Alaska Photo Gallery -- Wildlife, Landscapes, Scenery

Alaska Photo Gallery (June, 2006)

I had the fortune of spending 7 days in Alaska in June, 2006. OK, sure, most of that was for work, but work in this case meant FIELD work, which meant driving and flying around, looking at the landscape. That alone gave me the opportunity to see the south-central part of Alaska from near Denali in the North, to Homer in the South. I also had 2 days to poke around on my own. I had an especially fun day down around Seward, highlighted by a wildlife cruise that went by nesting Puffins and other seabirds, and came across Killer Whales, Humpback Whales, Steller's Sea Lions, and Sea Otters at close range.

Fun trip, both for the animals and the scenery. I ended up taking close to 1,000 photos, and here are some of my favorites. I've broken it up into three sections: Birds, other animals, and scenery/landscape.

Note most of the birds in these photos are wild, but I did visit the Seward SeaLife Center, where you can practically touch Puffins and other sea birds from this area. A few of the shots (like the Tufted Puffin) are from the SeaLife Center, as the shots I got of them in the wild weren't too good.

Birds
		Common Loon
		Red-necked Grebe
	Horned Puffin
		Tufted Puffin
		Common Murre
		Harlequin Duck
		King Eider
		Greater Scaup
		Black-legged Kittiwake
		Mew Gull
		Glaucous-winged Gull
		Arctic Tern
		Tree Swallow
		Townsend's Warbler
		Orange-crowned Warbler
		White-crowned Sparrow
		Lincoln's Sparrow
		Pine Grosbeak
Other Animals
		Humpback Whale
		Humpback Whale
		Sea Otter
		Orca (Killer Whale)
		Orca (Killer Whale)
		Steller Sea Lion
		Dall Sheep
		Moose
		Coho Salmon
Landscape/Scenery
		Bear Valley
		Mount McKinley
		Homer Area Overlook
		Kenai Peninsula Creek