Alaska Trip : July 1-23, 2017

Part 6 - Juneau

July 18: Juneau

I wandered around the state capitol, Douglas Island, and Mendenhall Glacier.

pIMG_8077.JPG	cIMG_8080.JPG	pIMG_8083.JPG	"Harvest of the Land"
"Harvest of the Sea"	cIMG_8092.JPG	cIMG_8098.JPG	cIMG_8101.JPG
cIMG_8103.JPG	pIMG_8104.JPG	St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church	cIMG_8122.JPG
The steep streets reminded me of San Francisco	Song Sparrow with a crane fly	pIMG_8149.JPG	pIMG_8157.JPG
Fish Creek, aptly named	Salmon!	pIMG_8179.JPG	The cruise ships are bigger than the buildings
The hotel I stayed at	A cruise ship at the same scale	Mendenhall Glacier	Nugget Creek
Arctic Tern	pIMG_8249.JPG	cIMG_8258.JPG	cIMG_8259.JPG
cIMG_8264.JPG	cIMG_8276.JPG	pIMG_8280.JPG	cIMG_8289.JPG
Wilson's Warbler (?)	Looks beaver chewed	Beaver dam	Some unusual vines
The show felt like a multi-venue Olympic telecast where the cliffhanger never happened.	cIMG_03451.JPG	Sockeye salmon	Giant Alaskan Mosquito! (Crane fly)
The helicopter tours came and went in groups of 4-5

July 18: Salmon Creek

On the way back into town, I found the even more aptly named Salmon Creek. There were a tremendous number of salmon, eagles, and gulls gathered. A 15.9 foot high tide at 9:23p was coming in, which was driving the birds off.

cIMG_03466.JPG	Juvenile Bald Eagle	cIMG_8390.JPG	cIMG_8410.JPG
pIMG_8432.JPG	The tide rose quickly. Note the rock (7:40p AKDT)	pIMG_8468.JPG	pIMG_8492.JPG
pIMG_8499.JPG	cIMG_8505.JPG	pIMG_8515.JPG	7:48p
pIMG_8528.JPG	pIMG_8534.JPG	7:59p	The landing eagle is going to get a surprise
pIMG_8563.JPG	pIMG_8566.JPG	pIMG_8570.JPG	?This is deeper than expected?
You tricked me!	cIMG_8583.JPG	pIMG_8595.JPG	8:02p
pIMG_8614.JPG	8:13p	pIMG_8622.JPG	pIMG_8623.JPG
pIMG_8636.JPG	pIMG_8658.JPG

July 19: Salmon Creek

I spent much of the day at Salmon Creek. A 12.9 foot high tide at 10:28a was to be followed by a 3.5 foot low tide at 4:12p, so after all the eagles left in the morning, I did some gift shopping in town and came back as the tide was going back out.

pIMG_8663.JPG	pIMG_8669.JPG	pIMG_8670.JPG	cIMG_8677.JPG
pIMG_8680.JPG	pIMG_8681.JPG	pIMG_8682.JPG	Some dogfighting
cIMG_8727.JPG	Bonaparte's Gull	pIMG_8737.JPG	pIMG_8741.JPG
pIMG_8746.JPG	pIMG_8748.JPG	pIMG_8750.JPG	pIMG_8753.JPG
pIMG_8756.JPG	pIMG_8760.JPG	pIMG_8768.JPG	pIMG_8779.JPG
pIMG_8786.JPG	cIMG_8802.JPG	cIMG_8819.JPG	pIMG_8820.JPG
pIMG_8829.JPG	pIMG_8877.JPG	pIMG_8902.JPG	pIMG_8906.JPG
pIMG_8915.JPG	pIMG_8929.JPG	pIMG_8936.JPG	pIMG_8949.JPG
pIMG_8960.JPG	pIMG_8961.JPG	pIMG_8994.JPG	pIMG_8997.JPG
pIMG_8999.JPG	pIMG_9015.JPG	pIMG_9040.JPG	pIMG_9082.JPG
pIMG_9100.JPG	pIMG_9101.JPG	pIMG_9103.JPG	pIMG_9117.JPG
pIMG_9133.JPG	pIMG_9134.JPG	pIMG_9165.JPG	The gull on the water has a salmon egg
cIMG_9180.JPG	pIMG_9186.JPG	cIMG_9188.JPG	pIMG_9197.JPG
pIMG_03469.JPG	cIMG_03472.JPG	I wonder what that's about?	Replacing a radome on a cruise ship
pIMG_03496.JPG	I survived the bears!	Cute!	cIMG_9220.JPG
pIMG_9225.JPG	cIMG_9242.JPG	pIMG_9248.JPG	Pigeon Guillemot
pIMG_9257.JPG	pIMG_9262.JPG	The Coral Princess. I wonder if we'll meet again?	pIMG_9284.JPG
pIMG_9285.JPG	pIMG_9291.JPG	cIMG_9293.JPG	cIMG_9297.JPG
cIMG_9299.JPG	cIMG_9307.JPG	Northwestern Crow	cIMG_03510.JPG
pIMG_9332.JPG	pIMG_9340.JPG	pIMG_9349.JPG	cIMG_9367.JPG
pIMG_9370.JPG	cIMG_9383.JPG	cIMG_9385.JPG	pIMG_9387.JPG
pIMG_9391.JPG	Wrestling a salmon	pIMG_9411.JPG	cIMG_9417.JPG
pIMG_9421.JPG	cIMG_9427.JPG	pIMG_9465.JPG	pIMG_9468.JPG
pIMG_9501.JPG	pIMG_9514.JPG	pIMG_9523.JPG	pIMG_9531.JPG
pIMG_9537.JPG	pIMG_9539.JPG	pIMG_9553.JPG	pIMG_9557.JPG
pIMG_9586.JPG	pIMG_9593.JPG	pIMG_9613.JPG	pIMG_9622.JPG
pIMG_9648.JPG	pIMG_9660.JPG	pIMG_9737.JPG	Juveniles dogfighting
pIMG_9758.JPG	pIMG_9759.JPG	pIMG_9760.JPG	pIMG_9766.JPG
pIMG_9778.JPG	pIMG_9792.JPG	pIMG_9819.JPG	cIMG_9863.JPG