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Churchill Trip : August 17-31, 2023

Part 2 - Churchill

In the morning, we went on the Discover Churchill Wildlife and Sightseeing Tour with Drew

Churchill Cemetery	Bald Eagle	Juvenile Bald Eagle	Polar bear relocation
Miss Piggy	cIMG_2103.JPG	pIMG_2112.JPG	pIMG_2115.JPG
Polar Bear Holding Facility	cIMG_2120.JPG	pIMG_2123.JPG	Semipalmated Sandpiper (?)
Tundra Swan and Mergansers	The Golf Balls	The Ithaka	cIMG_2150.JPG
Churchill Rocket Research Range	cIMG_2155.JPG	Polar bear!	pIMG_2163.JPG
pIMG_2164.JPG	pIMG_2167.JPG	pIMG_2172.JPG	pIMG_2177.JPG
pIMG_2181.JPG	pIMG_2182.JPG	pIMG_2183.JPG	pIMG_2184.JPG
pIMG_2185.JPG	pIMG_2186.JPG	pIMG_2187.JPG	pIMG_2190.JPG
pIMG_2194.JPG	pIMG_2195.JPG	pIMG_2197.JPG	pIMG_2203.JPG
pIMG_2213.JPG	pIMG_2217.JPG	pIMG_2227.JPG	pIMG_2229.JPG
That one rock is furry...	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Canada Goose	pIMG_2250.JPG
pIMG_2253.JPG	It has ear tags	Adirondack chairs at Cape Merry	pIMG_2270.JPG
Aquagliding	pIMG_2285.JPG	Beluga Whales	cIMG_2322.JPG

Equipped with our own rental car, we explored Goose Creek Rd in the afternoon, and stopped by Miss Piggy again.

pIMG_2326.JPG	pIMG_2335.JPG	pIMG_2339.JPG	Short-billed Dowitcher (?)
Northern Pintail	pIMG_2346.JPG	pIMG_2349.JPG	pIMG_2352.JPG
Sandhill Cranes	pIMG_2361.JPG	pIMG_2365.JPG	pIMG_2367.JPG
pIMG_2368.JPG	pIMG_2370.JPG	pIMG_2372.JPG	pIMG_2378.JPG
pIMG_2382.JPG	Pectoral Sandpipers	pIMG_2394.JPG	Northern Shoveler
Canada Geese	pIMG_2406.JPG	pIMG_2410.JPG	pIMG_2412.JPG
pIMG_2416.JPG	pIMG_2422.JPG	Pacific Loon	pIMG_2438.JPG
pIMG_2441.JPG	pIMG_2448.JPG	pIMG_2458.JPG	pIMG_2461.JPG
pIMG_2463.JPG	pIMG_2468.JPG	pIMG_2471.JPG	pIMG_2472.JPG
pIMG_2478.JPG	cIMG_2484.JPG	cIMG_2485.JPG	cIMG_2489.JPG
cIMG_2490.JPG	Dead goose	pIMG_2501.JPG	pIMG_2502.JPG
pIMG_2506.JPG	Ithaka at low tide	pIMG_2516.JPG	Churchill lights from Akudlik Marsh
Big Dipper with aurora!	pIMG_2525.JPG	pIMG_2530.JPG

We drove out to the Churchill Northern Studies Centre and explored along the way.

Boots, socks, shirt... = polar bear dinner?	cIMG_2545.JPG	pIMG_2549.JPG	pIMG_2566.JPG
pIMG_2568.JPG	Water boatman	cIMG_2583.JPG	Orange lichen
cIMG_2596.JPG	Savannah Sparrow (?)	cIMG_2605.JPG	White-crowned Sparrow (juvenile?)
pIMG_2607.JPG	pIMG_2608.JPG	cIMG_2609.JPG	pIMG_2612.JPG
pIMG_2618.JPG	Caribou carcass	pIMG_2661.JPG	Bald Eagle chasing a raven for its food
pIMG_2672.JPG	Herring Gull	American Kestrel	cIMG_2737.JPG
Tundra Buggy dock	An electric Tundra Buggy!	cIMG_2745.JPG	New gravel pit outside of town
pIMG_2751.JPG	pIMG_2752.JPG	Polar bear collar

We had a kayaking tour scheduled for the afternoon, but it was deemed too windy to kayak. Sea North Tours substituted a zodiac tour instead.

Some GoPro frame grabs of those nosey belugas!

cIMG_02140100_b003.jpg	cIMG_02140341_b001.jpg	cIMG_02140342_b001.jpg	cIMG_02180020_b001.jpg
cIMG_02180052_b001.jpg	cIMG_02180100_b005.jpg

We looked around town and went out to Cape Merry in the morning

Playground in the community center	pIMG_2776.JPG	cIMG_2779.JPG	cIMG_2780.JPG
pIMG_2798.JPG	cIMG_2815.JPG	cIMG_2820.JPG	Prince of Wales Fort
Common Eiders	cIMG_2848.JPG	cIMG_2851.JPG	cIMG_91633.JPG

In the afternoon, a Tundra Buggy tour