Search results for Escondido

Clark's Grebes rushing side by side, a spectacular courtship behavior in which the aquatic birds literally run on the surface of the water while slapping their feet up to 20 times per second.
Species: Clark's Grebe, Aechmophorus clarkii
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40860  

Western Grebes rushing across Lake Wohlford, exhibiting a spectacular courtship behavior in which the aquatic birds literally run across the surface of the water while their feet hit the water up to 20 times per second.
Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40861  

Western Grebes rushing across Lake Wohlford, exhibiting a spectacular courtship behavior in which the aquatic birds literally run across the surface of the water while their feet hit the water up to 20 times per second.
Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40862  

Western Grebes rushing across Lake Wohlford, exhibiting a spectacular courtship behavior in which the aquatic birds literally run across the surface of the water while their feet hit the water up to 20 times per second.
Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40863  

Two Western Grebes Walk on Water. Grebe rushing, a courtship behavior, happens when the birds slap the lake surface up to 20 times per second, literally running across the water.
Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40894  

American White Pelican in Flight, breeding adult with fibrous plate on upper mandible of bill, Lake Wohlford.
Species: White pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40906  

American White Pelican, breeding adult with fibrous plate on upper mandible of bill, Lake Wohlford.
Species: White pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40907  

American White Pelican, breeding adult with fibrous plate on upper mandible of bill, Lake Wohlford.
Species: White pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40908  

American White Pelicans and Fishermen, Lake Wohlford, Escondido.
Species: White pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40909  

Female Mallard Duck in Flight showing Purple Speculum on Wings, Lake Wohlford.
Species: Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40910  

Western grebes rushing in an unusual courtship fight, the grebe on the right flew in to the two rushing grebes on the left, speared one of the rushing grebes and drove it ito the water.
Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40915  

Hook the Western Grebe with a fishing hook embedded in the back side of his head, Lake Wohlford.
Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40916  

Western Grebe rushing in a courtship display. Rushing grebes run across the water 60 feet (20m) or further with their feet hitting the water as rapidly as 20 times per second.
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40974  

Lake Hodges Dam and western arm of Lake Hodges, Del Dios, California, aerial photo.
Location: Escondido, California
Image ID: 38111  

Lake Hodges reservoir, aerial panoramic photo, San Diego.
Location: Escondido, California
Image ID: 38218  
Panorama dimensions: 4989 x 9219

Courting Clark's Grebes on Lake Wohlford.
Species: Clark's Grebe, Aechmophorus clarkii
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40864  

Hook the Western Grebe with a fishing hook embedded in the back side of his head, Lake Wohlford.
Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40865  

Violet-Green Swallow in Flight, Tachycineta thalassina, Lake Wohlford.
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40898  

Cliff Swallow in Flight, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, Lake Wohlford.
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40901  

Two Rushing Western Grebes Walk on Water. Grebe rushing, a courtship behavior, happens when the birds slap the lake surface up to 20 times per second, literally running across the water.
Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40917  

Two Rushing Western Grebes Walk on Water. Grebe rushing, a courtship behavior, happens when the birds slap the lake surface up to 20 times per second, literally running across the water.
Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40918  

Hook the Western Grebe with a fishing hook embedded in the back side of his head, Lake Wohlford.
Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40919  

A human-powered submarine, designed, built and operated by University of California San Diego engineering students.
Location: Offshore Model Basin, Escondido, California
Image ID: 09768  

A human-powered submarine, designed, built and operated by University of California San Diego engineering students.
Location: Offshore Model Basin, Escondido, California
Image ID: 09769  

A human-powered submarine, designed, built and operated by Texas A and M University engineering students.
Location: Offshore Model Basin, Escondido, California
Image ID: 09770  

A human-powered submarine, designed, built and operated by Texas A and M University engineering students.
Location: Offshore Model Basin, Escondido, California
Image ID: 09771  

A human-powered submarine, designed, built and operated by University of Washington engineering students.
Location: Offshore Model Basin, Escondido, California
Image ID: 09772  

The propellers and steering foils of a human-powered submarine, designed, built and operated by University of Washington engineering students.
Location: Offshore Model Basin, Escondido, California
Image ID: 09773  

The OMER 5 human-powered submarine, designed, built and operated by Montreal, Canadas École de Technologie Supérieure (University of Quebec) engineering students. The submersible is 16 feet long and has two people inside powering and piloting the sub. Made of high tech composite materials and containing networked computers, the OMER 5 has reached a speed of nearly 7 knots underwater, a world record for human-powered submarines.
Location: Offshore Model Basin, Escondido, California
Image ID: 09774  

The OMER 5 human-powered submarine, designed, built and operated by Montreal, Canadas École de Technologie Supérieure (University of Quebec) engineering students. The submersible is 16 feet long and has two people inside powering and piloting the sub. Made of high tech composite materials and containing networked computers, the OMER 5 has reached a speed of nearly 7 knots underwater, a world record for human-powered submarines.
Location: Offshore Model Basin, Escondido, California
Image ID: 09775