Birds
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More Red-throated Loon chick pics.
Female with the two chicks Adults greet each other upon the males return from foraging (note the fish) Male about to feed a chick. Moments later that chick closest to the male ate that entire fish (almost as large as it) in one go. Sun salutation The mother and child reunion.
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Qarsauq – the hatch
We pretty much visit the outflow of Marcil Lake every night. Its hard to resist checking the progress of the Pacific Loons and Red-throated Loons that are nesting there, in easy view of the road. The night before last saw the two Red-throated Loon nests that we know about come to fruition. There is at
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Hatchlings
Two pairs of Red-throated Loons had their chicks hatch today. I'll write more tomorrow, as it is late. But here is the first photo by way of compensation.
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Flight path
Ravens flying amongst the pack ice near shore. KIng Eider in the late night sun. A Bumblebee amongst the wealth of River Beauty.
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Summer’s Ebb
Suddenly, too suddenly, summer seems to be drawing to a close. The ice on the bay went out a couple of weeks ago (early), and is going fast out in Admiralty Inlet. I remember my first full summer here, marveling to someone that the ice had finally left, and their reply "Yes, winter is just
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Common Ringed Plover – Victor Bay
and its nest.
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Tired
… so all you get are a bunch of random photos. Apparently Arctic Hares like to munch on poppies. Sled dog portrait An Arctic Trifecta: King Eider, Long-tailed Duck, and Red-throated Loon Hare today, gone in a couple of seconds Two Ravens playing with a feather Travis, Bolt and a couple of the pups
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Purple
I've set aside my plans to have a Big Year for the High Arctic this year. Due to work commitments and the growing and looming house work, and a sundry smaller things, I gave up on going to the Floe Edge, and to travelling to the southern reaches of Admiralty Inlet. Those two trips were
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Naughty knots and guileful geese
If you've followed the couple of posts I wrote on discovering a couple of Red Knots with what appears to be the antennae from radio tags on them, its generated some interest amongst the Red Knot Working Group. It appears more and more likely that I happened upon two of the only twenty radio tagged
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Trailing – Update
It looks as though it is quite plausible that the Red Knots were wearing radio tags, although I'd dearly love to get a better look at them. Barry Truitt is a Chief Conservation Scientist with the Nature Conservancy. He is involved in tagging Red Knots and was kind enough to answer my questions about Red