Monday, June 25, 2012

Wildlife on Caton Island

There were a lot of birds on Caton - I think it's a time to get a bird book...
This beautiful Eagle was telling us he or she didn't want us in the area (even though we were a long ways a way on the beach)

I wonder how the seagull on the perch is holding on...

Jellyfish
Sea Otter?
Harbor Seal?

Fran called these "Eddie Bauer" ducks...
Oyster Catcher! They are characters!
No voles were injured during this photography session - he or she was let loose to go breed 100 more voles before the end of the day (there was no shortage of these critters on this island)

Raven's nest (do you see 3?)
Three immature Eagles hanging out...
Sandhill Cranes - they are characters too!
Ptarmagan - they're just obnoxious.
And Loud.
Especially between 2 and 4 in the morning!!
Baby Dungeness crab?
We let him go to grow big so we can eat him in a few years.
Can you see the Ptarmagan on her nest?
Is this a sandpiper?
 Are there different types of sandpipers?
Kickin butt and taking names
(yes, we left the area)
Puffin!
They told me the name of this bird but I can't remember...
This picture was actually taken in Valdez - I had to include it because it's a baby Oyster Catcher
There are never enough pictures of eagles

This set of sandhill cranes kept following us...
It was like a scene from "The Birds" - seagulls everywhere...

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