An Alaskan Adventure : July 1 - 29, 2026

Part 6 - Brooks Lodge Day 1

July 18: Arrival

After meeting a couple more friends at the airport, we all took the shuttle down to the Katmai Air floatplane base. It was a short flight to Brooks Camp, and true to its reputation for bears, we saw some near the beach before even getting out of the plane. After attending bear school, we were greeted by more bears passing through the lodge grounds. After setting down in our cabin and having dinner, we walked out to the viewing platforms on the river.

Fancy ramp sweeper

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Rapids Camp Lodge on the Naknek River

Approaching Brooks Camp

Hey look, a bear!

Bear school

No bears on the bridge, please

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Bald Eagle

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Spruce Grouse chick

Spruce Grouse

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Native dwelling reconstruction

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Brooks River boardwalk/bridge

Black-billed Magpie

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Spotted Sandpiper

Bald Eagle

Common Goldeneye

Submarine bear

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A bear left a present at the corner of our cabin

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Mallards

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Interesting gait

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Common Merganser chicks

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Classic Brooks Falls view

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17 bears in the frame!

Bear bed

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Glaucous-winged Gull

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At least 14 bears in this frame

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Greater Yellowlegs

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"High-grading" - eating the fatty skin...

and brains...

and discarding the lower-calorie protein.

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It's a bear toy now

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Shelf Fungus

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Common Merganser

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