This was one outcome of the government shutdown that no one saw coming.

A group of elephant seals took over a beach in Northern California while wildlife management staff were furloughed and tourism was low — but despite the government re-opening, the herd shows no sign of leaving their new home.

With no staff on site to discourage any animals from congregating, a colony of 50 to 60 seals migrated from their original post in Point Reyes National Seashore to Drakes Beach, an area of the seashore used by humans, according to SFGate.com.

Point Reyes National Seashore is located in Marin County, an area near San Francisco.

The elephant seal herd wasted no time making themselves right at home, knocking down a fence and moving into the parking lot.

Two seals were even so bold as to adventure off the beach entirely — one to a nearby beach cafe, parking itself under a picnic table, and one on the accessible ramp to the visitor center, John Dell’Osso, chief of interpretation and resource education for the seashore, told Motherboard.

Since the big move, the seals have also given birth to 35 pups, making it even more unlikely that staff returning to work will be able to move the herd away quickly.

The Point Reyes National Seashore is home to some 1,500 elephant seals, Dell’Osso said in an interview with SFGate.com. He added that they tend to frequent Chimney Beach, another beach on the seashore featuring 100-foot-tall cliffs that keep them protected and mostly hidden from the public.

However, Dell’Osso said that the colony’s original habitat of Chimney Beach was inundated with water following storms and high-tides that took place earlier this month. He theorizes that this led the seals to seek a wider path of dry land around the corner, he said in a statement to AP.

The park reopened on Sunday, and with the elephant seals still lounging in the sand, the staff temporarily closed the road to the beach. According to AP, officials do not plan to move the animals until the seals are finished nursing their pups.

In the meantime, park staff are considering offering guided tours of the elephant seal colony.