Something's Not Right With This Ptarmigan!

Laura and I bounded through ferns and devil's club. We were running our daily loop of the Lost and Found Lake Trail, bear spray in hand, singing bear songs, trying to break our record of 19 minutes.Laura rounded the bend near the spruce-bark-beetle clearing and stopped dead...

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Hey, Bear!

"Do you guys get bears out here?"It's a frequently asked question to which I knew the answer before I arrived."Yes, but just black bears. No grizzlies."I wasn't at the Field Station 24 hours before I witnessed the answer firsthand. I was looking out over Lost and Found Lake,...

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Triplet Eaglets, Twin Colts and Septuplet Ducklets

In case you haven't heard, spring is the season for babies.Here at Peterson Bay Field Station, a pair of bald eagles is accomplishing an incredible feat: they are raising triplets!The broken crown of a seaside spruce makes an ideal platform.I'm taking photos every day to mark...

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Across Kachemak Bay

Four days ago, I was fighting for a national championship with my ultimate team, the Whitman Sweets, at the National College Ultimate Championships in Raleigh, North Carolina. (We made school history and earned a silver medal!)Three days ago, I was buying my first pair of Chacos...

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