Snow Geese In Flight
Snow Geese In Flight, Arctic
The arctic is a tremendously beautiful place and nothing says arctic to me like fog, wind, and cold.
Aerial Combatants
The Big Kahuna is the guy in the back snipping at the wing of the foreground Swan. He came into the lake that is off to the right, from the lake that is off to the left, and ran off 4 other swans. He has a mate on eggs on the lake off to the left but I guess he has a big territory.
White Fronted Goose
Greater White Fronted Goose Arctic Alaska
The arctic evening have longs hours of beautiful golden light and this lady is soaking up some rays. The White Fronted Goose is a long time favorite of mine and is ubiquitous on the north slope.
The Comp.
Snow Geese Chicks
The Snow Geese Junior Hockey team. They had a Hockey mom getting after them a little for what sounded like a lack of effort. You can’t blame her too much. Look at them; they look like they don’t have a care in the world.
The Canadians on the Block
Young Canucks working the field
How about these guys eh? The Canadians have a great showing up north this year. This is a nature photograph so I cropped out the hockey sticks off to the side. This is 1st intermission between the young Canuks and the well insulated but much less skilled Arctic Snow Geese junior team. A little snack between periods is mandatory.
Greater Chicks
Greater White Fronted Goose Chicks work hard to put on size
Well, as you know July is “chicks” month up here in Alaska and there are a ton of them out there this year. We had the Pacific loon cam up on the internet for all to see and a couple of trips to the arctic always yields and eye (and card) full. I will try to get some additional ones posted also. These Greater White Fronted Goose chicks were just chowing down. They have plenty to eat up here but you can definitely sense the urgency of trying to put on size. There wings are so little it is hard to believe they will make it out of here in two months. They had better though; it gets a wee bit rough up here in the winter.
Grebe Chicks
Grebe Chick feeding on adult back
We found a beautiful pair of Grebes with their newly hatched chicks. There was still one more bun in the oven too. These guys were very fresh to the new world and had a hard time getting down solid food. They did enjoy riding around on the Grebe boat though. The parents were of course dotting on their new young ones.