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| 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 | Western Grebes rushing in a courtship display. Rushiing grebes run across the water 60 feet (20m) or further with their feet hitting the water as rapidly as 20 times per second. Lake Hodges, San Diego. Image ID: 36888 Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis | Magnificent frigatebird, adult male on nest, with throat pouch inflated, a courtship display to attract females. Image ID: 16725 Species: Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| Giant black sea bass, gathering in a mating - courtship aggregation amid kelp forest, Catalina Island. Image ID: 33355 Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | 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. Image ID: 02796 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. Image ID: 02828 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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| 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. Image ID: 05925 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Clark's Grebes Rushing on Lake Hodges, San Diego. Image ID: 36830 Species: Clarks Grebe, Aechmophorus clarkii Location: Lake Hodges, San Diego, California, USA | Double-crested cormorant nuptial crests, tufts of feathers on each side of the head, plumage associated with courtship and mating. Image ID: 36848 Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| Western Grebes rushing in a courtship display. Rushiing grebes run across the water 60 feet (20m) or further with their feet hitting the water as rapidly as 20 times per second. Lake Hodges, San Diego. Image ID: 36887 Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis | Western Grebes rushing in a courtship display. Rushiing grebes run across the water 60 feet (20m) or further with their feet hitting the water as rapidly as 20 times per second. Lake Hodges, San Diego. Image ID: 36889 Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis | Western gulls, courtship behaviour. Image ID: 18397 Species: Western gull, Larus occidentalis Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| Gray whales, two males both with extended penis during courtship socialization, Laguna San Ignacio. Image ID: 06431 Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus Location: San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico | Giant black sea bass, gathering in a mating - courtship aggregation amid kelp forest, Catalina Island. Image ID: 33357 Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Giant black sea bass, gathering in a mating - courtship aggregation amid kelp forest, Catalina Island. Image ID: 33359 Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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| Giant black sea bass, gathering in a mating - courtship aggregation amid kelp forest, Catalina Island. Image ID: 33360 Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Giant black sea bass, gathering in a mating - courtship aggregation amid kelp forest, Catalina Island. Image ID: 33361 Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Giant black sea bass, gathering in a mating - courtship aggregation amid kelp forest, Catalina Island. Image ID: 33362 Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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| Giant black sea bass, gathering in a mating - courtship aggregation amid kelp forest, Catalina Island. Image ID: 33364 Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Giant black sea bass, gathering in a mating - courtship aggregation amid kelp forest, Catalina Island. Image ID: 33379 Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | 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. Image ID: 02794 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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| 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. Image ID: 05928 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Courtship group of six Southern right whales, Eubalaena australis, Argentina. Image ID: 35915 Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina | Three Western Grebes Rushing on Lake Hodges. Image ID: 36779 Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis Location: Lake Hodges, San Diego, California, USA |
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| Western Grebes Ratchet Pointing in preparation for rushing, a courtship ceremony, Lake Hodges, San Diego. Image ID: 36781 Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis Location: Lake Hodges, San Diego, California, USA | Western Grebes Rushing on Lake Hodges, amidst a mix of Western Grebes and Clarks Grebes. Image ID: 36790 Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis Location: Lake Hodges, San Diego, California, USA | Double-crested cormorant nuptial crests, tufts of feathers on each side of the head, plumage associated with courtship and mating. Image ID: 36847 Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| Clarks Grebes (left) and Western Grebe (right), arguing over a rock, Lake Hodges. Image ID: 36883 Species: Western Grebe, Clarks Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Aechmophorus clarkii | 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. Image ID: 02802 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Clarks Grebes, courting pair, Lake Hodges. Image ID: 36881 Species: Clarks Grebe, Aechmophorus clarkii Location: Lake Hodges, San Diego, California, USA |
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