Life appears good for this young harbor seal resting on shore at Children’s Pool Beach in La Jolla (just north of San Diego, California). The beach, however, has become a legal battleground between seal advocates on the one hand, and a faction of local residents on the other who want to return the beach to its previous life as a safe place to swim for children. I was down there this past weekend and was able to get a lot of good shots of the sixty or so seals that were on the beach and swimming in the water. More on these seals and the ongoing battle in a future post.