Category: Alaska Wildlife
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Chilly then Chilling
Our Kenai Fjords boat tour was cold, wet, and shorter than planned due to a small craft advisory. The highlights were 8 or so Dall’s Porpoise just 20 feet away playing in the boat’s wake at the bow, 3 Orca, and many cool birds, including Horned Puffins. As we left the protection of Resurrection Bay,…
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Moose and Pika
The little pika above looked particularly bunny-like. Perhaps his ears are a bit larger than normal? The adorable and industrious pikas are related to rabbits. I always enjoy watching them. I also enjoyed watching this mother moose and her young calf. Mom seemed to have a destination in mind, while the calf kept getting distracted.…
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Wild Life
We have spent the past week in Healy, where my primary focus has been volunteering at Denali National Park. We have a good group of volunteers providing Wildlife Safety and Education at Savage River Trailhead. I am the only returning volunteer in this position and am working regularly until the middle of June. While I…
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Fishing in Homer
We have been back in Homer the past three days, switching from a birding focus to fishing focus. Thursday and Friday, we fished the end of Homer Spit, catching many small fish (and non-fish). In a weird two hour period of very low tide, I caught 6 sea stars (starfish) and 6 real fish. Apparently,…
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Ninilchik
All 3 of our campgrounds the past week have had great views, but Ninilchik Volcano View RV Resort is the best view yet. We have spent four nights here on the edge of a bluff. Across Cook Inlet is Mt iliamna (left of truck in photo above) and Mt Redoubt (between truck and trailer). Every…
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Puffins, Otters and Volcanoes
Our third day of the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival we took one of the festival boat trips. The boat enabled us to cover more of the bay than our kayak trip the previous day. We saw so many birds and otters! Plus, my arms were able to recover from kayaking. I’m glad we did both…
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Whales, Otters, and Birds
May 5 we headed south to Turnagain Arm, hoping to see whales chasing hooligan (small fish that spawn in May). That night, as well as May 6, we saw lots of people, gulls, and bald eagles catching hooligan, but no luck with the whales. May 7 we got up early and headed to Seward to …
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Grizzly, Porcupine, Ice Jam, and more
Today, we got a relatively early start to check out a Nenana River Ice Jam, then drive to Teklanika in Denali National Park. We have spent at least 4 hours at a Nenana River ice jam in the past 2 days. We are fascinated watching the dynamic process, with newly arrived ice crashing into the…
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Owl, Moose, and Caribou
We are enjoying viewing wildlife and scenery in and around Denali National Park. Snow is disappearing rapidly, though every few days we get fresh snow that doesn’t last long. We finally saw our first caribou of 2025, just above Teklanika River. There were 2 mature females. One of these had large antlers for a female,…
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27 Moose and Denali Alpenglow
We had a record moose day yesterday! We have never seen so many in one day. Our first moose was on Stampede Road just 15 minutes after leaving the house, and the last was on our road, 5 minutes from home. The other 25 moose were all in Denali National Park. Eleven were in sight…
Me & C 