Black bear, Kenai Peninsula.
Alaska as I see it
(Left) A curious stoat, or short-tailed weasel. (Right) Black bear portrait.
(Left) The Homer Spit extends more than four miles into Kachemak Bay. (Right) Fall fishing on the Kenai River.
Sunset stroll on the Homer Spit.
(Left) Fledgling black-billed magpie. (Right) Hatcher Pass in the Talkeetna Range.
(Left) Chubby arctic ground squirrel. (Right) Casting for Russian River sockeye salmon.
Marbled Orb Weaver repairing a damaged section of web.
(Left) Denali rises above the Alaska Range. (Right) A Canada jay scavenges dead insects from a motorhome's headlights.
A pair of young bull moose practice their combat skills in Denali National Park in preparation for the rut.
A Denali National Park tour bus stops to allow tourists to photograph the park's namesake mountain.
(Left) Wild caribou play reindeer games in Denali National Park. (Right) Sandhill cranes pass overhead during migration.
(Left) Playing on the beach in Homer. (Right) Sea star on the Homer Spit.
Crab pots in storage for the season.
(Left) Photographing Mount Redoubt at sunset. (Right) House on the bluff.
Winter storm, Kachemak Bay.
Fall colors.
Elm sawfly larva dining on cottonwood leaves.
Aurora borealis timelapse, Wasilla
(Left) Little Susitna River. (Right) Mountains and valley near Hatcher Pass.
Fall colors mirrored in Reflections Lake.
(Left) Lower Summit Lake, Kenai Peninsula. (Right) Paragliders near Hatcher Pass.
Snowshoe hare, Donnelly Creek.
(Left) Bald eagle at moonset. (Right) Full moon commute.
Moose often go aquatic in their search for food, to cool off, or to escape the ever-present clouds of mosquitos that hound them.
"Alas, poor Yorik." A Shakespearean raven plays with the head of a willow ptarmigan.
