Tag: Bird Watching
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Lanigan, SK to Steinbach, MB (plus piece of Alaska)
Day Six: we have now traveled 2800 miles from Healy, Alaska and have 1600 to go. We will cross into the United States tomorrow at the Warroad, Minnesota border crossing. Our fun stop for the day was Portage Spillway Provincal Park, which surprised us by having thousands of birds. We saw a White Pelican, a…
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Fort Nelson, BC to Lanigan, SK – Halfway!
Days 4 and 5 brought us to 2300 miles completed with 2100 miles remaining. We saw 2 bison, 1 coyote, and lots of elk and deer. Over the past two days the terrain has changed from hilly forests to farmed plains. The photo below catches some of each during the transition zone. Fall colors are…
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Healy, AK to Destruction Bay, YT
Day One of our 4400 mile trip to VA. We started the day seeing a wolf and ended the drive seeing a grizzly bear. In between, there were many pretty snow-capped mountains with fresh snow. It was snowing as we packed yesterday, then turned to rain, then dropped to 21 degrees overnight. Two of the…
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Labor Day Weekend, Coho IV, 2024
Fall is here with fresh snow on the mountains and fall color everywhere. We spent 4 nights fishing for chum and camping at Sheep Creek Slough. Four co-workers joined us, and all caught at least one fish. We got on the road early on Saturday to pick up a friend at the airport. Thanks to…
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8 Days Coho Count and Talkeetna
We spent 6 days camping, canoeing, and fishing in the rain. We saw 6 moose, a river otter, a beaver, and 3 Sandhill Cranes. We watched a Merganser mother with her 11 (!) ducklings scavenging and fishing around us. We also watched the Olympics on C’s phone during a break in the rain. On our last…
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Russian River and Nikiski
We had a splendid week on the Kenai Peninsula, July 10-16. After C worked 9.5 days on the Riley Fire he took 7 days off. We spent much of our time fishing for sockeye on the Russian River. We saw two black bears and one grizzly. Each bear was closer than the last, with the…
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Hatcher Pass and Eklutna Tailrace
Our 6-day weekend was shortened to 4 days before we left, and then to 3 1/2 on our way back (doggone wildfires). We had fun exploring and fishing in the Palmer area. Our first night, we stayed at Matanuska Lake Campground. Since the Palmer Musk Ox farm had 4 babies, we decided to take a…
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Denali Highway June 2024
We had 6 fun days camping, fishing, and wildlife viewing along the Denali Highway. C’s new schedule of 8 work days followed by 6 days off is great for exploring Alaska. Two weeks ago we traveled on the Dalton Highway and went over the highest highway pass in Alaska (Atigun Pass). This time we drove…
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Dalton Highway, Part I
We had 4 wonderful (and tiring) days on the Dalton Highway. We drove well north of the Arctic Circle on a quest to see wild Musk Ox. Our trip deserves at least 3 posts, one on the animals, one on the mountains and geography, and one on time, distance, and sunlight. As expected, we didn’t…
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Birds
I have been spending a lot of time birding now that I am retired. I rarely write about it as I doubt most people are interested, and I rarely have decent photos. My highlight this week was definitely the gorgeous breeding plumage Long-tailed Ducks at Otto Lake. I don’t have a photo, so Google them…
Me & C 