More random pictures of mountain life

Rock ptarmigan



Loiseleuria procumbens - Alpine azalea



Saxifraga eschscholtzii - Ciliate saxifrage












Ranunculus cooleyae - Cooley's buttercup










Gray-crowned rosy finch

Photos from our latest kayaking trip

Dunlin


Brown Bear


Semipalmated plovers


Lesser yellowlegs


Whimbrel


Wandering tattlers


Rock ptarmigan


Rock ptarmigan


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Mines in Prince William Sound

There are a bunch of interesting mines in Prince William Sound. They're fun to explore, although sometimes made even more interesting by rotten timbers and caved-in roofs.


Oh, and they're always more or less flooded:


This is a cool stamp mill:


There are also little ore carts abandoned all over the place:


An old boiler:


Another ore cart:


Sometimes it's just downright sketchy - and fun!!!


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Walking around in Prince William Sound

Here are some pictures of hiking during last summer's kayaking trip in Prince William Sound.

Kayaking pictures from Prince William Sound

This is fairly self-explanatory: here are some pictures of kayaking in Prince William Sound last summer.


I actually climbed onto this iceberg and did a crazy-fast seal launch off it!


Sea lions are curious there too, but by and large they left us alone more than in Sitka.


Cool rocks!


We got salmon twice from fishing boats. Quite the feast!


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Kayaking in Prince William Sound

Hello! Here are some random pictures from Prince William Sound, where Cathy and Steve and myself went kayaking in June. The pictures came out small, but deal with it...




Andromeda polyfolia












Boschniakia rossica












Fritillaria camschatcensis









Our state bird! The willow ptarmigan - Lagopus lagopus










Black oystercatcher

Haematopus bachmani







Melibe leonina









Metridium farcimen








Musculus discors










Nuphar luteum

List of the Birds of Titicaca / Lista de las Aves del Titicaca

I decided to use Google Doc as a test for one of my classes, and here is a worthwhile text for that application: the two-part list of the birds of the Reserva Nacional Del Titicaca, which I made last winter (boreal winter, that is):

Part 1

Part 2

And here's the paper I wrote about that:

Informe de Voluntariado RNT