Yellow morph of the California 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.
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 15371
The Children's Pool, also known as Casa Cove, in pre-dawn light, La Jolla. Seal Rock in the foreground.
Location: Children's Pool, La Jolla, California
Image ID: 37475
La Jolla Cove and Point La Jolla at Dawn, waves blur into abstract white, pre-sunrise soft light.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 38917
Hospital Point, La Jolla, dawn, sunrise light and approaching storm clouds.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 28851
A fiery sunrise explodes over the La Jolla coastline.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 28871
Aerial Photo of South La Jolla State Marine Reserve.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 30639
Wildflowers along the La Jolla Cove cliffs, sunrise.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 33264
Children's Pool Reef Exposed at Extreme Low King Tide, La Jolla, California. Aerial panoramic photograph.
Location: Children's Pool, La Jolla, California
Image ID: 40717
Panorama dimensions: 6423 x 12735
Mated pair of Brandt's Cormorants tend to the nest they have built on sea cliffs. Note the colors they assume during mating season: striking blue gular pouch (throat) along with faint blue-green iridescence in their plumage.
Species: Brandt's cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 40130
A Perfect Brown Pelican Head Throw with Distant Ocean in Background, bending over backwards, stretching its neck and gular pouch. Note the winter breeding plumage, yellow head, red and olive throat, pink skin around the eye, brown hind neck with some white neck side detail, gray breast and body.
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 40794