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California Brown Pelican claps its jaws, sometimes rapidly several times, perhaps to dislodge debris or simply because its fun and feels good. This is not the same as the "yawn" that precedes a head throw. Adult winter breeding plumage with brown hind-neck.
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 38590  

California Brown Pelican claps its jaws, sometimes rapidly several times, perhaps to dislodge debris or simply because its fun and feels good. This is not the same as the "yawn" that precedes a head throw. Adult winter non-breeding plumage. Mandible clap, jaw clap.
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 38593  

Plastic Trash and Debris, Clipperton Island.
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 33098  

California Brown Pelican claps its jaws mandibles, sometimes rapidly several times, perhaps to dislodge debris or simply because its fun and feels good. This is not the same as the "yawn" that precedes a head throw. Adult winter breeding plumage with brown hind-neck.
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 40239  

Plastic Debris, Sorted and Cataloged for Study, Clipperton Island.
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 33104  

Plastic Debris, Sorted and Cataloged for Study, Clipperton Island.
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 33106  

Diver collecting fishing line and debris from coral reef, Clipperton Island.
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 33055  

Old shipwreck debris on Clipperton Island aerial photo. Clipperton Island, a minor territory of France also known as Ile de la Passion, is a spectacular coral atoll in the eastern Pacific. By permit HC / 1485 / CAB (France).
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 32881  

Nest composed of feathers and plastic debris, Clipperton Island.
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 33077  

Old shipwreck debris on Clipperton Island aerial photo. Clipperton Island, a minor territory of France also known as Ile de la Passion, is a spectacular coral atoll in the eastern Pacific. By permit HC / 1485 / CAB (France).
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 32880  

Plastic Debris, Sorted and Cataloged for Study, Clipperton Island.
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 33105  

Volcanic debris, small lava rocks scattered about the Eureka Valley.
Location: Eureka Valley, Death Valley National Park, California
Image ID: 25340  

Lowlying plants grow where a forest fire has cleared the forest floor of debris, allowing seeds of small shrubs and trees to take root. The charred and burnt trees remain behind, some of them still alive in spite of their blackened appearance.
Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23262  

Lowlying plants grow where a forest fire has cleared the forest floor of debris, allowing seeds of small shrubs and trees to take root. The charred and burnt trees remain behind, some of them still alive in spite of their blackened appearance.
Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23277  

Debris from wreck of F/V Jin Shiang Fa, lagoon talus slope.
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa
Image ID: 00787  

Debris from wreck of F/V Jin Shiang Fa, lagoon talus slope.
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa
Image ID: 00799  

Debris from wreck of F/V Jin Shiang Fa, lagoon talus slope.
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa
Image ID: 00800  

Debris from wreck of F/V Jin Shiang Fa, lagoon talus slope.
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa
Image ID: 00801  

Debris, wreck of F/V Jin Shiang Fa.
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa
Image ID: 00804  

Propellor and debris, wreck of F/V Jin Shiang Fa.
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa
Image ID: 00811  

Debris, wreck of F/V Jin Shiang Fa.
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa
Image ID: 00815  

Debris, wreck of F/V Jin Shiang Fa.
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa
Image ID: 00816  

Debris, wreck of F/V Jin Shiang Fa.
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa
Image ID: 00818  

Debris, wreck of F/V Jin Shiang Fa.
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa
Image ID: 00823  

Plastic Trash and Debris, Clipperton Island.
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 33097  

Plastic Trash and Debris, Clipperton Island.
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 33069  

Plastic Trash and Debris, Clipperton Island.
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 33099  

A California brown pelican entangled in a plastic bag which is wrapped around its neck. This unfortunate pelican probably became entangled in the bag by mistaking the floating plastic for food and diving on it, spearing it in such a way that the bag has lodged around the pelican's neck. Plastic bags kill and injure untold numbers of marine animals each year.
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 22575  

A California brown pelican entangled in a plastic bag which is wrapped around its neck. This unfortunate pelican probably became entangled in the bag by mistaking the floating plastic for food and diving on it, spearing it in such a way that the bag has lodged around the pelican's neck. Plastic bags kill and injure untold numbers of marine animals each year.
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 22572  

Brown pelican portrait, winter mating plumage with distinctive dark brown nape and red gular throat pouch.
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 20179