Anas Sp Photos

Parsvottanasana, tringle pose, pelican yoga. A brown pelican preening, reaching with its beak to the uropygial gland (preen gland) near the base of its tail. Preen oil from the uropygial gland is spread by the pelican's beak and back of its head to all other feathers on the pelican, helping to keep them water resistant and dry, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, La Jolla, California
Parsvottanasana, tringle pose, pelican yoga. A brown pelican preening, reaching with its beak to the uropygial gland (preen gland) near the base of its tail. Preen oil from the uropygial gland is spread by the pelican's beak and back of its head to all other feathers on the pelican, helping to keep them water resistant and dry.
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 37725  
Bhunamanasana, greeting the earth pose, pelican yoga. Brown pelican doing yoga, actually its preening, bending its neck back to spread preen oil on the back of the head and neck, likely second winter coloration, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, La Jolla, California
Bhunamanasana, greeting the earth pose, pelican yoga. Brown pelican doing yoga, actually its preening, bending its neck back to spread preen oil on the back of the head and neck, likely second winter coloration.
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 38804  
Caribbean rock iguana. Rock iguanas play an important role in the Caribbean islands due to their diet of fruits, flowers and leaves. The seeds pass through the digestive tract of the iguana and are left behind in its droppings, helping to spread the seeds the grow new plants, Cyclura
Caribbean rock iguana. Rock iguanas play an important role in the Caribbean islands due to their diet of fruits, flowers and leaves. The seeds pass through the digestive tract of the iguana and are left behind in its droppings, helping to spread the seeds the grow new plants.
Species: Caribbean rock iguana, Cyclura
Image ID: 12824  
Caribbean rock iguana. Rock iguanas play an important role in the Caribbean islands due to their diet of fruits, flowers and leaves. The seeds pass through the digestive tract of the iguana and are left behind in its droppings, helping to spread the seeds the grow new plants, Cyclura
Caribbean rock iguana. Rock iguanas play an important role in the Caribbean islands due to their diet of fruits, flowers and leaves. The seeds pass through the digestive tract of the iguana and are left behind in its droppings, helping to spread the seeds the grow new plants.
Species: Caribbean rock iguana, Cyclura
Image ID: 12825  
Teal, female, likely blue-winged teal (Anas discors) or green-winged teal (Anas crecca), Anas, Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve, Newport Beach, California
Teal, female, likely blue-winged teal (Anas discors) or green-winged teal (Anas crecca).
Species: Anas
Location: Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve, Newport Beach, California
Image ID: 15733  
Teal, female, likely blue-winged teal (Anas discors) or green-winged teal (Anas crecca), Anas, Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve, Newport Beach, California
Teal, female, likely blue-winged teal (Anas discors) or green-winged teal (Anas crecca).
Species: Anas
Location: Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve, Newport Beach, California
Image ID: 15734  
Marine iguanas, Punta Espinosa, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, Fernandina Island
Marine iguanas, Punta Espinosa.
Species: Marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus
Location: Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 03467  
Marine iguanas, Punta Espinosa, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, Fernandina Island
Marine iguanas, Punta Espinosa.
Species: Marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus
Location: Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 03471  
Dead trees embedded in calcium carbonate deposits in the travertine terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs, near Minerva terrace . Over two tons of calcium carbonate (in solution) is deposited each day on the terraces, gradually killing any vegetation that had managed to be growing, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Dead trees embedded in calcium carbonate deposits in the travertine terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs, near Minerva terrace . Over two tons of calcium carbonate (in solution) is deposited each day on the terraces, gradually killing any vegetation that had managed to be growing.
Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 19796  
Fossil fish, collected at the Green River Formation, Kemmerer, Wyoming, dated to the Eocene Era. Mioplosus are part of the perch family, predatory fishes, Mioplosus
Fossil fish, collected at the Green River Formation, Kemmerer, Wyoming, dated to the Eocene Era. Mioplosus are part of the perch family, predatory fishes.
Species: Mioplosus
Image ID: 20868  
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