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Yearly Archives: 2014
Nature’s “Low Life”
When I visit my friends in Little Tutka Bay, Alaska, I always enjoy being able to photograph the small bay at low tide. When the water level is high, the bay looks like any other bay … full of water, with an occasional sea otter or water bird present. But when the tide rolls out […]
Posted in Nature Photography, Travel Photography
Tags: Alaska, behavior, Blog, Little Tutka Bay, nature, nature photography, spring, tide pool creatures, travel
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Fresh Seafood!
Another common activity of Hallo Bay’s (Alaska) Brown Bears in the spring, is clamming. When the tide goes out, the bears can often be seen foraging along the wet sand, stopping often to dig up razor clams. With skillful actions as those of a surgeon, the bears use their long claws to open the clam […]
Posted in Mammals, Nature Photography, Travel Photography
Tags: Alaska, bear, behavior, Blog, cute, Hallo Bay, Katmai NP, mammals, National Park, National Park, nature, nature photography, spring, travel
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Oh, Mr. Sandman!
When a Brown Bear sow has a couple of young cubs, they are all very busy, foraging for food and just surviving the everyday challenges. As such, they often can be captured as they take brief naps to “recharge”. During one trip to Hallo Bay, Alaska, I captured several shots of a sow with her […]
Posted in Mammals, Nature Photography, Travel Photography
Tags: Alaska, bear, behavior, Blog, brown bear, cute, Hallo Bay, Katmai NP, mammals, meadow, National Park, National Park, nature, nature photography, spring, travel
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Fun Friday: Genealogy … the Family Tree
When tracing your roots, you should always start by drawing a family tree: Bald Eagles are typically “loners”, but during the winter, they are quite communal, as evidenced by the above image. They become very tolerant of each other during winter, with the only exception being when food is present. When an eagle flies nearby […]
Hunting Voles
Today’s post comes from my second trip to Hallo Bay, Alaska, in 2005. This was my first trip to Hallo Bay in the spring and I saw much different bear activity than I had seen on my first trip, which was in the fall of 2004. In addition to the bears wooing and mating, grazing […]
Posted in Mammals, Nature Photography, Travel Photography
Tags: Alaska, behavior, Blog, cute, Katmai NP, mammals, meadow, National Park, National Park, nature, nature photography, red fox, spring, travel
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At Home on the Range
During last weekend’s daytrip to find/photograph migrating Short-eared Owls, I stopped by nearby Prairie State Park to see what was going on. It was pretty slow … a few Northern Harriers hunting over the prairies, among some Red-tailed Hawks seemed to be about the only action going on. As I approached the park visitor’s center, […]
Posted in Mammals, Nature Photography, Travel Photography
Tags: behavior, bison, Blog, fall, mammals, meadow, Missouri, nature, nature photography, prairie, Prairie State Park, travel
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