Alaska’s fascinating wild creatures
New Blog Theme After many months of multi-tasking between travel and website reviews and edits, my new site is now live. I purposely went with a color scheme that was bright and easier to read. After years with a dark color scheme, I either got tired of it, or felt that images should be presented…
If you are a regular reader of this blog, you may be aware that every October I co-guide photo tours to Alaska’s Arctic in search of all things “Alaska Special,” with a focus on the northern lights, polar bears and Arctic wildlife. I just returned from the first trip and leave tomorrow for the next one.…
During an October photo tour that I guide in Alaska’s Arctic, one of my type II flash cards got corrupted during a Lightroom import. I recently received it in the mail from www.datarecovery.com and had a chance to look at the pictures contained within. However, that process did not turn out to be a simple one. When attempting to…
The two Arctic Alaska photo tours that I co-guide with Hugh Rose were full of weather adventure and logistical challenges this year. They were also filled with some fantastic photo opportunities. We always proclaim that the trips are different every year, and this held true once again. The first October, trip was slammed with a blizzard for three…
Baby moose are commonly observed along Alaska’s roadways in early summer, often in the early morning or later evening hours. I photographed this little one in Denali National Park. Very close by stood its mother and another young calf, as twins are commonly born in the month of May. At this young age, they are usually…
I took this photo of a caribou herd in Denali National Park a few weeks ago. The caribou herds are larger than in many previous years, so it was an opportunity to visually portray the herd or migration aspect of these animals. The herd size is nothing like that of the caribou in northern Alaska,…
I’m back from another wonderful journey to Alaska’s Arctic. After a few days on the Arctic North Slope, photographing birds, I began a long trek through the Brooks Range (I’ll share pics from that trip soon). Clear skies in June in Alaska means that one’s photo schedule shifts to the night time (although there is…
The children’s book I collaborated on with Debbie Miller, Grizzly Bears of Alaska, was released in late March and has sold out of the hard copy (although I have a few left). With the good reception of that book, we are working on another idea that I’m not free to share at the moment, but…
During my early summer photo ventures into Alaska’s Arctic, I’ve collected qiviut from the willow bushes along the tundra. What is qiviut? It is the super soft undercoating of the muskox. In June, as the summer warmth comes to the Arctic, the muskox shed their winter coat. I’ll be traveling to the Arctic a handful…
The time of year is approaching when moose will have their calves, which usually occurs in the latter part of May. Moose usually have twin calves, and sometimes triplets. This is a picture from the archives of a cow with a single calf, and it is most likely that the other one was lost to…