More Horned Puffin from Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.
Bear Cub
Brown Bears, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.
This cute little cub seemed to really enjoy playing with a empty clam shell!
Here are more bear photos.
Horned Puffin
Horned Puffin, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.
We just got home and are still beaming from an awesome trip!
Although I loved spending time with the bears, puffin were actually at the top of my wish list. You see I often get requests for this beautiful bird, and live next to a very large population, but have never been able to photograph them up close until this trip. Now I can put an end to that frustration.
I have joked in the past that puffin really don’t exist – that they are just a cartoon character like Bugs Bunny. Having seen them up close and personal, I can attest that they are real, and they are spectacular!
Here are more Puffin photos.
Brown Bear Sow and Cub
Brown bear sow and cub, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.
This sow was able to repeatedly dig up clams with incredible effectiveness. On the other hand, the poor cub dug and dug, but was never able to find a single clam – at least while I watched. I don’t think it had learned exactly where to dig just yet. After awhile, the cub went over and began watching his mom very, very closely – it was really fascinating to watch. I don’t know if he was a very attentive student, or just really hungry!
Since we have some brief internet access, I thought I would post a quick update. As you can probably tell, we are having an awesome trip!
Here are more brown bear photos.
Lake Clark National Park Alaska
We made it to Lake Clark National Park, Alaska and it didn’t take long to find bears. Lots of bears! And as you can see, we are even picking up internet.
Travel Plans
I didn’t see any bears yesterday, but I enjoyed watching this Common Merganser family. The chicks are almost as big as the adults! This is another photo captured using a my Pocket Wizards and a 24mm wide angle lens – the ducks were about two feet from my lens!
Tomorrow we are heading to Lake Clark National Park for 4 days. It is kind of funny, when I booked this earlier in the summer, I was thinking it would be fun to concentrate on bears because I really haven’t focused on them before. Of course, that was long before finding such great bears near Seward! I’m also really hoping to photograph puffins. There is an outside chance I will have internet access, otherwise there won’t be in activity here for a few days.
On a much sadder note, I think the bear in the last blog post was killed yesterday morning, and possibly the sow and cub as well. I hate to say too much because there seems to be more rumors then facts, but at least one bear was killed for sure – and it was about the same size, age and in the same area where I photographed it the night before. Supposedly it chased a dog. It may explain why I never did saw any bears yesterday. 🙁
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