Parting Shot — 10.12.11

A harbor seal pup’s whiskers are back-lit as he stretches while resting on seaweed-covered rocks after coming in on the high tide this morning in the West Seattle neighborhood of Seattle. A bumper crop of the chubby, adorable harbor seal pups have been hauling out on rocks and beaches of West Seattle in recent weeks. The Seal Sitters, a local nonprofit group of trained volunteers, has counted 37 pups in the southwest Seattle neighborhood so far this season, compared with 33 from August to December last year. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)