whiskered Puffbird, Slaty-tailed Trogon, Dusky Antbird, Black-bellied Wren, Cinnamon Woodpecker, Great Tinamou, Dot-winged Antwren, Southern Bentbill, Rufous-tailed Flycatcher, Rufous mourner, Yellow-rumped Cacique, Scarlet-rumped Cacique, Song Wren, Grey-chested Dove, Tawny-faced Gnatwren, Checker-throated Stipplethroat, Masked Tityra, Dusky-capped Flycatcher, Great-crested Flycatcher, Velvety Manakin, Red-capped Manakin, Blue-chested Hummingbird, Red Lored Parrot, Blue-headed Parrot, White-shouldered Tanager, Plain Brown Woodcreeper, Cocoa Woodcreeper, Crane Hawk, Blue-black Grosbeak, Collared Aracari, Fiery-billed Aracari, Chestnut-headed Oropendola, White-tailed Trogon, American Flamingo

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Swimming with Sea lions of Isla Los Islotes, Mexico

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