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| A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Image ID: 21609 Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA | Dune primrose (white) and sand verbena (purple) bloom in spring in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, mixing in a rich display of desert color. Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 10467 Species: Dune Evening Primrose, Sand Verbena, Sand verbena, Oenothera deltoides, Abronia villosa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Image ID: 21622 Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA |
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| A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Image ID: 21640 Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA | Flower sea urchin with pedicellariae visible. Image ID: 27533 Species: Flower sea urchin, Toxopneustes roseus Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico | Diver and Sea Urchins, Laguna Beach. Image ID: 36268 Location: Laguna Beach, California, USA |
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| California brown pelican, portrait in pink-purple predawn light, rests on sandstone seabluff. The characteristic mating plumage of the California race of brown pelican is shown, with red gular throat pouch and dark brown hindneck colors. Image ID: 23664 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | California brown pelican, portrait in pink-purple predawn light, rests on sandstone seabluff. The characteristic mating plumage of the California race of brown pelican is shown, with red gular throat pouch and dark brown hindneck colors. Image ID: 23665 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Dune primrose (white) and sand verbena (purple) bloom in spring in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, mixing in a rich display of desert color. Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 20463 Species: Dune Evening Primrose, Sand Verbena, Sand verbena, Oenothera deltoides, Abronia villosa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA |
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| Dune primrose (white) and sand verbena (purple) bloom in spring in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, mixing in a rich display of desert color. Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 20465 Species: Dune Evening Primrose, Sand Verbena, Sand verbena, Oenothera deltoides, Abronia villosa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Dune primrose (white) and sand verbena (purple) bloom in spring in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, mixing in a rich display of desert color. Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 20468 Species: Dune Evening Primrose, Sand Verbena, Oenothera deltoides, Abronia villosa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Dune primrose (white) and sand verbena (purple) bloom in spring in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, mixing in a rich display of desert color. Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 20469 Species: Dune Evening Primrose, Sand Verbena, Oenothera deltoides, Abronia villosa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA |
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| Unidentified sea urchin. Image ID: 16421 Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Purple urchins destroying/eating giant kelp holdfast. Image ID: 03404 Species: Purple urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | Dune primrose (white) and sand verbena (purple) bloom in spring in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, mixing in a rich display of desert color. Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 10477 Species: Dune Evening Primrose, Sand Verbena, Sand verbena, Oenothera deltoides, Abronia villosa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA |
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| Arizona lupine is a common early spring ephemeral wildflower of the Colorado Desert. The purple-pink flowers show a yellow spot on the upper petal, which changes in color to red once the flower has been pollinated to discourage insects from visiting it after pollination. This photo shows both red and yellow petals. Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 10526 Species: Arizona lupine, Lupinus arizonicus Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Image ID: 21652 Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA | A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Image ID: 21660 Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA |
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| A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Image ID: 21661 Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA | A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Image ID: 21662 Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA | Dune evening primrose (white) and sand verbena (purple) mix in beautiful wildflower bouquets during the spring bloom in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 30503 Species: Dune Evening Primrose, Sand Verbena, Oenothera deltoides, Abronia villosa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA |
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| Dune evening primrose (white) and sand verbena (purple) mix in beautiful wildflower bouquets during the spring bloom in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 30506 Species: Dune Evening Primrose, Sand Verbena, Sand verbena, Oenothera deltoides, Abronia villosa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Dune evening primrose (white) and sand verbena (purple) mix in beautiful wildflower bouquets during the spring bloom in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 30511 Species: Dune Evening Primrose, Sand Verbena, Sand verbena, Oenothera deltoides, Abronia villosa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Dune evening primrose (white) and sand verbena (purple) mix in beautiful wildflower bouquets during the spring bloom in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 30523 Species: Dune Evening Primrose, Sand Verbena, Sand verbena, Oenothera deltoides, Abronia villosa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA |
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| Purple owls clover blooms in spring. Image ID: 11516 Species: Purple owls clover, Castillejo exserta Location: San Elijo Lagoon, Encinitas, California, USA | Purple owls clover blooms in spring. Image ID: 11517 Species: Purple owls clover, Castillejo exserta Location: San Elijo Lagoon, Encinitas, California, USA | Purple owls clover blooms in spring. Image ID: 11518 Species: Purple owls clover, Castillejo exserta Location: San Elijo Lagoon, Encinitas, California, USA |
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| Purple owls clover blooms in spring. Image ID: 11519 Species: Purple owls clover, Castillejo exserta Location: San Elijo Lagoon, Encinitas, California, USA | Purple owls clover blooms in spring. Image ID: 11520 Species: Purple owls clover, Castillejo exserta Location: San Elijo Lagoon, Encinitas, California, USA | Purple owls clover blooms in spring. Image ID: 11521 Species: Purple owls clover, Castillejo exserta Location: San Elijo Lagoon, Encinitas, California, USA |
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