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A Well-stocked Wilderness Larder
The Well-stocked Wilderness LarderWe had packed in sufficient quantities of our own food and so were in no danger of going hungry when a dangerous winter storm came up out of nowhere, flash-freezing...
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Groucho Crossbill
Groucho Crossbill – Unlike their White-winged cousins which generally remain high in the crowns of conifers, Red Crossbills such as this female often forage on the ground. Prior to our study, Red...
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Portrait of a Young S̶c̶o̶u̶n̶d̶r̶e̶l̶ Gentleperson
Juvenile Black-billed MagpieThe small pink patch at the base of this bird’s bill marks it as a youngster. This area on a mature bird is dark. Chignik Lake, Alaska January 2018 Among most humans (and...
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Spring Tides… Secure Your Skiff and Check Where You Park
Spring TideChignik River, January 14, 2018 Located about four miles up from the salt estuary, this is the scene at the barge landing on the Chignik River during one of the big 11-foot tides that occur...
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Little Mouse Bird
Pacific Wren – Chignik Lake, January 23, 2018These hardy, tiny birds (8 – 12 cm, 4-4½ in) might be encountered in any season on the Alaska Peninsula. Recently, as winter snows clear from the landscape...
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Those Crickety Chirps Mean It’s Fall on the Chignik
Male Golden-crowned Kinglet – Chignik Lake, Sitka Spruce Grove, January 23, 2018Making our way along a bear trail I hacked open as it descends through a dense alder thicket toward creek bottom, we...
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Killers: Father and Daughter, Training Day
Killers: Father and Daughter, Training DayChignik Bay, Gulf of Alaska, May 6, 2018 The above photograph is of an adult male and a young female Orca. Killer Whales in the vernacular. Actually, not true...
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Incoming
IncomingTwice the male Orca swam beneath our small skiff, so near the hull we could see him plainly through the Alaska Gulf’s semi-clear water. Each time, he emerged on the other side very close,...
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Female Transient Orca with Seal against Aleutian Mountain Landscape
Female Transient Orca with Seal against Aleutian Mountain LandscapeTraining Day I wasn’t sure what to call this photograph, so I’ve gone with straight description. The Alaska Peninsula’s Aleutian...
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One Hangin’ and Heave Ho: the Compelling Cool of Environmental-Documentary...
Heave HoFred Shangin, cigarette hangin’ as per, puts his back into a pot of Tanner Crabs from Castle Bay off the gulf side of the Alaska Peninsula. May 6, 2018 Going through these many thousands of...
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