1112-415 - Elegant tern (Thalasseus elegans) and Heermann's gull (Larus heermanni) breeding colony, Isla Rasa, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California, Mexico, North America
1112-416 - Elegant tern (Thalasseus elegans) and Heermann's gull (Larus heermanni) breeding colony, Isla Rasa, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California, Mexico, North America
857-35850 - A pair of Pacific walruses (Odobenus rosmarus) joust with ivory tusks on the rocky shore of Walrus Islands State Game Sanctuary on Round Island at Bristol Bay in Alaska's Bering Sea.
907-86 - Aerial view of Southern right whales (Balaena glacialis australis). Males courting a female in shallow water. Cape Peninsular, South Africa (rr)
907-81 - Aerial view of Southern right whales (Balaena glacialis australis). Male courting a female in shallow water. Cape Peninsular, South Africa (rr)
988-130 - Guillemot (Uria aalge), razorbill (Alca torda) and puffin (Fratercula arctica) nesting together. Space is at a premium on the nesting sites in the Treshnish Isles so different species have to get along with each other. Hebrides, Scotland
995-95 - Eider duck (Somateria mollissima), male and female. Eider male and female interacting with each other in a winter raft. Demonstration of size difference between male and female.
995-34 - Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) circling in a paring/mating ritual in the middle of Oban Bay with boats in the background. Black Guillemots nest in drains and holes in the sea wall in the middle of Oban town centre. Argyll, Scotland, UK
979-1940 - Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni) mating ritual on their breeding grounds on Isla Rasa in the middle Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico
979-1942 - Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni) mating ritual on their breeding grounds on Isla Rasa in the middle Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico
979-1832 - Three Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) in flight during mating season over Isla San Pedro Martir in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.