Watch: Noisy throng of sea lions frolic near Jericho Beach
CTV
A large swarm of California sea lions have converged in the waters near Vancouver’s Jericho and Locarno beaches.
A large swarm of California sea lions have converged in the waters near Vancouver’s Jericho and Locarno beaches.
Dozens of the animals can be spotted frolicking in the depths close to the coastline, although it's their incessant clamouring that is alerting people to their presence first.
“The barking could be heard from across the park,” said a CTV staff member, who stumbled across the colony while walking in the area Saturday morning.
“It sounded like the barking of dogs,” she said.
The staff member said the spectacle had amassed a large crowd of spectators who were watching in awe, from kayakers and boat owners who were already in the waters to “a few dozen onlookers” on the shore.
“We were delighted, everyone was pulling out their cameras,” she said.
Despite living in the area for a number of years and walking the same stretch of coastline almost every day, she said she had never witnessed anything like it in those waters before.
