A beautiful male King Eider in nice light. We saw a number of male and female Eider in the area.
A Tufted Puffin takes off from rocks near the Stellar Sea Lions. We didn't see many of these Puffins. The Horned Puffins were more common.
A harbor seal checking us out as we slowly cruise on by.
A grizzly sow and her cub returning from clamming at low tide.
A male Long-tailed Duck, fairly common in the area.
Red-necked Phalarope on nearby pond.
Sea Otter mother with pup
A sow grizzly and her cubs sense danger from a big boar in the distance and stand to get a better look.
The bear is picking up part of the clam still attached to a piece of shell.
A male Spectacled Eider. These are very uncommon, found mainly along the north coast of Alaska, along pack ice in the Beaufort Sea, and in Siberia.
A Red Fox attacking a pair of White-fronted Geese. The geese successfully thwarted the attack and the fox retreated! This was so remarkable to watch!!
Sea Otter mother with pup, cleaning its face.
This sow grizzly is nursing her three cubs. We were watching her with her cubs for quite awhile before she responded to her cubs low growls that were pleas for milk. These are probably second year cubs.
After a lot of sparring that looked serious but drew no blood, all is now peaceful among the three cubs. Precious looks; makes you want to go pet them (which would be a HUGE mistake)!
As we were returning along the beach in the late evening, we encountered this lone bear walking along the water's edge with nice lighting and reflection.
A Tundra Swan, distiguished from the Trumpeter Swan by the small yellow patch at the base of their bill.
A sea otter nurses her pup on an ice floe.
A grizzly sow and one of her three cubs checking out a possible bear intruder.
A grizzly sow and her cubs chasing a third year male bear down the beach past some other photographers toward our position.
A Bald Eagle heading for a rocky ledge on Duck Island.
A Tundra Swan, distiguished from the Trumpeter Swan by the small yellow patch at the base of their bill.
This sea otter is checking us out as I take his picture.
The shorter cub seems to make up in attitude what it lacks in height.
Bald Eagle sitting on rocky ledge amid wildflowers.