Gyrfalcons (Nesting Pair) series

Gyrfalcon

Horseshoe Cove 7/5/13

Adak in August

An edited version of this photo won a photo contest for a web site at www.survival-pax.com . they are using it as their banner photo now.

Adak Sunrise over Kuluk Bay

Springtime Adak Sealions at the outfall in Kuluk Bay

Dangerous Waters

Stay tuned for a tv show on HDNET called Dangerous Waters which will feature several of my panoramic photos of False Pass, Alaska on episode 7. 

Info from their web site states- "Dangerous Waters is a new reality television show coming in March 2012.  Follow five Dangerous Waters crewmembers as they embark upon an epic adventure riding their SeaDoo personal watercraft from Seattle up through Alaska and across the Bering Strait to Russia".

Winter Solstice Sunset in Nelson Lagoon, Alaska last night

More from Nelson Lagoon



Twin Sisters

Sunset and Crescent Moon Rise

Hole in the log

Driftwood

Amazing sunset in Nelson Lagoon



One of the nicest sunsets I've seen in a while! Photo taken last night 9/18.
Bering Sea 3 shot panoramic

From Whittier to Nelson Lagoon

A new feature from Blogspot, click a photo and view the rest of the photos in the post as a slideshow!

A creek in Whittier with spawning salmon.

The green was amazing, I don't even think I was able to capture what it really looked like.

A spawning "humpy" pink salmon.

Portage Glacier

Nelson Lagoon Panorama

Bering Sea beach from Nelson Lagoon, AK

My impromptu walking partner.  He followed me on my walk and seemed to love my company as much as I enjoyed his.  I don't know his name but I called him Sunny cause he showed up on the the first sunny day we've had in a week.

What can I say.

Bering Sea panorama

Sea Lions in the Northern Pacific Ocean near Adak Island.

Adak Fishing Boats After Dark

F/V - EARLY DAWN

F/V - LARISSA M

USCGC Munro in Adak today

USCGC Munro (WHEC-724) is a High Endurance Cutter

The Rhino and Solstice

It's pretty rainy here.  Thankfully I have a golf cart on steroids at my disposal.  This Yamaha Rhino has been my safari vehicle here in False Pass the past several weeks.  On a side-note; This buggy is tough, it survived 100mph+ winds a few months back.  After being tossed about 100ft away from where it was parked the only real damage was to that broken-in door, causing all the glass to break and..  Anyway, so just now I was thinking, I should go for a ride.  Then I remembered I forgot to get gas earlier; Its kinda gettin low now...  See, you can only get gas here at 1:00pm at the Peter Pan dock, and it closes after the last person leaves.  Hm, just like the bar in Adak...  Anyway, this morning I met the guy that runs the fuel and ops at Peter Pan..He seemed like a nice guy.  He even told me I can go get gas earlier than 1:00... I was thinking, Like right now, cool?..."You can go at 12:59", he replied.. So needless to say, my short term memory hasn't been the best lately cause I forgot to get gas.  Now I have to think about how much gas do I really have, and i wonder how far can I go?  I guess I have some time to think about it.  it's still early at 7:30pm.  Which translates to about 5 more hours of daylight.  At least it's not windy! Happy Summer Solstice!!

Blue Lupine and websites that I have bookmarked.

If you find you have some downtime, go check out some websites that I have bookmarked, [in the box to the lower right of this page].  Especially check out the photo of  the 2 sea otters and other cool pics and info on a blog maintained by my friend Isaac in Adak at his his blog @ AdakBirding.com and then visit Alaska FAA web cams.  Click on that link, then scroll down to False Pass and you can see links to 2 web cams located about a 200ft away from the airport here.  Oh, and enjoy the the vertical panoramic blue lupine pic below.

Lupinus nootkatensis

False Pass- Panoramas

A Cherokeee 180 landing at False Pass Airport, Its a succession of the same airplane in 4 photos

(unknown name) mountain across Isanotski Strait from False Pass Village 

False Pass Harbor in Isanostki Strait, facing North, North East

Another view of the (unknown name) mountain with crab pots in foreground waiting to get wet this coming fall and winter.



I posted this photo a few weeks back. It's the view of False Pass Village taken from the Tustamena Ferry.  The old Peter Pan dock is toward the left of the photo.

Back in False Pass

Long story. Don't ask.

Flying from False Pass to King Cove; a 25 minute thrill ride!

The pilot arrived in the Cherokee 180 to pick me up in False Pass at about 10 am.  He was a very nice guy and seemed pleased to know that I was the only passenger bound for King Cove.  The resulting trip proved just that as it was undoubtedly one of the best flights I've had in 15 years in Alaska.  On the way we saw about a dozen bears and he gave me more than one opportunity to take some photos.  The scenery was amazing and he took the time to point out a few landmarks and made me feel very comfortable and relaxed.  I truly felt like I could trust his skills and will never forget that experience.  Below are a few of the better photos I took of the bears.  As you can imagine, it was a little difficult to locate and focus on a bear from a few hundred feet in the air cruising at flight speed.  But the pilot did a great job throttling down and turning the plane at the right time to give me some chances to document this experience.  Thanks Eric!
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Oh, don't forget to click each photo for a full size version.  The pics posted below have been scaled down for the web page.

I can see 3!  Click the pic if you can't see them.

This one and the following 2 are the same bear, zoomed in as much as I could.

It was kinda cool to see how it was just sitting there on that steep slope.

Sow and triplets!

It's hard to tell but this is a rock arch with a pond or something underneath.  It looked a lot cooler in real life.

Nice waterfall!