**Weekly Wildlife Thread February 3rd, 2013**

I was able to take a picture of this sea lion in Astoria, Oregon yesterday.  It separated itself from the rest of the group after going for a swim, just long enough so I could have a photo of a seal lion without any other distracting elements.  The sun had not come up high enough in the morning yet for a better illuminated image, but I liked it...hope you do too.

This was taken with a Canon T2i (550D) camera with the 55-250mm lens.  A little cropping was done for composition etc.