![A Clark's Grebe in the Vertebrate Ecology Lab](https://mlml.sjsu.edu/student-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/75/2011/03/img_6744.jpg)
You can get up close to birds and whales at Open House without scaring them or getting wet! The Vertebrate Ecology Lab has many cool birds on display – its amazing how many different birds we have in and around Monterey Bay. And you can even take a peek at a tiny baby whale!
![Baby Whale!](https://mlml.sjsu.edu/student-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/75/2011/03/img_6739.jpg)