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Photographer
Steve Lonhart |
Location
Moss Landing
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Species
Surf scoter
(Melanitta perspicillata)
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Caption
Male Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata. They do not walk on land very well. |
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Photographer
Steve Lonhart |
Location
Monterey Bay
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Species
Heermann's Gull
(Larus heermanni)
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Caption
Numerous gulls followed the sea lion and its prey, including Heermann's Gulls Larus heermanni. |
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Photographer
Steve Lonhart |
Location
Monterey Harbor
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Species
Pacific loon
(Gavia pacifica)
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Caption
Might be a Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica. Another similar species seen in the area is the Common Loon Gavia immer. |
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Photographer
Steve Lonhart |
Location
Moss Landing
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Species
Whimbrel
(Numenius phaeopus)
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Caption
The Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus is a shorebird with a moderate, down-curved bill and bold head stripes, dark brown and white. |
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Photographer
Steve Lonhart |
Location
Moss Landing
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Species
Whimbrel
(Numenius phaeopus)
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Caption
The Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus is a shorebird with a moderate, down-curved bill and bold head stripes, dark brown and white. |
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Photographer
Steve Lonhart |
Location
Moss Landing
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Species
American White Pelican
(Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
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Caption
American White Pelicans Pelecanus erythrorhynchos forage by swimming/wading in shallow water and dipping their large orange-yellow bills to capture fishes. |
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Photographer
Chad King |
Location
Point Lobos
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Species
Great Blue Heron
(Ardea herodias)
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Caption
A Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) moments after capturing what is believed to be a small perch in the shallow kelp canopy of Whaler's Cove at Point Lobos.
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Photographer
Chad King |
Location
Point Lobos
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Species
Great Blue Heron
(Ardea herodias)
Great Egret
(Ardea alba)
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Caption
A Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) and Great Egret (Ardea alba) share a kelp bed (a rare site) in Whaler's Cove at Point Lobos State Marine Reserve. National Marine Sanctuary Foundation members and Office of National Marine Sanctuaries employees await a boat tour in the background.
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Photographer
Chad King |
Location
Point Lobos
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Species
Brandt's Cormorant
(Phalacrocorax penicillatus)
Double-crested Cormorant
(Phalacrocorax auritus)
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Caption
Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus)s and Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) (colored throat and bill) congregating on a rock in Whaler's Cove at Point Lobos State Marine Reserve. |
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Photographer
Chad King |
Location
Point Lobos
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Species
Great Egret
(Ardea alba)
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Caption
A Great Egret (Ardea alba) standing on top of kelp canopy in Whaler's Cove at Point Lobos State Park and Marine Reserve. |
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Photographer
Chad King |
Location
Point Lobos
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Species
Great Egret
(Ardea alba)
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Caption
A Great Egret (Ardea alba) standing on top of kelp canopy in Whaler's Cove at Point Lobos State Park and Marine Reserve. |
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Photographer
Chad King |
Location
Point Lobos
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Species
Great Blue Heron
(Ardea herodias)
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Caption
A Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) standing on top of kelp canopy in Whaler's Cove at Point Lobos State Park and Marine Reserve. |
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Photographer
Chad King |
Location
Point Lobos
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Species
Great Blue Heron
(Ardea herodias)
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Caption
A Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) standing on top of kelp canopy while spotting his prey in Whaler's Cove at Point Lobos State Park and Marine Reserve. Subsequent photos include a successful capture of prey. |
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Photographer
Chad King |
Location
Point Lobos
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Species
Great Blue Heron
(Ardea herodias)
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Caption
A Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) plunging its head into the water underneath the kelp canopy, capturing its prey. Whaler's Cove at Point Lobos State Park and Marine Reserve. Subsequent photos include a successful capture of prey. |
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Photographer
Chad King |
Location
Point Lobos
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Species
Great Blue Heron
(Ardea herodias)
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Caption
A Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) moments after capturing what is believed to be a small perch in the shallow kelp canopy of Whaler's Cove at Point Lobos State Park and Marine Reserve. |
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Photographer
Shannon Lyday/ Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary |
Location
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
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Species
Long-tailed Jaeger
(Stercorarius longicaudus)
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Caption
Long-tailed Jaeger |
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Photographer
Shannon Lyday/ Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary |
Location
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
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Species
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Caption
Long-tailed Jaeger |
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Photographer
Shannon Lyday/ Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary |
Location
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
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Species
Long-tailed Jaeger
(Stercorarius longicaudus)
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Caption
Long-tailed Jaeger |
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Photographer
Steve N. G. Howell/ Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary |
Location
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
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Species
Ashy storm-petrel
(Oceanodroma homochroa)
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Caption
Flying Ashy Storm-Petrel |
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Photographer
Steve N. G. Howell/ Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary |
Location
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
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Species
Buller's Shearwater
(Puffinus bulleri)
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Caption
Flying Buller's Shearwater |
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