2011 07-27 SB Channel

The real show was the Blue Whale cow-calf pair that gave us all great great looks. Wow. Also...Sea Lions, Dolphins and Mola mola.

Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) and her young calf.
Balaenoptera musculus TWO cow calf 2011 Channel 016
Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) and her young calf.
Balaenoptera musculus cow calf CLOSE 2011 Channel 283
California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus).
Zalophus californianus water 2011 Channel 025
Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus).
Balaenoptera musculus JUV 2011 Channel 006
Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus).
Balaenoptera musculus 2011 Channel 001
California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus).
Zalophus californianus water 2011 Channel 023
Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
Balaenoptera musculus 2011 Channel 032
Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
Balaenoptera musculus tail 2011 Channel 063
Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) and her young calf.
Balaenoptera musculus TWO cow calf 2011 Channel 003
Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) and her young calf.
Balaenoptera musculus TWO cow calf 2011 Channel 005
Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) and her young calf.
Balaenoptera musculus TWO cow calf 2011 Channel 016
Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) and her young calf.
Balaenoptera musculus TWO cow calf 2011 Channel 007
Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) and her young calf.
Balaenoptera musculus TWO cow calf 2011 Channel 024
Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) and her young calf.
Balaenoptera musculus TWO cow calf 2011 Channel 013
Common Dolphins (Delphinus capensis).
Delphinus capensis 2011 Channel 017
Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) underwater.
Delphinus capensis 2011 Channel 004
Two Common Dolphins (Delphinus capensis).
Delphinus capensis 2011 Channel 006
Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis)
Delphinus capensis 2011 Channel 008
Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis).
Pelecanus occidentalis flight glassy water 2011 Channel 009
A small Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) rests on the surface to have itself "groomed" by a Western Gull (Larus occidentalis). This type of relationship was first described in the kelp beds near Scripps Institute of Oceanography by Conrad Limbaugh and is called cleaning symbiosis.
mola Larus occidentalis 2011 Channel 001
A small Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) rests on the surface to have itself "groomed" by a Western Gull (Larus occidentalis). This type of relationship was first described in the kelp beds near Scripps Institute of Oceanography by Conrad Limbaugh and is called cleaning symbiosis.
mola Larus occidentalis 2011 Channel 005
A small Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) rests on the surface to have itself "groomed" by a Western Gull (Larus occidentalis). This type of relationship was first described in the kelp beds near Scripps Institute of Oceanography by Conrad Limbaugh and is called cleaning symbiosis.
mola Larus occidentalis 2011 Channel 011
A small Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) rests on the surface to have itself "groomed" by a Western Gull (Larus occidentalis). This type of relationship was first described in the kelp beds near Scripps Institute of Oceanography by Conrad Limbaugh and is called cleaning symbiosis.
mola Larus occidentalis 2011 Channel 009
A small Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) rests on the surface to have itself "groomed" by a Western Gull (Larus occidentalis). This type of relationship was first described in the kelp beds near Scripps Institute of Oceanography by Conrad Limbaugh and is called cleaning symbiosis.
mola Larus occidentalis 2011 Channel 015

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2011 07-27 SB Channel

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