Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK
Red-necked Grebe (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK
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Red-necked Grebe (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK
Mew Gull (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK
Magpie (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK
Cackling Goose (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK
Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK
Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK
River Otter (© Nick Viani) Ship Creek, Anchorage, AK
Greater Scaup (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK
Hudsonian Godwit (© Nick Viani) Ship Creek, Anchorage, AK
American Pipit (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Where's the American Bittern? (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area
American Bittern (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area
American Bittern (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area
Yellow-headed Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area
Yellow-headed Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area
Yellow-headed Blackbird female (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area
Snowy Plover (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area
Shoveler Ducks (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area
Camping in our Escape 21 at Summer Lake (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area
Savannah Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area
Cowbird (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area
Song Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area
Willet (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area
Least Sandpipers (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area
Black-necked Stilt (and a Willet) (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area
Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani)
Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) The plucky duck broke the surface several times.
Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) The plucky duck broke the surface several times.
Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) The plucky duck broke the surface several times.
Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) A Blue-winged Teal female swam a mournful vigil not 5' from the hawk.
Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) Lifting the waterlogged victim onto shore.
Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) The wings were the first to go.
Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) Removing the feathers.
Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani)
Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani)
Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani)
Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani)
Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) Hiding the carcass in nearby grass.
Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) After an hour, the Harrier flew off to fetch his mate.
Northern Harrier female (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area
Canada Goose nesting (© Nick Viani) Greenhouse Rd., Burns, OR
Least Squirrel (© Nick Viani) Visitors Center, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Note
Nuttall’s Cottontail Rabbit (© Nick Viani) Visitors Center, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Note
California Quail (© Nick Viani) Visitors Center, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
American Goldfinch (© Nick Viani) Visitors Center, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Great-horned Owl & 3 babies (© Nick Viani) Research Station, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Yellow Warbler (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Marsh Wren (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
White-faced Ibis (© Nick Viani) National Wildlife Refuge
Western Kingbird (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Barn Swallow (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Yellow-rumped Warbler - Audubon (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Yellow Warbler (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Pied-billed Grebe (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Western Grebe (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Ruddy Duck (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Marty & Terry (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
American Bittern (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
White-faced Ibis (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Franklin's Gull (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Wilson's Phalarope (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Wilson's Snipe (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Our campsite at Page Springs (© Nick Viani) (© Nick Viani) Page Springs Campground, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Yellow-bellied Marmot (© Nick Viani) (© Nick Viani) Page Springs Campground, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Yellow Warbler (© Nick Viani) Page Springs Campground, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Western Tanager (© Nick Viani) Page Springs Campground, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Townsend's Warbler (© Nick Viani) Page Springs Campground, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Bushtit (© Nick Viani) Page Springs Campground, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Nashville Warbler (© Nick Viani) Page Springs Campground, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Nashville Warbler (© Nick Viani) Page Springs Campground, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Wilson's Snipe (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Virginia Rail (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Virginia Rail (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Wilson's Snipe (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Sandhill Crane (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Page Springs Campground, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Page Springs Campground, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Yellow Warbler (© Nick Viani) Page Springs Campground, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Western Kingbird (© Nick Viani) Barnes Warm Springs, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Black-billed Magpie (© Nick Viani) Barnes Warm Springs, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Canada Geese (© Nick Viani) Page Springs Campground, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Common Merganser (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Ring-necked Pheasant (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Gopher Snake (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Great Egret (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Great Egret (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
White-faced Ibis (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Black-headed Grosbeak (© Nick Viani 5/21) Backyard Birds, Audubon Bird Migration Day
Western Bluebird (© Nick Viani 5/21) Oak Knoll Golf Course
Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani 5/21) Oak Knoll Golf Course
Band-tailed Pigeon (© Nick Viani 5/21) Paradise Lane Backyard birds
Shoveler Ducks (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Note
Cowbird (© Nick Viani) Wood River Wetlands, Klamath County, OR
Western Meadowlark (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Wild Mustang (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge along So. Steens Rd.
Blitzen River (© Nick Viani) Page Springs Campground, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Wild flower upstream from Page Springs (© Nick Viani)
Wild flower upstream from Page Springs (© Nick Viani)
Blitzen River (© Nick Viani) ½ mile upstream from Page Springs. Big bow in the river, Canada Geese on the bluffs honkin' away.
Wild flower upstream from Page Springs (© Nick Viani)
Rusty Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska
Semipalmated Plover (© Nick Viani) Council Highway, Nome, Alaska
Lupin growing wild on the Spit (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Kamchatka Fritillary on Spit (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Lupin detail (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Only small planes can land on the shorter runway (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Bristle-thighed Curlew (© Nick Viani) Milepost 72, Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska
Bristle-thighed Curlew (© Nick Viani) Milepost 72, Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska
Bar-tailed Godwit (© Nick Viani) Milepost 72, Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska
Blackpoll Warbler (© Nick Viani) Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska
Northern Waterthrush - New World Warbler (© Nick Viani) Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska
Golden-crowned Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska
Russian Orthodox Church Cemetery (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Companions for the Dandilions (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Lapland Longspur female (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Least Sandpiper (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Immature Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
American Pipit (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Red Fox (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Bald eagle and stacked crab pots (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Savannah Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Lapland Longspur female (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Gray-crowned Rosy Finch (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Pigeon Guillemot (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Red-necked Merganser (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Harlequin Ducks (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Arctic Ground Squirrel (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Adult protecting catch from an attacking juvenile eagle (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Adult successfully protecting its catch (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Arctic Ground Squirrel (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Detail
Sea Otter (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Sea Otter (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Sea-going barges transport most of supplies to distant coastal ports (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Dock to nowhere (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Pelagic Cormorants & Glacous Gull (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Tufted Puffin (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Tufted Puffin (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Tufted Puffin (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Horned Puffin (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Tufted Puffin Juvenile (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Tufted Puffin Juvenile (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Arctic Bumblebee (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Lapland Longspur male (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Lapland Longspur female (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Thick-billed Murre (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Song Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Common Merganser (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Bald Eagle in mountainside nest (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Black Oystercatcher (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Semipalmated Plover (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Semipalmated Plover (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Willow Ptarmigan (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Rock Ptarmigan (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Marbled Murelet (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
American Widgeon (© Nick Viani) Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska
Juvenile Bald Eagle soaring above the fishing industry (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Immature Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Bald Eagle nest (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Black-legged Kittiwakes (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Black-legged Kittiwake (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Lapland Longspur male (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
USS Northwestern wreck bombed and sunk June 4, 1942 during attack by Japanese warplanes in WWII (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Piled line on the harbor (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Fishing vessels used to catch crab, pollack, and cod (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Terry, Marty, and Sooney during our climb up Mount Ballyhoo (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Piled line on at the harbor (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Disposing of wreckage appeared to be a problem (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Fishing vessels in Captain's Cove Marina (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Marty and his long lens wearing their raincoats (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Great traveling buddies (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Dutch Harbor from Mount Ballyhoo (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Little South America, a favorite picnic site by locals (© Sooney Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Fish processing plant in the distance - photo taken from our room at the Grand Aleutian Hotel (© Sooney Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska