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Post by Geoff on Jun 21, 2013 14:57:32 GMT -5
I am going to put the pictures I take of animals up here in this thread Red Necked Phalarope  American Herring Gull  Long Tailed Duck  Northern Pintail  King Eider   Spectacled Eider  Pacific Loon  Greater White Fronted Goose  Tundra Swan   Caribou   |
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Post by Bikerrandy on Jun 21, 2013 15:07:51 GMT -5
Great pics! The caribou looks like reindeer.
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Post by grizman on Jun 21, 2013 15:15:04 GMT -5
Great wildlife shots Geoff. Your photos make me want to break down and try to figure out how to post photos on the forum. I have lots i'd like to share, but this photo posting is all pretty new to me. I do have a Photobucket account, so that is a start!
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Post by Geoff on Jun 21, 2013 15:21:01 GMT -5
Thanks guys.
Randy, caribou=reindeer. Up here caribou is used when referencing wild animals, reindeer are domesticated sausage reserves. Mmmmm reindeer sausage.
Grizman, I've never had problems with posting photos on forums until photobucket and pro boards rolled out new sites. Now I type my entire post, code and all, in word then copy and paste it into the forum. Even then it only works 70% of the time. Real pain in my ass.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2013 16:16:26 GMT -5
OMG, I just woke up. My head is killing me. I saw the Eiders, fainted dead away and cracked my head on some Blue Pearl (Spectrolite) granite. Dang, I have no clue how long I was knocked out. I need a Vicodin.
King Eider is the holy grail of duck hunters and the Spectacled eider is a distant dream! To hunt the King I must trip to the Pribiloff Islands in January! Party with the crab men!
Those are some really excellent images of some really excellent animals.
Caribou sausage making me hungry.I have mallard sausage in the freezer. Need to finish it!
Thank you.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2013 16:17:53 GMT -5
I need to work with Geoff V. 2.0!
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Post by panamark on Jun 21, 2013 16:18:16 GMT -5
Wow, those bird pics make me want to get a plane ticket right now! As an avid bird watcher those closeups make me drool! I thought that was an artic loon - never realized difference with Pacific loon and had to look up. Looks like the weather is ideal right now. How long is your summer and when do the bugs get bad?
Please keep the pictures coming :-)
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Post by Geoff on Jun 21, 2013 16:30:12 GMT -5
Sun sets in 38 days. Mosquitoes are killer, bigger than some of the birds. A little known trick... Stay away from bananas and take B12 supplements. I rarely get bit while my colleagues are drowning in Off and still swatting at them. Yesterday was dead clear all day. These pictures are from 10pm ish so the sun was a little lower than I like for photography. I was watching a thunderstorm roll in from the Brooks Range for a couple hours, finally arrived around 11 when I got back to camp. Yesterday was in the high 60's low 70's, but last week it was pushing 80 for a few days in a row. Right now its cloudy, humid, and mid 60's. I'm going to head back out tonight, I saw some Greater and Lesser Scaup and several more varieties of geese.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2013 16:34:13 GMT -5
They hiring welders?
What certs do they require?
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Post by Geoff on Jun 21, 2013 17:20:54 GMT -5
They're always hiring everyone. No clue on the certs.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2013 17:25:41 GMT -5
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Post by Geoff on Jun 21, 2013 18:09:04 GMT -5
The flip side to that is the sun doesn't rise from November 24th to January 18th. Our longest day is 63 days, 23 hours. Our longest night is 54 days, 22 hours.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2013 22:23:57 GMT -5
I need to apply for a job. Does one have to live in Alaska?
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Post by Geoff on Jun 21, 2013 22:36:57 GMT -5
One does not. We have many snow birds in these parts. They tend to work a 3x3 schedule. Makes the commute more tolerable.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2013 23:05:50 GMT -5
One does not. We have many snow birds in these parts. They tend to work a 3x3 schedule. Makes the commute more tolerable. 3x3? 3 weeks on, 3 weeks off? I could do that year round! No snowbird here. I can take the weather and three weeks ain't long enough for SAD. Where do I apply?  |
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Post by jamesp on Jun 22, 2013 8:54:28 GMT -5
Red Necked Phalarope!!!Gotta be from Georgia.
Awesome wildlife truly awesome
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Post by Geoff on Jun 22, 2013 18:30:18 GMT -5
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 23, 2013 10:32:39 GMT -5
A veritable duck hunter's bird watcher's paradise! Are the King Eiders rare? What a funny looking bill it has!
Thanks for sharing, Geoff - those pics are great! Jean
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 15:29:20 GMT -5
I am sitting, and boy, was I glad I was!
Awesome images of some terrific wildlife! Thank you for sharing.
Jean, it's bird watching all the way. We hunter's are honorable and sporting. We'd never consider hunting waterfowl during the reproductive season. They are there to mate and make more ducks for the hunters!
As for King Eider's abundance? As far as I can tell from my research of the Pribiloff Island trip, the populations are at historic highs. That is good. That does not make them common. Mallards are less than historic highs but still everywhere. Aside from the crazy bull, the bird has lot's of interesting features. They breed up there in Geoff's neck of the wood. But many ducks do. Scaup, Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Tundra Swan all migrate to the lower 48. King Eider migrate only far enough south to have open seawater to feed in. If the Bering Sea freezes they go a little further south. That is one freaking tough fowl. Feeding in 28 degree seawater!
Geoff also showed as Spectacled Eider. Until very recently, that bird's winter range was unknown. Not a numerous species, we saw them reproducing in the summer up north, but when winter came they disappeared. I have a book with an image. There were hundreds of Spec Eiders all huddled together using their body heat to keep the sea ice from freezing over the hole they were using to feed under! Eiders are the most badass ducks!
Geoff I am glad you have the photography and wildlife watching bug!
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