
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

Bald Eagle nest (© 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

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

Piled line on at the harbor (© 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

Piled line on the harbor (© 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

Fishing vessels used to catch crab, pollack, and cod (© 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

Savannah Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska

Lupin growing wild on the 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

Kamchatka Fritillary on Spit (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska

American Pipit (© 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

Disposing of wreckage appeared to be a problem (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska

Red Fox (© 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

Harlequin Ducks (© 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

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

Dock to nowhere (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska

Song Sparrow (© 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

Black Oystercatcher (© 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

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

Marbled Murelet (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska

Rock Ptarmigan (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska

Willow Ptarmigan (© 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

Little South America, a favorite picnic site by locals (© Sooney 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 successfully protecting its catch (© 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

Arctic Ground Squirrel (© 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

Terry, Marty, and Sooney during our climb up Mount Ballyhoo (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska

Detail

Juvenile Bald Eagle soaring above the fishing industry (© 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

Black-legged Kittiwakes (© 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

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

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

Black-legged Kittiwake (© 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

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

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 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