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Mating   >             photos@oceanlight.com   +1-760-707-7153 Brown pelican, winter adult breeding plumage, showing bright red gular pouch and dark brown hindneck plumage of breeding adults. This large seabird has a wingspan over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status, due largely to predation in the early 1900s and to decades of poor reproduction caused by DDT poisoning. Image ID: 20074   Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA   Brown pelican, non-breeding winter plumage. This large seabird has a wingspan over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status, due largely to predation in the early 1900s and to decades of poor reproduction caused by DDT poisoning. Image ID: 20087   Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA   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: 20293   Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA   Male elephant seals (bulls) rear up on their foreflippers and fight in the surf for access for mating females that are in estrous. Such fighting among elephant seals can take place on the beach or in the water. They bite and tear at each other on the neck and shoulders, drawing blood and creating scars on the tough hides. Image ID: 20369   Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA   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: 28357   Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA   Crinoid (feather star) extends its tentacles into ocean currents, on pristine south pacific coral reef, Fiji. Image ID: 34767   Species: Crinoid Feather Star, Crinoidea Location: Fiji   Spiny brittle stars (starfish) detail. Image ID: 35074   Species: Brittle Sea Star, Ophiothrix spiculata   Spiny brittle stars (starfish) detail. Image ID: 35077   Species: Brittle Sea Star, Ophiothrix spiculata   Spiny brittle stars (starfish) detail. Image ID: 35079   Species: Brittle Sea Star, Ophiothrix spiculata   Colorful starfish (sea stars) cling to the reef, covered with invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. Image ID: 35293   Location: British Columbia, Canada   Colorful starfish (sea stars) cling to the reef, covered with invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. Image ID: 35294   Location: British Columbia, Canada   Colorful starfish (sea stars) cling to the reef, covered with invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. Image ID: 35303   Location: British Columbia, Canada   Starfish cling to a rocky reef, surrounded by other colorful invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. Image ID: 35326   Location: British Columbia, Canada   Starfish cling to a rocky reef, surrounded by other colorful invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. Image ID: 35342   Location: British Columbia, Canada   Pyrosome in Kelp Forest, Santa Barbara Island. Image ID: 35826   Species: Pyrosome, Pyrosoma Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA   Kelp fronds showing pneumatocysts, bouyant gas-filled bubble-like structures which float the kelp plant off the ocean bottom toward the surface, where it will spread to form a roof-like canopy. Image ID: 35827   Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA   Brown pelican portrait, displaying winter plumage with distinctive yellow head feathers and colorful gular throat pouch. Image ID: 36684   Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, Pelecanus occidentalis Location: La Jolla, California, USA   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: 36685   Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, Pelecanus occidentalis Location: La Jolla, California, USA   Brown pelican portrait, displaying winter plumage with distinctive yellow head feathers and colorful gular throat pouch. Image ID: 36688   Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, Pelecanus occidentalis Location: La Jolla, California, USA   Brown pelican portrait, displaying winter plumage with distinctive yellow head feathers and colorful gular throat pouch. Image ID: 36791   Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, Pelecanus occidentalis Location: La Jolla, California, USA   Kelp fronds and pneumatocysts. Pneumatocysts, gas-filled bladders, float the kelp plant off the ocean bottom toward the surface and sunlight, where the leaf-like blades and stipes of the kelp plant grow fastest. Giant kelp can grow up to 2' in a single day given optimal conditions. Epic submarine forests of kelp grow throughout California's Southern Channel Islands. Image ID: 37100   Species: Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA   Kelp fronds and pneumatocysts, giant kelp forest, Catalina Island. Image ID: 37193   Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Kelp fronds and pneumatocysts, giant kelp forest, Catalina Island. Image ID: 37199   Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Crinoid clinging to gorgonian sea fan, Fiji. Image ID: 31355   Species: Crinoid Feather Star, Gorgonian, Crinoidea, Gorgonacea Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji   Spectacular pristine tropical reef with vibrant colorful soft corals. Dendronephthya soft corals, crinoids, sea fan gorgonians and schooling Anthias fishes, pulsing with life in a strong current over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. Image ID: 31363   Species: Crinoid Feather Star, Dendronephthya Soft Coral, Gorgonian, Anthias, Black Sun Coral, Dendronephthya, Pseudanthias, Crinoidea, Gorgonacea, Tubastrea micrantha Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji   Crinoid clinging to gorgonian sea fan, Mount Mutiny, Bligh Waters, Fiji. Image ID: 31368   Species: Crinoid Feather Star, Gorgonian, Crinoidea, Gorgonacea Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji   Gorgonian Sea Fan on Coral Reef, Fiji. Image ID: 31373   Species: Crinoid Feather Star, Gorgonian, Crinoidea, Gorgonacea Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji   Red Gorgonian and Yellow Crinoid on Coral Reef, Fiji. Image ID: 31395   Species: Crinoid Feather Star, Gorgonian, Black Sun Coral, Crinoidea, Gorgonacea, Tubastrea micrantha Location: Wakaya Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji   Yellow crinoid, green fan coral and red gorgonian on colorful and pristine coral reef, Fiji. Image ID: 31396   Species: Crinoid Feather Star, Gorgonian, Black Sun Coral, Crinoidea, Gorgonacea, Tubastrea micrantha Location: Wakaya Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji   Crinoid clinging to gorgonian sea fan, Fiji. Image ID: 31404   Species: Crinoid Feather Star, Gorgonian, Crinoidea, Gorgonacea Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji

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Updated: September 19, 2021