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Young Master Speck

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Young Master Speck
Among all Alaska’s wildlife, is there any like our Foxes for hitting the precise nexus of beautiful, handsome and cute… Chignik Lake, April 1, 2017

Frost in March Sunshine

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Frost in March Sunshine – One of our all-time favorite foxes, Frost often slept on the sunny bank just below our home at The Lake. March 26, 2017

Autumn Shrike

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Photograph of a Northern Shrike in flight as it settles onto a roost of autumn-brown Dwarf Birch.
Autumn Shrike – Northern Shrike burdock gone to rust and seed, Chignik Lake, 9/10/17
The brownish color of this shrike indicates a first-year bird. Mature adults are more gray, and the black eye mask is sharply defined and really pops. At The Lake, Northern Shrikes are typically arrive in late summer and remain common through fall with occasional specimens remaining into winter.

Little One

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Little One The waters of the Alaskan Gulf near Chignik Bay provide an important nursery for Sea Otters and their pups. Rich with schools of herring, sand lance, migrating salmon and other fish, these waters on the southeast side of the Alaska Peninsula are also home to Harbor Seals, migrating Orcas and whales, and vast numbers of seabirds.

Loafin’

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Close-up portrait of a Sea Otter loafing in the harbor at Seward, Alaska.
Loafin’ Sometimes Sea Otters hanging around in harbors become quite accustomed to humans. For this photograph, I got down on my belly and lowered my arms and camera over the side of a dock. Unable to look into the view finder, I let the camera’s autofocus do its job. They’re awfully cute. Seward Harbor, Alaska, 6/25/13

The Fox We Called Skit

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Photographic portrait of the Red Fox fox we named Skit. Chignik Lake, Alaska.
The Fox We Called Skit Foxes were attracted to the Spruce Grove where we had hung several bird feeders. The birds attracted them, no doubt, but they also ate seeds from the ground and probably caught a vole now and then. Skit was skittish and his right eye was bad. I was fortunate to get his left side in good light. Chignik Lake, 1/2/17

A Portrait of Kate

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A Portrait of Kate In truth, I do not know whether the regal fox we called Kate was male or female. One winter evening while I was photographing birds at the Spruce Grove she came by, and for a moment presented herself in the most beautiful chiaroscuro lighting, the last evening light breaking through spruce boughs.