For you vegetarians:  a close look at a giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) cluster or paddy that was drifting free on the open ocean.
Gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) being gray whales....heading north to their feeding grounds.
Eschrichtius robustus TAIL 2013 01-03 SB Channel-187
Three Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli).
Pacific Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) spouts near the western end of Santa Cruz Island.
Happy whalers pose with Humpback.
Big, wide tail fluke - Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae).
Abstract.
For you vegetarians: a close look at a giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) cluster or paddy that was drifting free on the open ocean.
For you vegetarians:  a close look at a giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) cluster or paddy that was drifting free on the open ocean.
For you vegetarians: a close look at a giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) cluster or paddy that was drifting free on the open ocean.
See photo in original gallery.