Barking sea lions on Bowen Island are music to the ears of this conservationist [Video]

Peter Kearney has lived in his Bowen Island home for more than 20 years and has recently been seeing sea lions climbing onto his neighbour’s dock.

Although he’s spotted California sea lions in the spring, the recent sighting marks his first time seeing them on the docks this winter.

“They bark all during the night,” Kearney said. “We happen to enjoy it, it’s kind of like the guys serenading you, but I can see how some people don’t.”

The barking of seal lions may be a nuisance to residents with waterfront properties on the island — located in Howe Sound just off B.C.’s Lower Mainland — but it’s music to the ears of Bob Turner, the island’s former mayor, a retired scientist and a member of the Bowen Island Conservancy. 

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