Springfisher
I ventured last week into a snowstorm — hopefully one of this season’s last — and was blessed to encounter this kingfisher.
A Stunning Couple
Several Barrow’s goldeneyes worked the shallows just off shore. I knew the tide would bring them in to me and that I would get some shots as long as I sat patiently and didn’t move.
Meeting the Stalker
My scalp tingled. Rationally, I’d nothing to fear. But the moment was vaguely, if undeniably, unnerving. The animal appeared to be stalking me.
Fall Days & Fancy Cameras
For a moment, the world before me became a magical place, silent but for the rhythm of my clicking shutter. Then the big guy approached the cow and, as if in celebration of new love, tipped back his head.
Hello, From the Pleistocene
Muskoxen can appear docile, but will not hesitate to charge if threatened. And those charges can be deadly; a Nome resident was attacked and killed by a muskox in 2022.
The Eider Sanction
Distant shotgun reports the evening before indicated local subsistence hunters were stalking eiders, too. I’d already encountered Steller’s eiders and spectacled eiders that morning and found the ducks wary of my approach.