We’re snailposting, post your snails. The snail is Nucella lamellosa, the yellow is snail egg cases. And other assorted marine life from Prince William Sound #Alaska 🦑

During a hike this summer a friend said wolf! Sure enough and then there was another, and another, and... In the end 6 of them. Distant but exciting. Katmai NPP #Alaska 🦊

There was frost on the pumpkin when I took this shot but we had a dump of snow overnight so I'll have to try and relocate this bull to photograph him in the snow before he drops to a lower elevation. Chugach State Park #Alaska 🦊

A determined looking Sanderling on the hunt for a snack during a migration stop on Lake Ontario #Ontario 🪶

I don't see Redheads on land very often, perhaps this guy didn't have much else to do while he finished molting. Perhaps that should be moulting as I saw this guy earlier this fall in Burlington #Ontario 🪶

A Hudsonian Whimbrel (recently split from its Eurasian counterpart) playing on a cricket field during a visit to Burlington #Ontario earlier this fall.🪶

Like a Fish Out of Water: Brown bear cubs in particular like their red salmon out of water as they are easier to catch on land. Katmai NPP #Alaska

Record warm ocean temperatures continued in September across the North Pacific Ocean, with a number of consequential impacts (including on downstream weather patterns). This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every September from 1854-2025 using @noaa.gov ERSSTv5 data.

Making a splash. Fishing is serious business but sometimes it looks like brown bears are just having fun. Katmai NPP #Alaska 🦊

An intruder in my swimming hole! Brown bear snacking on red salmon Katmai NPP #Alaska 🦊

Catch that fish! I thought the red salmon had outrun the brown bear but no so. A valiant effort though. Katmai NPP #Alaska 🦊

Sure, it's easy to act tough when you've got mom at your back. Brown bears fishing in Katmai NPP #Alaska 🦊

Alpine riverbanks is not the usual habitat for Greater White-fronted Geese but I saw some most days I was there. This one is waving goodbye as we both readied for departure. Katmai NPP #Alaska 🪶

Arctic ground Squirrel wondering when fat squirrel week starts. Katmai NPP #Alaska

Harlequin Ducks, likely a family, taking a break on a river in Katmai NPP #Alaska They spend most of their time in fast moving water but a break from paddling is just a hop onto a rock away. 🪶

If only Fat Bear Week had a pewee division then this cub might have been a contender. Oh well, maybe in a few years. Still in the running for cub-of-the year! Katmai NPP #Alaska 🦊

There weren't many eagles but I was delighted to find several Gyrfalcons. They wouldn't bat a nictitating membrane at the salmon but there was an abundance of prey in the form of ptarmigan and gulls to chose from (the only pursuit I saw was of a Wilson's Snipe). Katmai NPP #Alaska 🪶

Red (sockeye) salmon heading upstream to their spawning areas. A few obstacles like bears and eagles yet to pass. Katmai NPP #Alaska 🌿

A young Bald Eagle on the hunt for salmon. Not a difficult task as there were multitudes everywhere but the eagles preferred to let the bears catch and open diner for them. Katmai NPP #Alaska 🪶

I tend to post shots of Willow Ptarmigan sporting their winter plumage so for a change here's how they look in their summer garb. Easy to see where the name Red Grouse comes from. Katmai NPP #Alaska 🪶

Cleaning Up The Tundra: Many shorebirds remove eggshellls from their nests as the bright objects draw attention of predators. This American Golden-Plover got ambitous and removed a nearby ptarmigan feather just in case. NPRA, #Alaska #WorldShorebirdDay 🪶

Cinnamon Hummingbird: An effect I'm not sure I'll try to repeat. Slow shutter speed (well for a hummingbird, 1/250) and fill flash to reduce shadows in midday sun. Somehow it sort of worked. Jalisco #Mexico #NationalHummingbirdDay 🪶

ok ok I've read the paper and as expected it is really freaking cool the queens are effectively hijacking androgenesis! so they store the sperm of the second species, and then clone that into their eggs so that the clonal males have a nuclear DNA from their og species but mito DNA from their mother

My new dog is always so happy to see me! Brown bear fishing Katmai NPP #Alaska 🦊

Syma Sister (Adelpha syma), related to the Admirals. Buenos Aires #Argentina #Invertefest

This little river was packed cheek to gill with pink salmon during a recent visit to Valdez #Alaska Mind the teeth!🦷 🦑

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Apparently it’s #ThreeBirdThursday. Here are some cormorants Anyone else have three bird photos or art? Please join in! #birds 🌿

Too much choice! Steller's sea ions and pink salmon coming in with the tide while Glaucous-winged Gulls wait for scraps. Valdez #Alaska🦑🦊

The kittiwakes may float the river to snack on salmon eggs but the Glaucous-winged Gulls wade in the shallows to get their fill of caviar. Valdez #Alaska 🪶🦑

Smooth Stick Insect (Clitarchus hookeri) from Great Barrier Island #NewZealand #InvertFest #invertebrates 🌿

beautiful article on Wilson's Phalarope migration and Mono Lake www.latimes.com/environment/...

Going with the flow: At high tide the sea lions come into the creek to catch salmon but at low tide black-legged Kittiwakes take over, floating down the creek and then flying back upstream for another circuit. I presume they are diving for salmon eggs caught in the current. Valdez #Alaska 🪶🦑

The pink salmon were dense and stacked up close to shore to avoid the foraging Steller's sea lions near Valdez #Alaska 🦑🌿

Meet the Semipalmated Sandpiper! This tiny shorebird is about the size of a sparrow and makes one of the most impressive migrations in the bird world. If you come across these remarkable travellers along the shoreline this summer, be sure to share the shore!

The salmon are thick so how can a Steller's seal lion pass on an easy meal The rescue salmon arrived too late to save its friend. Valdez #Alaska 🦑🦊

Gotta Love this! A Definitive List of Bird Names that Also Suck – Seagull is Not a Dirty Word seagullblog.com/2024/06/13/b... #Birds

An oldie about trying to text your friends about birds. I can't remember if I ever shared this here.

Once again my quest to find Spotted Lady's Slippers went unrealized. But the local patch of the lookalike Alaska Lady's Slipper, which has some hybrid characteristics, continues. Anchorage #Alaska 🌿

Familiar to most of you out there but a rare visitor to #Alaska, this Northern Mockingbird was a recent treat to many Anchorage birders. 🪶

I don't know how to top an encounter with a wolverine but I hope that it happens. My best hike so far this summer. Chugach State Park #Alaska 🦊

Part of a brood of ugly ducklings foraging with parental Trumpeter Swan (the rest were out of frame). The cygnets don't go as deep as the adult but seem to find enough vegetation to keep them satisfied. Anchorage #Alaska

She's counting the days until they fledge. Mama Greater Scaup had approximately 35 ducklings. Scaup are big into crecheing their broods so she didn't incubate the bunch but now they were in her care. Anchorage #Alaska 🪶

Diik’aag nek-’ęh (I see the fireweed in fluff). #Alaska #Summer2025 #Tanacross #Dene #Language

Furthest in each direction I've been in Canada N: Ellesmere Island (about 78°N) E: East Petpeswick, Nova Scotia W: Multiple spots on the Alaska border. Beaver Creek, Yukon, probably the closest town S: Point Pelee NP, Ontario

The Boeing 747-409 (LCF) Dreamlifter is a highly modified 747 designed to carry parts for the 787 Dreamliner. Although there are only 4 ever made I see them regularly when I'm out photographing birds. Anchorage International Airport (ANC) must be a preferred habitat!

Thinking about gulls today.

Ready to Hang six now that nesting is done but there is no surf to be found on the muddy shorelines around Anchorage #Alaska. The Surfbirds will have to migrate a bit further to find the rocky shorelines they frequent most of the year. 🪶

Early this morning #Whimbrel POTSKAR landed in Guinea, W Africa, after flying 7000+km from St-Petersburg, Russia. It took POTSKAR 5.5 days of NON-STOP flight, varying altitude from 10s of meters over the Baltic and the Med, to >5km over land. #ornithology www.globalflywaynetwork.org/tracks/speci...

A tranquil family scene of an Arctic Tern family. But it isn't as peaceful as it seems, they selected a spot inches away from a railroad bed! But they got this far with the disturbance. Anchorage #Alaska 🪶