Whoa! Sunlight creates rainbows from the spouts of two gray whales at Channel Islands National Park off the California coast. The waters surrounding Channel Islands are home to more than 27 species of whales, dolphins and porpoises – representing about one-third of cetacean species found worldwide. If you’re hoping to catch a gray whale sighting, try visiting the park during mid-December to mid-March when they migrate. Photo by Larry Goldman. Published on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 12/6/16.
Clark’s Grebe swimming in the water with a chick on its back. Photo by Sondra Dexter / USFWS. Tweeted by the US Fish & Wildlife Service, 11/30/16.
Male Ruddy Duck making bubbles on the water from the 2016 Bear River Photo contest in bird life category. Photo by Velvet Shearer / USFWS. Tweeted by the US Fish & Wildlife Service, 12/3/16.
Manatees. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, November 2016.