1328. Despite its name, the California gull is the state bird of Utah. A golden statue of the bird appears in Salt Lake City, Utah, to honor the gulls for helping rid the state of a grasshopper plague in the late 19th century.
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Blue Refuges," March 1998, National Geographic magazine)
　　

<img src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/06262_10.jpg"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 width="100%" bgColor=#f5f9fa border=0><TR><TD vAlign=bottom align=right width=100></TD><TD><FONT color=green size=-1>
</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

1327. Killer whales break the water‘s surface of Glacier Bay in Alaska. Also known as orcas, these marine mammals often use echolocation to find their prey, which usually consists of fish and squid.
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Risk and Reward on Alaska‘s Violent Gulf," February 1979, National Geographic magazine)
　　

<img src="http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/pictures/lg_wallpaper/02202_53.jpg"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 width="100%" bgColor=#f5f9fa border=0><TR><TD vAlign=bottom align=right width=100></TD><TD><FONT color=green size=-1>
</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>