Siesta time in Santa Barbara - Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis).
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Oil Platform A, with Platforms B and C visible to the west.
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Oil Platform A in the afternoon sun.
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A Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) perched on a dive boat at the Sea Landing in Santa Barbara.
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Commercial lobstermen pull a trap off the seafloor at Santa Cruz Island.
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The "business end" of the dredge barge 'AIS Corrin' inside Santa Barbara Harbor.
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Siesta time at Santa Cruz Island - Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis).
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A flock of Forster's Terns (Sterna forsteri) off the Summerland coast.
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An inshore Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) pops up for a breath alongside the Condor Express.
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A rolicking, frolicking group of young California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus).
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