Natural History Photography

Double-crested cormorant nuptial crests, tufts of feathers on each side of the head, plumage associated with courtship and mating, Phalacrocorax auritus, La Jolla, California

Double-crested cormorant nuptial crests, tufts of feathers on each side of the head, plumage associated with courtship and mating.
Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 36845

Double-crested cormorant drys its wings in the sun following a morning of foraging in the ocean, La Jolla cliffs, near San Diego, Phalacrocorax auritus

Double-crested cormorant drys its wings in the sun following a morning of foraging in the ocean, La Jolla cliffs, near San Diego.
Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 26529

Wood duck, male, Aix sponsa, Santee Lakes

Wood duck, male.
Species: Wood duck, Aix sponsa
Location: Santee Lakes, California
Image ID: 15694

Double-crested cormorant, breeding plumage showing tufts, Phalacrocorax auritus, La Jolla, California

Double-crested cormorant, breeding plumage showing tufts.
Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 15784

Juvenile double-crested cormorants sparring with beaks, Phalacrocorax auritus, La Jolla, California

Juvenile double-crested cormorants sparring with beaks.
Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 19932

Cormorants rest on sandstone seacliffs above the ocean. Likely Brandts and double-crested cormorants, Phalacrocorax, La Jolla, California

Cormorants rest on sandstone seacliffs above the ocean. Likely Brandts and double-crested cormorants.
Species: Cormorants, Phalacrocorax
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 18345

Orange-Crowned Warbler Amid Spring Flowers, Coast Trail, La Jolla, Leiothlypis celata

Orange-Crowned Warbler Amid Spring Flowers, Coast Trail, La Jolla.
Species: Orange-Crowned Warbler, Leiothlypis celata
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 40243

Orange-Crowned Warbler Amid Spring Flowers, Coast Trail, La Jolla.
Species: Orange-Crowned Warbler, Leiothlypis celata
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 40249

Double-crested cormorant in breeding plumage showing crest feathers on head. La Jolla, California, USA, Phalacrocorax auritus

Double-crested cormorant in breeding plumage showing crest feathers on head. La Jolla, California, USA.
Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 36769

Double-crested cormorant feather detail, La Jolla, California, USA, Phalacrocorax auritus

Double-crested cormorant feather detail, La Jolla, California, USA.
Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 36770

Double-crested cormorant, La Jolla, California, USA, Phalacrocorax auritus

Double-crested cormorant, La Jolla, California, USA.
Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 36774

Double-crested cormorant, breeding plumage showing tufts.
Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 15785

Brown pelicans and a double-crested cormorant rest onseacliffs above the ocean. In winter months, breeding adults assume a dramatic plumage with brown neck, yellow and white head and bright red-orange gular throat pouch.
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 36711

Double-crested cormorant drys its wings in the sun following a morning of foraging in the ocean, La Jolla cliffs, near San Diego.
Species: Double-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 40156

Double-crested cormorants in flight at sunrise, long exposure produces a blurred motion, Phalacrocorax auritus, La Jolla, California

Double-crested cormorants in flight at sunrise, long exposure produces a blurred motion.
Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 15280

Mallard mother and ducklings, San Elijo Lagoon, Encinitas.
Location: San Elijo Lagoon, Encinitas, California
Image ID: 39345

Northern pintail, male, Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Anas acuta, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico

Northern pintail, male, Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.
Species: Northern Pintail, Anas acuta
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico
Image ID: 39940

Orange-Crowned Warbler Amid Spring Flowers, Coast Trail, La Jolla.
Species: Orange-Crowned Warbler, Leiothlypis celata
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 40244

Orange-Crowned Warbler Amid Spring Flowers, Coast Trail, La Jolla.
Species: Orange-Crowned Warbler, Leiothlypis celata
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 40250

Double-crested cormorant, breeding plumage showing tufts. La Jolla, California, USA, Phalacrocorax auritus

Double-crested cormorant, breeding plumage showing tufts. La Jolla, California, USA.
Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 36766

Double-crested cormorant, breeding plumage showing tufts. La Jolla, California, USA.
Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 36768

Double-crested cormorant, La Jolla, California, USA.
Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 36772

Crested Pool is a blue, superheated pool. Unfortunately, it has claimed a life. It reaches a overflowing boiling state every few minutes, then subsides a bit before building to a boil and overflow again. Upper Geyser Basin.
Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13355

Double-crested cormorant, La Jolla cliffs, near San Diego, Phalacrocorax auritus

Double-crested cormorant, La Jolla cliffs, near San Diego.
Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 15090

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