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Home   >   Natural History Photography Blog   >   Search   >   Vertebrate   >         photos@oceanlight.com   (760) 707-7153 Guadalupe fur seals, floating upside down underwater over a rocky reef covered with golden kelp at Guadalupe Island. Image ID: 02113   Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico   Adelie penguins leaping into the ocean from an iceberg. Image ID: 25005   Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae Location: Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica   Guadalupe fur seal, floating upside down under the ocean's surface at Guadalupe Island, watching the photographer and looking for passing predators. Image ID: 02114   Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico   Brown pelican in flight. The wingspan of the brown pelican is over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. In winter months, breeding adults assume a dramatic plumage. Image ID: 15122   Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA   Male elk bugling during the fall rut. Large male elk are known as bulls. Male elk have large antlers which are shed each year. Male elk engage in competitive mating behaviors during the rut, including posturing, antler wrestling and bugling, a loud series of screams which is intended to establish dominance over other males and attract females. Image ID: 19693   Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA   Bald eagle, closeup of head and shoulders showing distinctive white head feathers, yellow beak and brown body and wings. Image ID: 22582   Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA   Bull elk spar to establish harems of females, Gibbon Meadow. Image ID: 13151   Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA   Alaskan brown bear catching a jumping salmon, Brooks Falls. Image ID: 17031   Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA   A large, old brown bear (grizzly bear) wades across Brooks River. Coastal and near-coastal brown bears in Alaska can live to 25 years of age, weigh up to 1400 lbs and stand over 9 feet tall. Image ID: 17039   Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA   Full grown, mature male coastal brown bear boar (grizzly bear) in sedge grass meadows. Image ID: 19134   Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA   Mule deer in tall grass, fall, autumn. Image ID: 19577   Species: Mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA   Bald eagle makes a splash while in flight as it takes a fish out of the water. Image ID: 22584   Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, USA   Portrait of a young brown bear, pausing while grazing in tall sedge grass. Brown bears can consume 30 lbs of sedge grass daily, waiting weeks until spawning salmon fill the rivers. Image ID: 19135   Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA   Two Adelie penguins, holding their wings out, standing on an iceberg. Image ID: 25007   Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae Location: Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica   Humpback whale in Antarctica. A humpback whale swims through the beautiful ice-filled waters of Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. Image ID: 25646   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica   Galapagos sea lion pup, Punta Espinosa. Image ID: 01611   Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki Location: Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador   California sea lions swim and socialize over a kelp-covered rocky reef, underwater at San Clemente Island in California's southern Channel Islands. Image ID: 02158   Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA   Brown booby flying over Rose Atoll at sunset, with dark colorful storm clouds and other birds in the background. Image ID: 00914   Species: Brown booby, Sula leucogaster Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa, USA   A white tern, or fairy tern, alights on a branch at Rose Atoll in American Samoa. Image ID: 00871   Species: Fairy tern, Gygis alba Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa, USA   Bald eagle in flight, wing spread, soaring. Image ID: 22581   Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA   Two bald eagles on perch, one with wings spread as it has just landed and is adjusting its balance, the second with its head thrown back, calling vocalizing. Image ID: 22583   Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA   Blue whale, exhaling as it surfaces from a dive, aerial photo. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to have lived on Earth, exceeding 100' in length and 200 tons in weight. Image ID: 25950   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Redondo Beach, California, USA   Bald eagle spreads its wings to land amid a large group of bald eagles. Image ID: 22588   Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA   Galapagos penguin, underwater, swimming. Bartolome Island. Image ID: 16234   Species: Galapagos penguin, Spheniscus mendiculus Location: Bartolome Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador   Bald eagle in flight, wing spread, aloft, soaring. Image ID: 22585   Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA   Bald eagle in flight, Kachemak Bay and the Kenai Mountains in the background. Image ID: 22586   Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA   Bald eagle in flight, spreads its wings wide to slow before landing on a wooden perch. Image ID: 22587   Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA   Northern cardinal, male. Image ID: 22891   Species: Northern cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis Location: Amado, Arizona, USA   Magnificent frigatebird, adult male on nest, with throat pouch inflated, a courtship display to attract females. Image ID: 16725   Species: Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador   Sandhill crane spreads its broad wings as it takes flight in early morning light. This crane is one of over 5000 present in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, stopping here during its winter migration. Image ID: 21797   Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA

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