Wednesday, January 16, 2008

The raucous neighbors




This is the spot for our fox friend. On any given day, that brings sunshine, we can find the fox lying here.




Looking down on the river otters from the top of Stonewall.





So far this has been the one and only caribou we have had the pleasure of seeing. He was just above the house to the south. We must have been down wind of him because we certainly took him by surprise. I was able to keep Inde beside me and Bob and I were afforded a few minutes to watch the caribou prance back and forth, seemingly unsure of where to go next. By the time that Bob tried to make his way closer for a better picture, he headed out of sight. Less than a minute later we spotted him across the tundra almost a mile away! Boy, they can move fast! We have high hopes for finding some more. There are plenty of tracks to prove that they are all around us.






Often years the eagles build their nest upon this rock pillar. On this day the eagle had snagged a bite of something from the Strait and flew here to dig in. The magpie just would not give up his quest to get in on the action.

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