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  • A pair of American coots (Fulica americana) swim among bulrush stalks as the sun sets over Lake Sammamish in Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
    Coots-American_Bulrush_Sunset_Lake-S...jpg
  • Four sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), showing their red breeding coloration, swim up the Cedar River in Renton, Washington toward their spawning grounds. Sockeye salmon are blue-tinged and silver when they live in the ocean; their bodies turn red and their heads green when they return to freshwater rivers to spawn.
    Salmon_Sockeye_Underwater_Renton_080...jpg
  • Two sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), showing their red breeding coloration, swim up the Cedar River in Renton, Washington toward their spawning grounds. Sockeye salmon are blue-tinged and silver when they live in the ocean; their bodies turn red and their heads green when they return to freshwater rivers to spawn.
    Salmon_Sockeye_Underwater_Renton_068...jpg
  • Two horned grebes (Podiceps auritus), displaying their winter nonbreeding plumage, swim on Puget Sound near Hansville, Washington.
    Grebes_Horned_WinterPlumage_Hansvill...jpg
  • A pair of horned grebes (Podiceps auritus) generate ripples as they swim on the water of Puget Sound near Edmonds, Washington. The grebes here are shown in their winter, nonbreeding plumage.
    Grebes-Horned_Pair-Swimming_Edmonds_...jpg
  • Five Canada geese (Branta canadensis) swim in a channel of water in the Edmonds Marsh, Edmonds, Washington.
    Geese_Canada_Swimming_Edmonds-Marsh_...jpg
  • A pair of Canada geese (Branta canadensis) swim in a channel in Edmonds Marsh, Edmonds, Washington.
    Geese_Canada_Swimming_EdmondsMarsh_2...jpg
  • A sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) struggles to swim upstream against the fast-moving Cedar River in Renton, Washington, on its way to spawn. Sockeye salmon are also known as blueback salmon, as they are blue tinged with silver while they live in the ocean; they turn red once they return to their freshwater spawning grounds.
    Salmon_Sockeye_Underwater_Renton_131...jpg
  • A family of Canada geese (Branta canadensis), two parents and three goslings, swim in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. The typical Canada goose clutch size is five eggs, though it can range from two to twelve. The eggs hatch simultaneously so the parents can lead the goslings together away from the nest. Canada geese typically mate for life.
    CanadaGeese_YoungFamily_Arboretum_33...jpg
  • Three Canada geese (Branta canadensis) swim in Hood Canal near Seabeck, Washington.
    CanadaGeese_Swimming_HoodCanal_5999.jpg
  • A family of Canada geese (Branta canadensis), two parents and three goslings, swim in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. The typical Canada goose clutch size is five eggs, though it can range from two to twelve. The eggs hatch simultaneously so the parents can lead the goslings together away from the nest. Canada geese typically mate for life.
    CanadaGeese_YoungFamily_Arboretum_35...jpg
  • A family of Canada geese (Branta canadensis), two parents and three goslings, swim in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. The typical Canada goose clutch size is five eggs, though it can range from two to twelve. The eggs hatch simultaneously so the parents can lead the goslings together away from the nest. Canada geese typically mate for life..
    CanadaGeese_YoungFamily_Arboretum_33...jpg
  • A family of Canada geese (Branta canadensis), two parents and three goslings, swim in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. The typical Canada goose clutch size is five eggs, though it can range from two to twelve. The eggs hatch simultaneously so the parents can lead the goslings together away from the nest. Canada geese typically mate for life.
    CanadaGeese_YoungFamily_Arboretum_34...jpg
  • A northern river otter (Lontra canadensis) swims in Scriber Lake in Lynnwood, Washington. Northern river otters can dive to more than 50 feet and swim underwater for several minutes. The aquatic weasel was once common on rivers, lakes and coastal wetlands over much of North America, but is much less common now because of habitat loss.
    RiverOtter_Swimming_ScriberLake_3191.jpg
  • A great blue heron watches a large flock of Canada geese swim up the Sammamish River near Kenmore, Washington, on a foggy winter morning.
    SammamishRiver_GeeseAndHeron_0536.jpg
  • A North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) swims in the still water of Ronald Bog on a foggy morning in Shoreline, Washington.
    Otter_Swimming_Foggy_Shoreline_7218.jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of four sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), showing their red breeding coloration, swimming fast up the Cedar River in Renton, Washington toward their spawning grounds. Sockeye salmon are blue-tinged and silver when they live in the ocean; their bodies turn red and their heads green when they return to freshwater rivers to spawn.
    Salmon_Sockeye_LongExposure_Renton_4...jpg
  • A sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) showing its red breeding coloration, swims up the Cedar River in Renton, Washington toward its spawning grounds. Sockeye salmon are blue-tinged and silver when they live in the ocean; their bodies turn red and their heads green when they return to freshwater rivers to spawn.
    Salmon_Sockeye_Underwater_Renton_069...jpg
  • A male wood duck (Aix sponsa), called a drake, swims in a channel of the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. Wood ducks typically breed in wooded swamps, shallow lakes, marshes or ponds, and creeks in the eastern United States and along the west coast from Washington state into Mexico. They usually nest in cavities in trees close to water. Unlike most other ducks, the wood duck has sharp claws for perching in trees.
    WoodDuck_DrakeSwimming_Arboretum_115...jpg
  • Four common mergansers (Mergus merganser) swim on South Teal Lake in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge near Othello, Washington. The two white birds in the middle are males displaying breeding plumage. The mergansers at the ends are non-breeding adult males.
    Mergansers_Common_Four_ColumbiaNWR_6...jpg
  • Two female greater scaups (Aythya marila) swim in the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle. Lesser scaups dive to feed on plant seeds, snails, insects, and crustaceans.
    GreaterScaup_Arboretum_3451.jpg
  • A male wood duck (Aix sponsa) in non-breeding plumage swims among the vegetation in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington.
    Duck-Wood_Swimming_Arboretum_3661.jpg
  • A pair of captive sandbar sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus) swim in the Point Defiance Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. Sandbar sharks are typically found in shallow waters, less than 200 feet deep, in the tropical and subtropical Pacific and Atlantic oceans, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and Mediterranean Sea.
    Sharks_Sandbar_Pt-Defiance_9395.jpg
  • A female mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) swims on the water of Edmonds Marsh, Edmonds, Washington.
    Mallard_Female_EdmondsMarsh_1507.jpg
  • Two horned grebes, also known as Slavonian grebes (Podiceps auritus), swim together on Puget Sound near Edmonds, Washington. These grebes are showing their breeding plumage. They are excellent swimmers and divers and pursue fish underwater.
    HornedGrebes_3618.jpg
  • A family of orcas (Orcinus orca), otherwise known as killer whales, swims in the water off the San Juan Islands in Washington state.
    Orcas_Pod-Swimming_San-Juan-Islands_...jpg
  • Several North American river otters (Lontra canadensis) swim together in a channel in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington. The river otters most commonly eat fish, but they also consume various amphibians, turtles, and crayfish.
    RiverOtters_Swimming_5054.jpg
  • A male wood duck (Aix sponsa), swims on the vibrant blue water of Yellow Lake in Sammamish, Washington. Male ducks are known as drakes.
    Duck-Wood_Swimming_Sammamish_2582.jpg
  • An American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) swims along the surface of the water in the Florida Everglades. American alligators are found in the southeast United States. Florida and Louisiana each have alligator populations of greater than one million.
    Alligator_Swimming_Everglades_3698.jpg
  • Pacific staghorn sculpin (Leptocottus armatus) fry swim in a tight cluster called a school in Puget Sound near the Edmonds, Washington, shoreline. Pacific staghorn sculpin are found in shallow coastal waters along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Baja California, and are especially common in estuaries and coastal lagoons.
    Fish_Small-Fry_Circles_Edmonds_0796.jpg
  • A school of Pacific staghorn sculpin (Leptocottus armatus) fry swim in tight circles in Puget Sound close to the Edmonds, Washington, waterfront. Pacific staghorn sculpin are found in shallow coastal waters along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Baja California, and are especially common in estuaries and coastal lagoons.
    Fish_Small-Fry_Circles_Edmonds_0608.jpg
  • A captive sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) swims in the Point Defiance Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. Sandbar sharks are typically found in shallow waters of 200 feet or less in the tropical and subtropical Pacific and Atlantic oceans, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and Mediterranean Sea.
    Shark_Sandbar_Pt-Defiance_9453.jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of four sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), showing their red breeding coloration, swimming fast up the Cedar River in Renton, Washington toward their spawning grounds. Sockeye salmon are blue-tinged and silver when they live in the ocean; their bodies turn red and their heads green when they return to freshwater rivers to spawn.
    Salmon_Sockeye_LongExposure_Renton_4...jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of three sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), showing their red breeding coloration, swimming up the Cedar River in Renton, Washington toward their spawning grounds. Sockeye salmon are blue-tinged and silver when they live in the ocean; their bodies turn red and their heads green when they return to freshwater rivers to spawn.
    Salmon_Sockeye_LongExposure_Renton_4...jpg
  • A male wood duck (Aix sponsa), called a drake, swims in a channel of the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. Wood ducks typically breed in wooded swamps, shallow lakes, marshes or ponds, and creeks in the eastern United States and along the west coast from Washington state into Mexico.
    WoodDuck_DrakeSwimming_Arboretum_307...jpg
  • An American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) swims along the surface of the water in the Florida Everglades. American alligators are found in the southeast United States. Florida and Louisiana each have alligator populations of greater than one million.
    Alligator_Swimming_Everglades_3753.jpg
  • A mallard duckling (Anas platyrhynchos) swims with its mother in a channel off Foster Island in the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington.
    Mallard_MotherAndDuckling_Arboretum_...jpg
  • A young western grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) swims in the Sammamish River near Kenmore, Washington in late summer.
    Grebe_Western_Swimming_Sammamish_848...jpg
  • A female wood duck (Aix sponsa) swims in a channel of the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. Wood ducks typically breed in wooded swamps, shallow lakes, marshes or ponds, and creeks in the eastern United States and along the west coast from Washington state into Mexico. They usually nest in cavities in trees close to water. Unlike most other ducks, the wood duck has sharp claws for perching in trees.
    WoodDuck_FemaleSwimming_Arboretum_31...jpg
  • A Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) calls to other grebes as it swims across Fern Ridge Lake near Eugene, Oregon.
    Grebe_Western_FernRidgeLake_0339.jpg
  • A Pied-Billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) swims on a small pond off North Creek in Bothell, Washington..
    Grebe_PiedBilled_Swimming_NorthCreek...jpg
  • A red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) swims among the lily pads in an inlet in the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington.
    Slider_RedEared_Swimming_Arboretum_0...jpg
  • A nutria (Myocastor coypus) swims up the Snohomish River near Kenmore, Washington. The river reflects the fall colors of the trees on its banks. Nutria, which are large aquatic rodents, are native to South American and were introduced to the United States in the 1940s. Since then, they have become so abundant they are considered a nuisance, destroying habitat used by waterfowl and displacing native muskrats.
    Nutria_SnohomishRiver_Golden_5777.jpg
  • A pair of mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) swims in the fog on Scriber Lake in Lynnwood, Washington. A female mallard is on the left; a male, also called a drake, is on the right.
    Mallard_Pair_ScriberLake_Foggy_0128.jpg
  • A young harbor seal pup (Phoca vitulina) swims with its mother in Puget Sound near Port Townsend, Washington.
    HarborSeals_MotherAndPup_RatIsland_0...jpg
  • A rhinoceros auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata) with its bill full of herring swims on Puget Sound near Port Townsend, Washington. The rhinoceros auklet feeds almost exclusively on small fish.
    Auklet_Rhinocerous_Herring_RatIsland...jpg
  • A tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) swims on Discovery Bay near Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington. Tufted puffins, also known as crested puffins, are the largest of the three types of puffins, with a wingspan of up to 25 inches (63.5 cm). They are found in the North Pacific, including southeastern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, Kamchatka, the Kuril Islands and the Sea of Okhotsk.
    Puffin_Tufted_Swimming_8734.jpg
  • Four Canada geese, rendered in silhouette, watch a fiery fall sunset over the Olympic Mountains of Washington state while swimming on Puget Sound off Alki Point.
    Alki_Geese_Olympics_FierySunset_5314.jpg
  • A sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) battles its way up the Cedar River to spawn in the autumn. Sockeye salmon are also known as red salmon or blueback salmon. The males do not turn red until they return to the rivers or streams where they hatched to spawn.
    Salmon_Sockeye_Swimming_Riverview_57...jpg
  • A mother mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) swims with several over her chicks in the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington.
    Mallard_MotherAndBabies_6273.jpg
  • A mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) drake swims on the Sammamish River near Bothell, Washington, as it reflects the fall colors from the trees lining its banks.
    Bothell_Sammamish-River_Duck-Fall-Co...jpg
  • A male sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) swims up the Cedar River in Renton, Washington, on its way to spawn. Sockeye salmon are also known as blueback salmon, as they are blue tinged with silver while they live in the ocean; they turn red once they return to their freshwater spawning grounds.
    Salmon_Sockeye_Underwater_Renton_122...jpg
  • A young harbor seal pup (Phoca vitulina) swims with its mother in Discovery Bay near the Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals as well as a summer home for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
    HarborSeals_MotherAndPup_DiscoveryBa...jpg
  • A tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) swims on Discovery Bay near Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington. Tufted puffins, also known as crested puffins, are the largest of the three types of puffins, with a wingspan of up to 25 inches (63.5 cm). They are found in the North Pacific, including southeastern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, Kamchatka, the Kuril Islands and the Sea of Okhotsk.
    Puffin_Tufted_Swimming_8979.jpg
  • A tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) swims on Discovery Bay near Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Washington. Tufted puffins, also known as crested puffins, are the largest of the three types of puffins, with a wingspan of up to 25 inches (63.5 cm). They are found in the North Pacific, including southeastern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, Kamchatka, the Kuril Islands and the Sea of Okhotsk.
    Puffin_Tufted_Swimming_8977.jpg
  • A long exposure captures the movement of a school of koi (Cyprinus carpio), a domesticated type of common carp, in a koi pond in Makena, Maui, Hawai`i.
    Koi_SwimmingAbstract_Makena_6617.jpg
  • A common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) jumps while swimming in Milford Sound, New Zealand. The bottlenose dolphin is a strong swimmer and spends much of its time near the surface.
    BottlenoseDolphin_Jumping_6456.jpg
  • An American coot (Fulica americana) swims across Clear Lake, located in Skagit County, Washington.
    american-coot-clearlake_4429.jpg
  • An American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) swims toward the observer along the Anhinga Trail in the Everglades National Park, Florida. This is the largest of the two species of alligators, and is native only to the wetlands of the Southeastern United States. The raised bumps on its back are used to store heat..
    alligator-swimming-everglades-3219.jpg
  • A red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) creates ripples as it swims on the water of Puget Sound near Edmonds, Washington. The red-breasted merganser spends the winter on coastal bays, feeding mainly on small fish, crustaceans and aquatic insects.
    Merganser-Red-Breasted_Swimming_Edmo...jpg
  • A tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) swims with fish in its beak on the Strait of Juan de Fuca near Protection Island in Washington state.
    Puffin_Tufted_Fish_6249.jpg
  • A green-winged teal swims in the Meadowbrook Pond in Seattle, Washington. The dabbling duck, the smallest in North America, is strongly migratory and winters far south of its breeding range.
    GreenWingedTeal_3023.jpg
  • A male sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) swims up the Cedar River in Renton, Washington, on its way to spawn. Sockeye salmon are also known as blueback salmon, as they are blue tinged with silver while they live in the ocean; they turn red once they return to their freshwater spawning grounds.
    Salmon_Sockeye_Underwater_Renton_122...jpg
  • A long exposure captures the movement of a school of koi (Cyprinus carpio), a domesticated type of common carp, in a koi pond in Makena, Maui, Hawai`i.
    Koi_SwimmingAbstract_Makena_6582.jpg
  • A male common eider (Somateria mollissima) swims past icebergs floating in Jökulsárlón, the glacier lagoon in Iceland.
    Iceland_Eider_Jokulsarlon_5655.jpg
  • A pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) floats on the water among water lilies in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. Pied-billed grebes are found throughout the Americas, typically on freshwater wetlands that have aquatic plants.
    Grebe_Pied-Billed_Floating_Arboretum...jpg
  • Three trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) rest and preen on a pond in the National Elk Refuge, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
    Swans_Trumpeter_Wyoming_ThreeOnPond_...jpg
  • A Hawaiian man paddleboards next to one humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) as another one breaches near Makena on the island of Maui, Hawaii.
    Hawaii_Whales_Paddleboarder_Makena_9...jpg
  • A battered sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) displaying its breeding coloration fights its way up the Cedar River in Renton, Washington, on its way to spawn. Sockeye salmon are also known as blueback salmon, as they are blue tinged with silver while they live in the ocean; they turn red once they return to their freshwater spawning grounds.
    Salmon_Sockeye_Underwater_Renton_113...jpg
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  • A young Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) chases after an adult Western Grebe on Fern Ridge Lake near Eugene, Oregon.
    Grebes_Western_Chasing_FernRidgeLake...jpg
  • Three trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) rest and preen on a pond in the National Elk Refuge, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
    Swans_Trumpeter_Wyoming_ThreeOnPond_...jpg
  • A Buller's Mollymawk (Thalassarche bulleri) rests on the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Kaikoura, New Zealand. Buller's Mollymawks are also known as Toroa-teoteo. The Buller's Mollymawk is found on the coastal waters of New Zealand's South and Stewart islands.
    Mollymawk_Bullers_Kaikoura_3622.jpg
  • A female mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) leads her babies through lily pads in the Seattle Arboretum in Washington state.
    MallardMotherBabies.jpg
  • A common harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) catches a salmon in the Squamish River near Brackendale, British Columbia, Canada.
    HarborSeal_fish_4121.jpg
  • A battered sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) displaying its breeding coloration fights its way up the Cedar River in Renton, Washington, on its way to spawn. Sockeye salmon are also known as blueback salmon, as they are blue tinged with silver while they live in the ocean; they turn red once they return to their freshwater spawning grounds.
    Salmon_Sockeye_Underwater_Renton_115...jpg
  • Two tundra swans (Cygnus columbianus) swim together in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Ridgefield, Washington. Hundreds of swans spend part of the winter in the refuge.
    ridgefield-tundra-swans-4614.jpg
  • Nearly a dozen moon jellies (Aurella labiata) swim in the Point Defiance Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. Moon jellies can grow to be 15 inches (38 centimeters) in diameter and are common in open waters along the coasts of California, Europe and Japan and along the Gulf of Mexico.
    Jellies_Moon_Pt-Defiance_9067.jpg
  • Two young Pied-Billed Grebes (Podilymbus podiceps) rest on their mother's back in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. Young grebes travel on their mother's backs until they are able to swim on their own.
    Grebe_PiedBilled_MotherChicks_7930.jpg
  • Three mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) swim across the Sammamish River as it reflects the autumn colors in Bothell, Washington.
    Bothell_Sammamish-River_Ducks_Fall-C...jpg
  • A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) hides and rests in the reeds of the Edmonds Marsh in Edmonds, Washington, as four Canada geese swim by.
    Heron_GreatBlue_EdmondsMarsh_Resting...jpg
  • Seven whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) swim on Berufjörður, a narrow Atlantic Ocean inlet in southeastern Iceland. Above the clouds, the prominent pyramid-shaped mountain named Búlandstindur stands 1069 meters (3507 feet) above sea level.
    Iceland_WhooperSwans_Berufjörður_501...jpg
  • Two adult pairs of Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) swim on the Squamish River near Brackendale, British Columbia, Canada. The species was originally described as being from Iceland, but is also common throughout the mountains of northwest North America.
    Barrows_Goldeneye_4068.jpg
  • Two young Pied-Billed Grebes (Podilymbus podiceps) hide under their mother's wings in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. Young grebes travel on their mother's backs until they are able to swim on their own.
    Grebe_PiedBilled_MotherChicks_7983.jpg
  • Three tundra swans (Cygnus columbianus) swim and feed on grass in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Ridgefield, Washington. Hundreds of swans spend part of the winter there.
    ridgefield-tundra-swans-4493.jpg
  • Ten whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) swim on Berufjörður, a narrow Atlantic Ocean inlet in southeastern Iceland. Above the clouds, the prominent pyramid-shaped mountain named Búlandstindur stands 1069 meters (3507 feet) above sea level.
    Iceland_WhooperSwans_Berufjörður_501...jpg
  • Three orcas (Orcinus orca) swim for food in Boundary Pass near the San Juan Islands between the United States and Canada. In late summer, orcas, also known as killer whales, frequently congregate there to feast on salmon found in a tidal line.
    Orcas_BoundaryPass_2904.jpg
  • Two young Pied-Billed Grebes (Podilymbus podiceps) swim in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington as their mother watches.
    Grebe_PiedBilled_MotherChicks_6330.jpg
  • Two chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) swim through the fish ladder at the Ballard Locks in Seattle, Washington. Commonly called king salmon because they are the largest of the Pacific salmon, they are found along the coast from Alaska to California.
    Salmon_Chinook_BallardLocks_1870.jpg
  • Moon jellies (Aurella labiata) swim in the Point Defiance Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. Moon jellies can grow to be 15 inches (38 centimeters) in diameter and are common in open waters along the coasts of California, Europe and Japan and along the Gulf of Mexico.
    Jellies_Moon_Pt-Defiance_4667.jpg
  • Several members of the Orca (Orcinus Orca) family J Pod surface together to breathe while sleeping off Blakely Island in Washington's Puget Sound. When sleeping, the whales, also known as killer whales, turn off the half of their brains that are not responsible for regulating breathing. During this time, they tend to cluster, swim slowly in circles, and surface together. The J Pod is one of three families of orcas that are regularly found in the waters around Washington's San Juan Islands.
    Orcas_Sleeping_9680.jpg
  • Fish swim through and around a colony of Fiordland Black Coral (Antipathella fiordensis) in Milford Sound on the South Island of New Zealand. Of the black corals, Fiordland Black Coral is unusual because it's found in the shallowest waters. Most black corals are deep sea species, but Fiordland Black Coral is found at depths of just 10 to 50 meters (32 to 164 feet). Black coral actually appears white when its alive, and unlike other corals does not need warm, shallow water. Milford Sound is host to 7 million coral colonies, which have been developing for 200 million years. The Fiordland Black Coral is visible without diving to visitors of the Marine Discovery Centre in Milford Sound, which extends 10 meters under water.
    NZ_Fiordland_Black-Coral_Underwater_...jpg
  • A pair of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) swim in Puget Sound near Everett, Washington.
    Whale-Gray_Puget-Sound_4873.jpg
  • A tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus) swims in a marsh located in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Ridgefield, Washington. Hundreds of tundra swans spend part of the winter in Ridgefield, feeding on aquatic plants and mollusks.
    ridgefield-tundra-swan-4687.jpg
  • A pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps), the most widespread of the North American grebes, swims among the lily pads in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Wash. The pied-billed grebe's bill is circled by a broad black band during the summer months.
    Grebe_PiedBilled_LilyPads_2234.jpg
  • A male mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) opens its mouth to quack as it swims on a small pond in Magnuson Park, Seattle, Washington.
    Mallard_Quacking_Magnuson-Park_0156.jpg
  • A man paddles in the Pacific Ocean toward the Hawaiian islet of Molokini. A humpback whale is visible on the left side of the frame, swimming between the man and the islet. Molokini is partially submerged volcanic crater located west of the island of Maui.
    Maui_Molokini_Kayaker_6409.jpg
  • A harbor or harbour seal (Phoca vitulina), also known as a common seal, swims between icebergs in Jökulsárlón, the glacier lagoon in Iceland. The harbor seal is Iceland's second-smallest seal, and one of only two types that pup there.
    Iceland_HarborSeal_Jokulsarlon_5620.jpg
  • A black swan (Cygnus atratus) swims across New Zealand's Lake Mangamahoe with Taranaki (Mount Egmont) in the background. While black swans were brought from Australia to New Zealand in the 1860s, there's some debate as to whether the species should be considered introduced. Black swan populations grew rapidly, suggesting the many of the birds may have found their own way to the country. The black swan is New Zealand's largest wetland bird.
    NZ_TaranakiBlackSwan_1407.jpg
  • A male hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) displaying breeding plumage swims in a beaver pond near Juanita Bay in Kirkland, Washington. Hooded mergansers are small ducks, commonly found in shallow water, that feed on small fish. In this image, its crest is fully extended.
    HoodedMerganser_MaleSwimming_4342.jpg
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