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Tag: Wildlife

  • “All Creatures Great and Small”

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    With two weeks before hunting season begins, this big dude has decided to take up residence in the safety of our our backyard bullwinkle refuge. 😊 “All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all.” Cecil Francis Alexander

  • River to Ridgeline

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    Today’s wilderness wander began in lush deciduous forest by river’s roaring rapids . . . wound ever upward through silent, spruce scented boreal forest . . .  finished 4,000 ft. above on alpine ridgeline, tinged with fall’s first reds. Throughout life I’ve been blessed to travel and behold the wonders of 9 different countries on…

  • Landscaping

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    Some local shrub trimmers showed up today. They’re not professionals, but they work for free 😊

  • Single Moms

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    A couple of single moms with their kids have taken up residence here along with their kids in exchange for shrub pruning and weed control . . . a Win-Win situation 😊

  • Prince William Sound

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    Three days of rainy weather tends to dampen one’s spirits. Three days of rainy weather aboard a friend’s boat, rocked to sleep each night on gentle waves, encircled by the magnificent wonders of Prince William Sound’s lifts one’s spirits. Top it off with a stringer of sockeye salmon, and  . . . Life is Good!…

  • 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…

  • Wilderness Chronicles

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    A spruce hen and her chick perched safely above me . . . fresh imprints revealing a predator/prey pursuit . . . last fall’s bull moose antler scrapes . . . each a page in Mother Nature’s cycle of life that graced today’s wilderness wanderings. “For every creature of the forest is mine, and the…

  • All Creatures Great and Small

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    Last Frontier’s wildlife portrays Mother Nature’s calm and chaos . . . strength and stamina . . . beauty and barbarity. The cow moose scars are mostly likely from a foiled grizzly attack. “All creatures great and small. The Lord God made them all”. – James Herriot Keep Looking Up . . . His best…

  • 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!