nostr:npub1398d3cqej285a540a298p7c7rs0xlx446cln6m5qa75eahtkskqs54qv7d It really does, but it's truly a dolphin.

nostr:npub1kgg2scv5ay4642wfs3t4zyadg2lunz60lk57yksu4k83d6e6eeascdxmym I know! Makes me furious!

Sweet Hatcher, the Pika, taking a little nap on a boulder up in the mountains of Hatcher Pass, Alaska. Photo by Phillip Flippo

#Alaska #AlaskaWildlife #AlaskaPika

So disgusting on every level! 😡

"More than 20 endangered sea lions have been found dead in the Copper River Delta this summer, many with gunshot wounds. The National Marine Fisheries Service has now quadrupled the reward for information on the illegal killings to $20,000.

Sadie Wright, a biologist with the agency, said the dead animals were found during surveys of the area east of Cordova. This year, she said, it’s an unusually high number.

“We’ve done this for a number of years,” Wright said. “And this year we’ve found a big spike in the number of dead sea lions on the islands there.”

As of June 2, they’d found seven dead sea lions in the area. Since then, at least 15 more have been reported. Wright said by this time in previous years they’d found about three or four.

Steller Sea Lions are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act. Killing them is illegal."

#AlaskaMurderers #SlaughteredStellerSeaLions #Alaska

https://alaskapublic.org/2023/08/07/reward-increased-after-more-than-20-endangered-sea-lions-illegally-killed-near-cordova/

So, how did this little guy get 4 miles from shore and in the middle of an oil field?? Find out here: https://alaskabeacon.com/2023/08/07/how-did-a-walrus-get-four-miles-from-shore-to-the-middle-of-an-alaska-oil-field/

So, this happened in Alaska's capital city of Juneau Saturday night! Lots of damage due to the glacial outburst.

#Alaska #JuneauAlaska

https://youtu.be/bKVdDkfbHUo

nostr:npub15a44je2l5xp8yx3gc85yns3w4prxummwhedf75cuc6zxp0aqqflsmkm3m6 Don't know and will not try to find out...lol!

nostr:npub1yslas40hc8c7rawe5k4cvwr9y6pnpawvaltk94ks35whq2w5wz9sgrxdhd Not Otis. Just one of many Kodiak brown bears. Otis is at Brooks Falls at Katmai National Park eating lots of fishes. You can watch the bears here: https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears/brown-bear-salmon-cam-brooks-falls

nostr:npub1aju63fyfhr5s9j4nhklnhfac4stx3a9epug38utjya3gp2an4z0sthufs6 Yes, the Interior can get quite warm. I lived in Tok, which is south of Fairbanks, for 8 years. It's a drier warm weather than where I live now, which is on the Kenai Peninsula. Well, it felt like year round winter this year as we had more snow than I ever remember and then it rained for most of June and July!

Very impressive and LARGE bear on Kodiak Island. 😲

Photo by Fred O'Hearn

#Alaska #AlaskaWildlife #KodiakBears

OMG! That precious little face!

#Alaska #AlaskaMarineLife

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/wildlife/2023/08/05/how-did-a-walrus-get-four-miles-from-shore-to-the-middle-of-an-alaska-oil-field/

nostr:npub1a3u8nrlyjxycyes90uqwga3saylcqpnyrfjfehtrmx3c0372l2pqdsvw69 As in went underwater do to the earthquake.

Sweetness, right here! This little Pacific Walrus calf is getting lots of snuggles at the SeaLife Center in Seward. 💗

#Alaska #AlaskaMarineLife #SeaLifeCenterAlaska

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/wildlife/2023/08/04/cuddling-is-just-what-the-doctor-ordered-for-rescued-walrus-calf-in-alaska/

And of course, there had to be sunset shots from the beach on our return from Possession Point.

#Alaska #CookInlet

nostr:npub1aju63fyfhr5s9j4nhklnhfac4stx3a9epug38utjya3gp2an4z0sthufs6 You are so welcome! It is a fascinating and amazing place! I love sharing it with as many people as possible.

nostr:npub15074264qfye8gc2u9s3fdn2cq23x90mx372fluj8ff48hj22zrzqh7e4gg And I would take him at his word! I love him.

More photos from our trip to Possession Point today.

Hubby and I finally made it to Point Possession today! This has been a trip we have wanted to make for a few years, but the only way to get there is by our Ranger and one must be cognizant of the tides. Anyway, we had issues with the ranger our first two tries, but today, we made it! It's 29 miles up the beach and it was a journey with a flat tire, but we got there and it was so beautiful. Point Possession got its name from Captain Cook who "discovered" Alaska although the Dena'ina people had been here for millennia. Not to get all colonial and stuff, but it signifies the day he "took possession" of Alaska...HA! Right across from Point Possession is Fire Island, which used to be the home to Indigenous folks until disease forced them to move across Turnagain Arm to Point Possession. Fire Island became a US Air Force Station for an air defense radar center and Nike surface-to-air missile site for NORAD in 1951, but during the 1964 earthquake that hit Anchorage, most of it went underwater and was closed in 1969.

Kodiak bear mom and cub snuggling. Photographer Fred O'Hearn calls this Bearadise. 🧡

#Alaska #AlaskaWildlife #KodiakBearsAndBabies

nostr:npub1xv03afwvc2nvdes0w6f8x02kqmcag03yupq96d56xwt92wj8hgdsv242xm SeaLife Center is amazing!! I will be going again when it gets colder. It's not that far away. They really do fantastic work.