Pink Petals & Tiny Wings

This was my (Christina's) first attempt with taking a picture with a macro lens. We both didn't notice this winged insect until we put the pictures onto our computer. I love this pink color. Quent told me this is a salmon berry blossom.

Evening Colors

Warblers

Christina noticed a couple warblers from our upstairs window. This is a male Wilson's Warbler.

Here is a male Yellow Warbler. These guys added a little bit of yellow sunshine on an otherwise dull rainy day.

Woronkofski Island

We had a beautiful afternoon between squalls and hail. The clounds were moving past the top of Woronkofski Island quickly, giving many different photo opportunities.

Lots of interesting textures.

Birds

This Northern Flicker's feathers are being ruffled by the breeze as he sits on the peak of our house. It had our kitties excited when it would pound on the tin, they know it is the sound of a bird. Flickers are uncommon around SE Alaska but not around our house. We have a pair that nests nearby and there are several other pairs in town.

Went to Petroglyph Beach earlier today and saw a large flock of Black Turnstones. They are pretty in flight and I was fortunate that an eagle was chasing a gull nearby and scared these birds off their rock.

Notice the Bonaparte's Gulls flying with the flock of turnstones. This was after the eagle had chased them all off a rock.

This is what a Black Turnstone looks like when it is sitting still.

Us

I realize that Quent and I don't have a lot of pictures of us on our blog, so I thought I'd throw this one into the group of posts. We were just experimenting with our camera and this was one of the best shots. It's one of those pictures where you catch an emotion...some feeling. And I think what was captured here was, "I love you."

Once upon a clear night...

This isn't your typical moon picture, but I thought it was a neat photo.

Hummingbird

Quent took these pictures of a hummingbird visiting our feeder. I think the reddish color is so brilliant! It's really neat because the colors seem to change depending on the light.

Alaskan Moon

We have seen this welcome sight a number of times over the past few nights.

Winter or Spring?

My favorite framing tree and his buddy wrap their branches around this mountain.

Castle Mountain up close and personal.

Chichagof Pass from a muskeg on the trail.

Blueberry blossoms!

The rufous hummingbirds (this one is a male) have been enjoying our feeders almost as much as the cats have been enjoying the feeders being right next to the window.

Woke up at 3:40am to go hiking before work. Should have got up about 20 minutes earlier and I would have been on top of the ridge at the first morning light. Still had a pretty good view of the sunrise. And if you were wondering, I didn't make it to work until 8:30am. Not too bad.

I'll let you decide what this looks like.

North Wrangell High Country Shelter... comes with a free view!

Diverse shots

I thought this photo was quite interesting. These junkos were moving all over the place and right after I focused on one and tried to snap a picture it moved and the auto-focus started focusing on another point. At least that is what I think happened. Cool effect in my opinion.

These mountains looked real nice with the last of the evening light on them. After we came home I was looking at the pictures Christina took, and I realized what a unique appearance these mountains have.

Berg mountain with the same effect.

The migration is underway. From robins to sandhill cranes and to these guys. They were flying too high for me to identify them.

Woronkofski Welcome

On clear mornings Woronkofski Island welcomes the sun with blazing pink and then orange splendor. Today the clear skies revealed something else. A number of avalanches have slid down the steeper slopes in search of the sea.

This is the ridge extending west of Marsha Peak where Nathan and I went goat hunting.

A wonderful way to spend the day in the swealtering spring heat.

 

For the Birds

Yesterday we hung up the hummingbird feeder. Shadow was pleased. Hummingbirds are her favorites. She only wishes they were flying around in the house.

An eagle as seen from our deck.

Itchy shin? Or perhaps he is fixing his landing gear.