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Brown Bear, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska #3024

The native peoples from Southeast Alaska have a saying that roughly goes like this:”When the tide is out the table is set." This juvenile brown bear understands the saying well. Brown bears in Glacier Bay spend their time feeding at low tide turning over rocks and slurping up any creatures ...

Black Bears, Anan Creek, Alaska #3023

A black bear cub got separated from its mother and climbed in a spruce tree waiting to be found. The cub stood in the tree bawling for it mom as you can see my previous posting (Image #3017). The mother bear finally heard its cub’s wailing and came to the rescue. Anan Creek is one of the best ...

Sea Otter with Basket Star, Icy Stait, Alaska #3022

Sea otters in Alaska were almost hunted to extinction by Russian fur trades. Sea otter numbers have rebounded in Southeast Alaska after a transplant program in the late 1960’s reintroduced them to the area. Some wonder if the present day populations might have reached a maximum in some ...

Moose with Calves, Chatham Strait, Alaska #3021

Moose are rather rare in most of Southeast Alaska, except in places north of Juneau such as Gustavus, Haines, and Berners Bay. In my 38 years of photographing Alaska I have hardly seen, let alone photographed, a moose in Southeast. What a surprise it was to come around Point Couverden to find ...

Sunset, Lena Cove, Alaska #3020

After experiencing one of the coldest and wettest June and July in my memory, August has been a delight with temperatures soaring into the seventies and sunsets galore. I shot this image this past Wednesday at my favorite summer sunset location, Lena Cove. I wanted to share this sunny moment ...

Brown Bear, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska #3019

A large coastal brown bear is an impressive animal, just check out its claws. I photographed this bear last week at low tide in Glacier Bay National Park while leading a photo workshop onboard the M/V Delphinus for Captain Ronn Patterson. It is a wonder me that this powerful animal makes a ...

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