Red-necked Grebe

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Red-necked Grebe

A Red-necked Grebe adult feeds a dragon fly to one of three chicks.  This family of grebes nested at my parents place – I stopped and saw them briefly at the beginning of my trip to Southeast this summer – they were so fun to watch, I could have stayed and photographed them for days!

Clan House at Totem Bight in Ketchikan

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Clan House at Totem Bight in Ketchikan

This photo of the Clan House at Totem Bight in Ketchikan is a combination of a couple of exposures – one for the outside, and a much longer one for the inside.  If I didn’t combine two exposures, the inside would appear completely dark.  By combining two exposures, I was able to create an image that better matched what I saw with my eyes.

Grant Creek Alpha Female

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Grant Creek Alpha Female

I posted at length this spring about a number of wolves in Denali – I was particularly attached to the Grant Creek Pack since I had been photographing the two adults for a number of years.  I first spotted the female in 2002 – she was a hunting machine.  I was thrilled to see her form a pack with one of the beautiful black wolves from the Tokalat Pack.  It was almost like having two good friends meet and then get married! 

On my travels through Denali this month I learned the alpha female had died.Read More