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1 0 Northern Bluebells

Northern Bluebells

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

Small, low-growing plant with blue bell-shaped flowers.

0 0 Beaver Dam

Beaver Dam

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

Dam made by logs cut by Beaver.

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

Horsetail? Low-growing plants that make a green carpet on the forest floor.

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by hannawackerAlaska, USA

Equisetum sp.

3 3 Willow rose

Willow rose

by mauna KunzahAlaska, USA

Delicate flowering vegetation, low to the ground. The Camellia gall, or ...

1 0 Elegant Paintbrush

Elegant Paintbrush

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

Red to green low-growing plant with mauve flowers.

4 2 Mountain Harebell

Mountain Harebell

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

Low growing plant with large, blue/ bell-like flowers.

1 0 Dwarf Dogwood

Dwarf Dogwood

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

Low growing plant with white flower with 4 petals. The leaves are in groups of ...

1 3 Greenish Blue

Greenish Blue

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

Beautiful copper colored female butterfly with blue sheen on top of wings.

5 5 Gray Jay

Gray Jay

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

Gray bird with light breast and face.

0 0 North American Beaver

North American Beaver

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

These trees have been chewed on by a beaver.

1 0 Mew Gull (adult breeding plumage)

Mew Gull (adult breeding plumage)

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

Small gull with white head, dark legs, a thin pink ring around the eyes and the ...

0 0 Pink Plume

Pink Plume

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

Pink flowers on top of red stalks that look like pink clubs. The leaves are red ...

1 0 Arctic Sandwort

Arctic Sandwort

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

Small white flowers with yellow center. This was a low-growing plant.

1 0 Ant

Ant

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

Large black and gray ant eating a dragonfly (I think). The last two segments ...

2 2 Single Delight

Single Delight

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

Small, nodding, white flower with five wavy petals. The leaves are obovate.

2 2 Clubmoss

Clubmoss

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

Low-growing plant abou 8 inches tall with a cone on the top.

3 2 Rock Ptarmigan (male breeding plumage)

Rock Ptarmigan (male breeding plumage)

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

This male bird is tan, black and brown with an orange stripe above the eye.

0 0 Water Strider

Water Strider

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

Gray and brown insect with long legs. It skims across the top of the water. ...

4 1 Arctic Ground Squirrel

Arctic Ground Squirrel

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

Tan squirrel with light underside and white spots on the back. The face has ...

0 0 Spiny Leaf Gall Wasp

Spiny Leaf Gall Wasp

by CindyBinghamKeiserDenali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, United States

Bright red, wasp gall with long spines.

0 4 Bird’s Nest

Bird’s Nest

by mauna KunzahAlaska, USA

Large nest made of mud and large sticks seen underneath a concrete overpass.

5 2 Dwarf fireweed

Dwarf fireweed

by mauna KunzahAlaska, USA

Bright, four-petaled flowers of the evening primrose (Onagraceae) family. This ...

3 2 Mountain Fritillary Butterfly

Mountain Fritillary Butterfly

by misakoAlaska, USA

Spotted this fritillary butterfly hiking on the tundra in

1 4 Tundra rose

Tundra rose

by mauna KunzahAlaska, USA

Bright yellow, flowering tundra plant, perhaps 6" tall or less. It has multiple ...

3 0 Porcupine Caribou

Porcupine Caribou

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

Young caribou running away from mosquitoes... or the bus full or tourists ...

0 0 Porcupine Caribou

Porcupine Caribou

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

This lone Caribou is either a female or young male. It blends in well while ...

0 0 Mosquito

Mosquito

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

There are about 35 species of mosquitoes and I think my family met every one. ...

1 1 Yellow Avens

Yellow Avens

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

Small yellow flowers and red and yellow balls on this plant. The leaves are ...

0 0 Yellow-rumped Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

Black, white and yellow, male bird. The throat is white and there are yellow ...

0 0 Northern Goldenrod

Northern Goldenrod

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

Tall plant with lance shaped leaves. "The inflorescence is a cluster of several ...

1 2 Twinflower

Twinflower

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

Small, pink, bell flowers on low-growing plant. The leaves are small and round ...

10 4 Porcupine Caribou

Porcupine Caribou

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

Large, beautiful caribou was very restless because of the mosquitoes. It would ...

0 3 Yellow-Dotted Alpine Butterfly

Yellow-Dotted Alpine Butterfly

by misakoAlaska, USA

Theano Alpine Butterfly feeding on a Alpine Arnica (Arnica alpina ...

7 4 Northern Blue Butterflies Mating

Northern Blue Butterflies Mating

by misakoAlaska, USA

The Idas Blue or Northern Blue (Plebejus idas) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae ...

3 3 Willow Ptarmigan (male breeding plumage)

Willow Ptarmigan (male breeding plumage)

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

Beautiful bronze-brown breast and back with white underside and legs. There is ...

6 2 Alaska moose

Alaska moose

by mauna KunzahAlaska, USA

Mother moose and her calf (last photo) were observed grazing peacefully on ...

0 0 Red Squirrel

Red Squirrel

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

Small, red, tree squirrel with light underside and white ring around the eyes. ...

2 2 White Spotted Sawyer Beetle

White Spotted Sawyer Beetle

by misakoAlaska, USA

The white-spotted sawyer or spruce sawyer (Monochamus scutellatus) is a common ...

4 4 Willow Ptarmigan (female and chicks)

Willow Ptarmigan (female and chicks)

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

This female Ptarmigan was crossing the road with her 7 chicks. It was a very ...

36 26 Moose (cow and calf)

Moose (cow and calf)

by CindyBinghamKeiserAlaska, USA

This beautiful site is a mother cow and her playful, young calf. They knew we ...

4 1 stoat, ermine or short-tailed weasel

stoat, ermine or short-tailed weasel

by hannawackerAlaska, USA

distinguished from the least weasel by its larger size and longer tail with a ...

2 0 American red squirrel

American red squirrel

by hannawackerAlaska, USA

Red squirrels can be easily identified from other North American tree squirrels ...

3 1 American Red Squirrel

American Red Squirrel

by misakoAlaska, USA

This little squirrel was barking at me from its nest. Red Squirrels are very ...

4 0 North American beaver

North American beaver

by hannawackerAlaska, USA

This beaver is the largest rodent in North America and the second or third ...

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