A colony of Pink Flamingos were prominent. This picture will give an idea of the size of the bird group and the inserts show some of the Flamingos and some long billed sea birds. The Islands are about 12 miles from shore, Just where the bay becomes open water. Tourist can not land on the Islands so the boats circle around and we did our best to take some photos and not get sea sick. The Islands are rocky, with some weather worn holes through the rock.
Sea lions seem to like laying on the rocky outcroppings .
I'm not sure but it may have been mating season, there were lots of harem groups and many shoving matches going on between huge males while groups of females looked on. It is situated at an altitude of 2600 m in a remarkably sub-tropical setting. For background and spiking your interest read this abstract on the modern history of the area. I have included a layout sketch as a reference, caution it's a big file. The Layout - note the ID numbers, I have used them in a photo below to help in orientation.