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Tag: Trumpeter Swans

  • Flight School

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    Flight School needs to start soon if these cygnets are going to accompany their parents south before freeze-up. This young Trumpeter swan pair hatched their cygnets the end of June , much later than previous Trumpeter parents . . . Frosty Eagle’s watching. “Love to Live, Live to Love” – Amy Carmichael        …

  • Snow Squalls and Sunshine

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    A short morning snow squall followed by brilliant sunshine made for an interesting wilderness wander today . . . . Gotta’ love the Last Frontier! 😊 “Love to Live, Live to Love” – Amy Carmichael                                  +          …

  • Alaskan Gold Rush

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    There’s an annual two-week gold rush in Alaska that provides unlimited ‘gold’, and everyone can stake a claim . . . Fall 😊😊😊

  • Survival of the Fittest

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    On Fish Lake, in the shadow of Castle Mountain, last June a Trumpeter Swan pair hatched three downy white signets. They’ve since grown into feathered gray versions, a third the size of their large, stately parents . . . the serene beauty of Nature. Sadly, one of the signets has now gone missing. At 4…

  • Trumpeter Swans

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    Homo sapiens or Cygnus buccinator, no matter the species newborns are universally considered cute and adorable . . . even I was cute once back when dinosaurs roamed the earth 😊. This afternoon I was blessed paddling my canoe around Fish Lake photographing Mr. & Mrs. Trumpeter and their three new signets. Keep Looking Up…

  • An Afternoon in Nature

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    Spent part of the afternoon canoeing Fish Lake visiting a family with a new set of triplets; watching a guy in tuxedo attire putting on a display trying to impress an equally well-dressed gal; and, back on shore, listening to a mother calling her kids from a high-rise . . . ??? In Jungle Book…

  • Feral Friends

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    Never knowing which of our Last Frontier feral neighbors may decide to wander through our backyard is always an unanticipated treat. Here’s a vid clip of a recent impromptu fur and fowl ‘Splash Party’ 😊 Keep Looking Up . . . His best is yet to come!

  • Seasons Exchange

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    Snows receding from the mountains . . . Trumpeter swans nesting on the lake . . . Spring relinquishing to Summer . . . Seasons exchange in the Land of the Midnight Sun  “To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven” – Ecclesiastes 3:1             …