Behavior Photo

Home   >   Natural History Photography Blog   >   Search   >   Behavior North Pacific humpback whales, a mother and calf pair swim closely together just under the surface of the ocean. The calf will remain with its mother for about a year, migrating from Hawaii to Alaska to feed on herring. Behavior Photo. Image ID: 00140   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA   North Pacific humpback whale, breach. Behavior Picture. Image ID: 00205   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA   Two blue whales, a mother and her calf, swim through the open ocean in this aerial photograph. The calf is blowing (spouting, exhaling) with a powerful column of spray. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on Earth. Stock Photography of Behavior. Image ID: 02304   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, 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. Photograph of Behavior. Image ID: 19693   Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA   Alaskan brown bear catching a jumping salmon, Brooks Falls. Behavior Photos. Image ID: 17031   Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA   Ocean sunfish recruiting fish near drift kelp to clean parasites, open ocean, Baja California. Behavior Image. Image ID: 03267   Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola   Humpback whale breaching with pectoral fins lifting spray from the ocean surface. Professional stock photos of Behavior. Image ID: 03854   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA   Hawaiian spinner dolphin, resting herd swimming along reef. Pictures of Behavior. Image ID: 00108   Species: Hawaiian spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris Location: Lanai, Hawaii, 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. Behavior Photo. Image ID: 25950   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Redondo Beach, California, USA   Blue whales, adult and juvenile (likely mother and calf), swimming together side by side underwater in the open ocean. Behavior Picture. Image ID: 34568   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA   Fiji Barberi Clownfish, Amphiprion barberi, hiding among anemone tentacles, Fiji Stock Photography of Behavior. Image ID: 34736   Species: Fiji Barberi Clownfish, Amphiprion barberi Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji   Magnificent frigatebird, adult male on nest, with throat pouch inflated, a courtship display to attract females. Photograph of Behavior. Image ID: 16725   Species: Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador   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 Behavior Photos. Image ID: 30326   Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA   Humpback whale lunge feeding on Antarctic krill, with mouth open and baleen visible. The humbpack's throat grooves are seen as its pleated throat becomes fully distended as the whale fills its mouth with krill and water. The water will be pushed out, while the baleen strains and retains the small krill. Behavior Image. Image ID: 25648   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica   Bigeye Barracuda schooling in Nigali Pass, Fiji Professional stock photos of Behavior. Image ID: 31329   Location: Nigali Passage, Gau Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji   Acorn Barnacle extends to feed in ocean current, amid colony of Corynactis anemones. Pictures of Behavior. Image ID: 33455   Species: Strawberry Anemone, Acorn Barnacle, Corynactis californica, Megabalanus californicus Location: San Diego, California, USA   Pink Skunk Anemone Fish, Amphiprion perideraion, Fiji Behavior Photo. Image ID: 34746   Species: Pink anemonefish, Pink Anemonefish, Amphiprion perideraion Location: Fiji   Bluestripe clownfish, Amphiprion chrysopterus, Fiji Behavior Picture. Image ID: 34775   Species: Bluestripe Clownfish, Amphiprion chrysopterus Location: Fiji   Adult male humpback whale singing, suspended motionless underwater. Only male humpbacks have been observed singing. All humpbacks in the North Pacific sing the same whale song each year, and the song changes slightly from one year to the next. Stock Photography of Behavior. Image ID: 02796   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA   Humpback whale mother, calf (top), male escort (rear), underwater. A young humpback calf typically swims alongside or above its mother, and male escorts will usually travel behind the mother. Photograph of Behavior. Image ID: 02819   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA   Adult male humpback whale bubble streaming underwater. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims behind a female (left) during a competitive group. The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other male whales interested in the mother. Behavior Photos. Image ID: 02828   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA   Adult male humpback whale bubble streaming underwater. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims behind a mother and calf. The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other nearby male whales interested in the mother. Behavior Image. Image ID: 05925   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA   North Pacific humpback whale, escort in competitive group makes fast close pass. Professional stock photos of Behavior. Image ID: 06057   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA   Aerial photo of gray whale calf and mother. This baby gray whale was born during the southern migration, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place. Pictures of Behavior. Image ID: 29017   Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus Location: San Clemente, California, USA   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. Behavior Photo. Image ID: 30289   Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, 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. Behavior Picture. Image ID: 25951   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Redondo Beach, California, USA   Two mature brown bears fight to establish hierarchy and fishing rights. Stock Photography of Behavior. Image ID: 17036   Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA   Western gulls, courtship behaviour. Photograph of Behavior. Image ID: 18397   Species: Western gull, Larus occidentalis Location: La Jolla, California, USA   Coastal brown bear forages for razor clams in sand flats at extreme low tide. Grizzly bear. Behavior Photos. Image ID: 19140   Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA   Juvenile female brown bear forages for razor clams in sand flats at extreme low tide. Grizzly bear. Behavior Image. Image ID: 19141   Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA

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