Mating Courtship Photo

Mating Courtship   >             photos@oceanlight.com   +1-760-707-7153 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   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   Western gulls, courtship behaviour. Image ID: 18397   Species: Western gull, Larus occidentalis Location: La Jolla, California, USA   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   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   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   Courtship group of six Southern right whales, Eubalaena australis, Argentina. Image ID: 35915   Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina   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   A bull elephant seal forceably mates (copulates) with a much smaller female, often biting her into submission and using his weight to keep her from fleeing. Males may up to 5000 lbs, triple the size of females. Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California. Image ID: 20388   Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, 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: 02813   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA   Clark's Grebes Rushing on Lake Hodges, San Diego. Image ID: 36784   Location: Lake Hodges, San Diego, California, USA   Clark's Grebes Rushing on Lake Hodges, San Diego. Image ID: 36785   Location: Lake Hodges, San Diego, California, USA   Clark's Grebes Rushing on Lake Hodges, San Diego. Image ID: 36829   Location: Lake Hodges, San Diego, California, USA   Clark's Grebes Rushing on Lake Hodges, San Diego. Image ID: 36830   Location: Lake Hodges, San Diego, California, USA   A bull elephant seal forceably mates (copulates) with a much smaller female, often biting her into submission and using his weight to keep her from fleeing. Males may up to 5000 lbs, triple the size of females. Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California. Image ID: 15408   Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA   Western gull, courtship display. Image ID: 15565   Species: Western gull, Larus occidentalis Location: La Jolla, California, USA   Western gulls, courtship behaviour. Image ID: 18396   Species: Western gull, Larus occidentalis Location: La Jolla, California, USA   Western gulls, courtship behaviour. Image ID: 18398   Species: Western gull, Larus occidentalis Location: La Jolla, California, USA   Four blue whales (including calf) socializing, Baja California (Mexico). Image ID: 03356   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus   Blue-footed booby, courtship display. Image ID: 01791   Species: Blue-footed booby, Sula nebouxii Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador   California grunion. Image ID: 09301   Species: California grunion, Leuresthes tenuis Location: Carlsbad, California, USA   California grunion. Image ID: 09302   Species: California grunion, Leuresthes tenuis Location: Carlsbad, California, USA   California grunion. Image ID: 09306   Species: California grunion, Leuresthes tenuis Location: Carlsbad, California, USA   A group of juvenile and female Guadalupe fur seals rest and socialize over a shallow, kelp-covered reef. During the summer mating season, a single adjult male will form a harem of females and continually patrol the underwater boundary of his territory, keeping the females near and intimidating other males from approaching. Image ID: 09675   Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico

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