2009 12-26 SB Channel

Pelicans, Sea Lions and Bottlenose Dolphins.

Siesta time in Santa Barbara - Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis).
Pelecanus occidentalis mass beach 2009 Harbor 006
Oil Platform A, with Platforms B and C visible to the west.
Oil Platform 2009 Channel 015
Oil Platform A in the afternoon sun.
Oil Platform 2009 Channel 006
A Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) perched on a dive boat at the Sea Landing in Santa Barbara.
nycticorax perched boat 2009 harbor 002
Commercial lobstermen pull a trap off the seafloor at Santa Cruz Island.
vessel Radon lobster Panulirus interruptus 2009 Sta Cruz Island 009
The "business end" of the dredge barge 'AIS Corrin' inside Santa Barbara Harbor.
vessel Dredge Barge Encina 2009 Harbor 003
Siesta time at Santa Cruz Island - Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis).
Pelecanus occidentalis roosting sea cliff 2009 Sta Cruz Island 008
A flock of Forster's Terns (Sterna forsteri) off the Summerland coast.
Sterna forsteri flock flight 2009 Channel 007
An inshore Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) pops up for a breath alongside the Condor Express.
Tursiops truncatus 2009 Channel 153
A rolicking, frolicking group of young California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus).
Zalophus pups water 2009 Sta Cruz Island 017

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