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Giant kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Small gas bladders -- pneumatocysts -- connect the kelp's stipes ("stems") to its blades ("leaves"). These bladders help elevate the kelp plant from the bottom, towards sunlight and the water's surface, Macrocystis pyrifera, Catalina Island
Giant kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Small gas bladders -- pneumatocysts -- connect the kelp's stipes ("stems") to its blades ("leaves"). These bladders help elevate the kelp plant from the bottom, towards sunlight and the water's surface.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 33440  
Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, Catalina Island
Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 33441  
Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, Catalina Island
Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 33442  
Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, Catalina Island
Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 33443  
Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, Catalina Island
Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 33444  
Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, Catalina Island
Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 33445  
Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, Catalina Island
Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 33446  
Kelp holdfast attaches the plant to the rocky reef on the oceans bottom. Kelp blades are visible above the holdfast, swaying in the current, Catalina Island
Kelp holdfast attaches the plant to the rocky reef on the oceans bottom. Kelp blades are visible above the holdfast, swaying in the current.
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 34212  
Brandt's Cormorant carrying surf grass nesting material, Phalacrocorax penicillatus, La Jolla, California
Brandt's Cormorant carrying surf grass nesting material, Phalacrocorax penicillatus.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 39513  
Brandt's Cormorant Flying in La Jolla, lit by early morning sun, non-breeding plumage, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Brandt's Cormorant Flying in La Jolla, lit by early morning sun, non-breeding plumage.
Species: Brandt's Cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Image ID: 39883  
Brandt's Cormorant Spreading Wings to Land on sea cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean, La Jolla, California
Brandt's Cormorant Spreading Wings to Land on sea cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 40084  
Brandt's Cormorant In Flight Carrying Nesting Material in its Beak, Phalacrocorax penicillatus, La Jolla, California
Brandt's Cormorant In Flight Carrying Nesting Material in its Beak.
Species: Brandt's Cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 40132  
Male Brandt's Cormorant Skypointing, Courtship Display, Breeding Plumage with blue throat and a few white pin-feathers, La Jolla. Skypointing is an interesting courtship behavior that many birds practice. Among Brandt's Cormorants the male performs this, likely as a way of attracting a mate to the nest he has built by showing off his striking blue throat. He tips his head backward showing off his striking blue throat, and partially raises his wings. Seen here on seacliffs above the ocean, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Male Brandt's Cormorant Skypointing, Courtship Display, Breeding Plumage with blue throat and a few white pin-feathers, La Jolla. Skypointing is an interesting courtship behavior that many birds practice. Among Brandt's Cormorants the male performs this, likely as a way of attracting a mate to the nest he has built by showing off his striking blue throat. He tips his head backward showing off his striking blue throat, and partially raises his wings. Seen here on seacliffs above the ocean.
Species: Brandt's cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 40133  
Double-crested cormorant in breeding plumage showing crest feathers on head. La Jolla, California, USA, Phalacrocorax auritus
Double-crested cormorant in breeding plumage showing crest feathers on head. La Jolla, California, USA.
Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 36769  
Double-crested cormorant feather detail, La Jolla, California, USA, Phalacrocorax auritus
Double-crested cormorant feather detail, La Jolla, California, USA.
Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 36770  
Double-crested cormorant, La Jolla, California, USA, Phalacrocorax auritus
Double-crested cormorant, La Jolla, California, USA.
Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 36774  
Brandt's Cormorant on the nest, nesting material composed of kelp and sea weed, La Jolla, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Brandt's Cormorant on the nest, nesting material composed of kelp and sea weed, La Jolla.
Species: Brandt's cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Image ID: 36793  
Brandt's Cormorant Flying with Nesting Material, a clump of seaweed (marine algae), La Jolla, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Brandt's Cormorant Flying with Nesting Material, a clump of seaweed (marine algae), La Jolla.
Species: Brandt's cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 36837  
Double-crested cormorant nuptial crests, tufts of feathers on each side of the head, plumage associated with courtship and mating, Phalacrocorax auritus, La Jolla, California
Double-crested cormorant nuptial crests, tufts of feathers on each side of the head, plumage associated with courtship and mating.
Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 36847  
Brandt's Cormorant carrying nesting material in its beak, Phalacrocorax penicillatus, La Jolla, California
Brandt's Cormorant carrying nesting material in its beak.
Species: Brandt's cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 36870  
Brandt's Cormorant carrying nesting material, in flight as it returns to its cliffside nest, Phalacrocorax penicillatus, La Jolla, California
Brandt's Cormorant carrying nesting material, in flight as it returns to its cliffside nest.
Species: Brandt's cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 36872  
Brandt's Cormorant portrait, Phalacrocorax penicillatus, La Jolla, California
Brandt's Cormorant portrait.
Species: Brandt's cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 36875  
Male Brandt's Cormorant Skypointing, a Courtship Display, La Jolla, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Male Brandt's Cormorant Skypointing, a Courtship Display, La Jolla.
Species: Brandt's cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 37441  
Brandt's Cormorant portrait, Phalacrocorax penicillatus, La Jolla, California
Brandt's Cormorant portrait.
Species: Brandt's Cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 37596  
Brandt's Cormorant portrait, set against the Pacific Ocean, Phalacrocorax penicillatus, La Jolla, California
Brandt's Cormorant portrait, set against the Pacific Ocean.
Species: Brandt's Cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 37745  
Cormorants in flight, wings blurred by time exposure, Phalacrocorax auritus, La Jolla, California
Cormorants in flight, wings blurred by time exposure.
Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 30163  
Double-crested cormorant, breeding plumage showing tufts, Phalacrocorax auritus, La Jolla, California
Double-crested cormorant, breeding plumage showing tufts.
Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 15785  
Selfie, giant kelp forest, Catalina Island, Macrocystis pyrifera
Selfie, giant kelp forest, Catalina Island.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37296  
Brandt's Cormorant carrying nesting material, in flight as it returns to its cliffside nest, Phalacrocorax penicillatus, La Jolla, California
Brandt's Cormorant carrying nesting material, in flight as it returns to its cliffside nest.
Species: Brandt's cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 36873  
Brandt's Cormorant carrying nesting material, in flight as it returns to its cliffside nest, Phalacrocorax penicillatus, La Jolla, California
Brandt's Cormorant carrying nesting material, in flight as it returns to its cliffside nest.
Species: Brandt's cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 36874  
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