Sea lion bulls are barking and we hear the baa-ing of the young on shore at the beach. A Green Sea Turtle can be seen popping its head up out of the water near a coral reef that is just above the surface at low tide. After breakfast we are into our panga and heading for the white sand beach where we still see hordes of sea lions. We will have to be careful disembarking. The cows and young on the beach barely lift an eye at our landing, and we gather at a discrete distance so as not to disturb them.
Bulls are fast on land.
I was chased by one once at Plazas. We can now begin our morning walk on the trail that will take us through the Opuntia forest. We sit down to observe the hawk, and he, being curious, flies down onto the lava and takes a good close look at us, and we at him. We spend close to twenty minutes sitting on the lava and enjoying each others company, including the hawk. Soon we are moving along the trail into the Opuntia forest.