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| 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 | Scripps Pier solstice, sunset aligned perfectly with the pier. Image ID: 28475 Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA | California sea lion framed by huge breaking wave in La Jolla. Image ID: 34272 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| Brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs. Image ID: 28333 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | California Brown Pelican head throw, stretching its throat to keep it flexible and healthy. Note the winter mating plumage, olive and red throat, yellow head. Image ID: 30336 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Young California sea lions resting on a reef in La Jolla. Image ID: 34273 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| California Sea Lion Portrait, La Jolla. Image ID: 36811 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Double-crested cormorant nuptial crests, tufts of feathers on each side of the head, plumage associated with courtship and mating. Image ID: 36845 Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | California Sea Lion Resting in the Sun, on rocky reef. Image ID: 36860 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| California brown pelican in flight, braking to land on seacliffs. Image ID: 36726 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Brown pelican in flight, softly lit by flash against pink predawn sky. Image ID: 28346 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Sea Caves, the famous La Jolla sea caves lie below tall cliffs at Goldfish Point. Sunny Jim Cave. Sunrise. Sea gulls floating int he water blur in this time exposure. Image ID: 37469 Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| 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: 28959 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Brown pelican flying over waves and the surf. Image ID: 30199 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, 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. Image ID: 30326 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| 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: 28328 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | California brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs. Note the classic winter breeding plumage, with bright red throat, yellow and white head and neck, and brown hind neck. Image ID: 36679 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Brown pelican flying over waves and the surf. Image ID: 30187 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| 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: 22142 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | SIO Pier. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography research pier is 1090 feet long and was built of reinforced concrete in 1988, replacing the original wooden pier built in 1915. The Scripps Pier is home to a variety of sensing equipment above and below water that collects various oceanographic data. The Scripps research diving facility is located at the foot of the pier. Fresh seawater is pumped from the pier to the many tanks and facilities of SIO, including the Birch Aquarium. The Scripps Pier is named in honor of Ellen Browning Scripps, the most significant donor and benefactor of the Institution. Image ID: 22286 Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA | California brown pelican, portrait in pink-purple predawn light, rests on sandstone seabluff. The characteristic mating plumage of the California race of brown pelican is shown, with red gular throat pouch and dark brown hindneck colors. Image ID: 23646 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| Pacific harbor seal, on sand at the edge of the sea. Image ID: 26315 Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Scripps Pier, predawn abstract study of pier pilings and moving water. Image ID: 26340 Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA | California Brown Pelican head throw, stretching its throat to keep it flexible and healthy. Image ID: 28347 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| 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: 28356 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Blue whale, swimming through the open ocean. Image ID: 21248 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Blue whale. The sleek hydrodynamic shape of the enormous blue whale allows it to swim swiftly through the ocean, at times over one hundred miles in a single day. Image ID: 21250 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| Fin whale underwater. The fin whale is the second longest and sixth most massive animal ever, reaching lengths of 88 feet. Image ID: 27116 Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | California Sea Lions, Mother nursing her pup. Image ID: 36861 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | California Sea Lion mother with her pup, La Jolla, California. Image ID: 36570 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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