Wood ducks hanging out in the canal behind the sawmill. Something a little more serene than the Halloween post.
Wild Wednesday … Wood Ducks
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Wild Wednesday … Denali Nat’l Park
Mary and I took a trip to Alaska last spring to spend time with family. While traveling from Fairbanks to the coast we took an afternoon to visit Denali National Park. It was the pre-season and the tour buses weren’t running yet. Therefore, we were able to drive 30 miles into the park. Unfortunately, it was cloudy and we weren’t to see the mountain. On the positive side we were able to stop anytime we wanted to take pictures. In fact, our little group did so well spotting wildlife that we soon had a caravan of vehicles pulling off the road behind us so they could see the wildlife we found. The gallery below is just a few of the wonderful sights we enjoyed. Just click on the photos to enlarge them.
Denali National Park, rugged beauty.
Black spruce full of cones.
Porcupine in a spruce tree.
Black spruce cones.
Spruce grouse.
Strutting for the ladies!
Willow ptarmigan.
A beaver pond.
The owner of the beaver pond.
The willow trees were beginning to flower when we visited.
A boreal owl.
Denali panorama.
Caribou
What are you lookin’ at?
Caribou calves.
Caribou
A visit to remember.
This was our first trip to Alaska, but won’t be our last. We had a terrific time. We were there for a week. These shots were just from one afternoon. Stay tuned for more pictures from Alaska.
Forestry Friday … California Colors
I’m showing off some of our Northern California fall colors. I know you folks back east are thinking “I don’t see the color!” We make do with what we have.
Wild Wednesday … Mystery Butterfly!
I’ve been sitting in the middle of I5 for nearly 3 hours. They’re clearing an overturned big rig with a load of steel I-beams. I’m trying to think of something soothing. How about a butterfly. This one showed up on the porch this morning. Good thing the kitten wasn’t around. Does anyone know it’s name?
Normally, I’d have my sketch pad, but not today. I have a project to finish too. Instead I’ll have to settle for a butterfly.
Wild Wednesday … Happy California Deer!
Columbia black-tail deer after the shed. It’s hard to tell the bucks from the does.
Wild Wednesday … Red-Eared Sliders!
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Wild Wednesday … Gander
Canada Goose Gander in pen and ink.
One legged geese.
Bliss can’t go to the pond with taking a leisurely swim.
Wild Wednesday … Goose Goose!
A pair of Canada Geese in pen and ink.
This was drawn from a pair of geese on the mill pond. Canada geese are great subjects for pen and ink. They’re already black and white.
Canada geese can be found on the mill site constantly.
This gaggle spotted Sailor and Bliss over on shore. They decided to come over and cause trouble for my goldens, who were minding their own business. Typical rabble rousing degenerate geese!
You had to know this would happen.
Sailor couldn’t take it anymore and swam out to say hello. What’s a boy to do.
Well this isn’t going well.
What we have here is a failure to communicate.
Forestry Friday … Winter Waiting
Winter logging is already hit or miss with the wet weather shut downs. This year is off the charts. Trucks parked with no place to go has been a pretty common sight this season.
Logging trucks in the fog. All fueled up with no place to go.
Wild Wednesday … The Getaway Car!
Where do you park your getaway car? I find cars like this in the woods every now and then. If cars could talk. I wonder if there’s a mobster’s hideout nearby.
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