Females, who gestate for about seven months, will birth just one precious pup and they need this beach time to fatten up their babes in a hurry, and get them ready to swim. Rangers and volunteer docents have opened the parking lot back up now that the shutdown is over, and they are giving guided tours of the makeshift seal nursery, walking people to the edge of the lot so they can get a closer look at the seals and their pups.