Posted on June 29, 2019
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When my flight from Anchorage arrived in Seattle at 9:25 am, I headed to my son’s house. I visited with him and we went to lunch. When I got back, I couldn’t stay awake and nodded off for most of the afternoon. I woke up in time… Continue Reading “Alaska Trip Wrap Up”
Category: UncategorizedTags: alaska, brown bear, brown bear bathing, brown bear cubs playing, brown bear sow, brown bear sow nursing cubs, brown bears digging for clams, coastal brown bears, Lisa Langell Photography Magic of Alaska 2019, ursus arctos, young brown bear
Posted on June 28, 2019
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On today’s bear viewing trips, we saw up to 24 Brown Bears at one time. They were either eating sedges or digging for clams. We saw a sow with two young cubs (the same ones we saw yesterday) and a sow with three young cubs. One little… Continue Reading “Alaska Day 9 – Brown Bears and More Brown Bears”
Category: UncategorizedTags: alaska, brown bear cubs playing, brown bear sow nursing cubs, brown bears digging for clams, chinitna bay, coastal brown bears, lake clark national park, muddy bears, older bear cubs, ursus arctos, young bear cubs
Posted on June 22, 2019
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We drove to Seward and went out on a boat that held 20+ people and there were 8 of us plus the captain and first mate. We went from Seward to the Chiswell Islands in Kenai Fjords National Park. It was about 32.5 miles… Continue Reading “Alaska Day 4 – Whales”
Category: UncategorizedTags: alaska, chiswell islands, eumetopias jubatus, glacier, hairy woodpecker, humpback whale, injured stellar sea lion, kenzie fjords national park, megaptera novaeangliae, orca, oscines orca, picoides villosus, seward
Posted on June 21, 2019
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We drove about an hour from the lodge to a beach where Bald Eagles congregate. On the way, we saw a moose in a lake. Pretty cool! It was a nice experience to see many Bald Eagles in one place. The local commercial fishermen… Continue Reading “Alaska Day 3 Afternoon – Moose and Eagles”
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Posted on June 20, 2019
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This amazing trip stays amazing every day. We toured Skilak Lake on a boat. There were very few people there, so it seemed we had the whole lake to ourselves. The water was calm and aqua colored because of the glacial silt coming from… Continue Reading “Alaska Day 3 Morning – Skilak Lake”
Category: UncategorizedTags: alaska, boat, boat wake, glacial silt, glacier fed lake, Harlequin Duck, herring gull, histrionics histrionicus, kenai peninsula, lares argenatus, Lisa Langell Photography Magic of Alaska 2019, Skilak Lake