4/27/11 - Day 4
Monterey Bay, Sea Lions, and Monterey Bay Aquarium
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Driving to Monterey Bay
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Brandt's Cormorant breeds locally in Monterey Bay. Breeding displays are in March-April; eggs are laid in April-May.
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Monterey Bay
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Michael and Karen
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Top: Common Merganser, Whimbrel, Cormorant; Middle: Sea Otter, Surfbirds; Bottom: Western Gull, Brown Pelican, Western Grebe
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Sea Lions pack themselves like sardines between the pilings under the pier.
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Monterey Bay and marina
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Ice Plant
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Sea Lions
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More Sea Lions
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Monterey Bay Whale Watch Center
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Sea Lions will take any available spot, but the really smart ones are the ones on the upper left that are keeping an eye on the truck.
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Breakwater Cove Marina
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Leaving the bay - Tritoma
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Monterey Bay Map
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Heading to the Monterey Bay Aquarium
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Sea Otter
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Sardines
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Purple-striped Jellyfish
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1) Leafy Seadragon (Phycodurus eques) - 2) Weedy Seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) is in the lower left and only has a few extra appendages. Seadragons are closely related to Seahorses
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Top left: Pipefish; Top right: Zebrasnout Seahorse; Bottom left: Coral and Pipefish; Bottom right: Glass Fish and inset Sea Turtle; Center: Pygmy Seahorse
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Scarlet Ibis and Flamingo, Black-crowned Night Heron, Sanderling, Roseate Spoonbill
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Coral Reef Seascape
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Magellanic Penguins
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Red and Red-necked Phalarope
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Snowy Plover and Short-billed Dowitcher
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Least Sandpiper on the left, Bufflehead on top right, and bottom right is Ruddy Duck.
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Black-necked Stilt
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Black-bellied Plover
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Marbled Godwit
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Sanderling and s-b Dowitcher
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Killdeer
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