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This page begins with June 13th at 11:38 AM, as stated on Page 3, in the midst of our trip to Angel Rocks. That trip ends in Row 8 and then Rows 9, 10, and 11 show a Hairy Woodpecker and its young at our home. Rows 12 and 13 show some native plants growing on our property, and then from Row 14 to the end of this page (Row 25) we take you on another trip to the Twelvemile Summit and Eagle Summit areas. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| June 13th Continues from Page 3 (at 11:38 AM) |
Now it's 11:38 AM as we climb up the Angel Rocks Loop Trail. The first shot in this row shows some scenery, the second shot shows one of the Angel Rocks and the third shot shows Kazuya standing on top one of the Angel Rocks.
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The first shot here shows an example of Anemone narcissiflora. The second image is a 2-shot panorama showing the Chena River Valley and the third shot shows the trail working its way around one of the several Angel Rocks.
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Here is an example of Arnica griscomii ssp. frigida and then two shots which show Papaver macounii, a beautiful yellow poppy.
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The first photo in this row is a scenery shot. The second shot shows Papaver macounii (the poppy) and also Arnica griscomii ssp. frigida. The third shot is another which was taken for the beautiful scenery.
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In first position is a scenery shot in which the outlined area shows the next photo. The second photo shows only the outlined area of the previous photo. The third shot was taken up near the top and in it you can see how small the trees are at this elevation.
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Here is another scenery shot, which actually includes only a portion of the previous photo. The second and third shots show Arnica griscomii ssp. frigida.
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All three shots in this row show rocky scenery. These are some of the Angel Rocks.
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As we descended the loop trail we were hoping to find some species of orchid, but we did not. This Pyrola grandiflora was the best thing we found on this end of the trail. The second shot shows the Chena River from the trail. This overlook is only a short distance from the parking lot.
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| End June 13th, Begin Hairy Woodpecker at Home |
The three photos in this row show a Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus) as it teaches its young that suet is good to eat. We watched this go on for two weeks or so. At first the father had the young one stay on the ground and it would fill its mouth with suet and then fly down to the ground and feed the young. Then, as the young one became more adept at holding on to branches, the adult told it to sit on a tree branch nearby the suet feeder and it would take the suet to the young on the branch. This is kind of the final step - the young one can finally grip the suet feeder, so it's now easy for the adult to just gather the suet and then stick it into the mouth of the young one.
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Here are three shots of the Hairy Woodpecker adult at the suet feeder.
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Here are two shots of the Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus) father feeding suet to its young down on the ground directly underneath the suet feeder. The third shot shows the young one has finally learned how to get suet from the feeder all by itself. This was the final time that we saw this bird. We have also not seen the adults since this date. We really wonder what happened to them. Did they move away or what happened? By the way, you may notice that the young one is a male by the light orange spots on its head. The female does not have any red on the head.
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| End Hairy Woodpecker, Begin Native Plants on our Property |
Here is a shot of Cornus canadensis - Bunchberry - on our property. We have a great abundance of this species. The second shot shows a close-up of Twinflower (Linnaea borealis), also on our property. We have large areas of this species.
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Both shots in this row show Twinflower (Linnaea borealis). Can you believe how much there is? We also have a great many more species of flowering plants, but the bunchberry and the twinflower are the most interesting two.
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| End Plants on our Property, Begin June 19th |
On June 19th and 20th we took another trip out the Steese Highway to Twelvemile Summit and Eagle Summit. You may recall that we were there on June 5th and 6th on Pages 2 and 3, exactly two weeks ago. We were really curious what differences we would see. The first shot in this row shows a similar photo to the one on Page 2, in Row 18. Surprisingly, we could not detect much difference at this spot at Mile 57.4, a rest stop near the Davidson Ditch Historical Site. The second and third shots show a cow and calf moose walking in the Chatanika River. Although we were well over a mile away and did not get out of our rig, when they spotted us sitting up there on the highway they got wary and went back the other way.
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Now we are at the Twelvemile Summit Area (Steese Highway - Milepost 85.5). The first shot in this row shows a plant that was not in bloom two weeks ago - Bistorta plumosa. The second shot shows Oxytropis nigrescens var. nigrescens. This species was also in bloom two weeks ago, but it was not as tall. The third shot shows Kazuya on the hillside searching for flowers.
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Here is the final shot taken at Twelvemile Summit - a nice scenery shot. The second and third shots show Lupinus arcticus ssp. arcticus at a spot between Twelvemile Summit and Eagle Summit. These were not in bloom two weeks ago.
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Now we are wandering around on the south side of the highway at Eagle Summit because we remember that we found many species here last year. The first shot shows Pedicularis oederi, the second shot shows Dodecatheon frigidum and the third shot shows Lagotis minor. None of these were in bloom at Eagle Summit just two weeks ago.
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The first image in this row is a portion of the Lagotis minor photo shown just previously. The second shot shows a Lagotis minor with two blooms on a single plant. The third photo is a Tall Jacob's Ladder, a Polemonium acutiflorum.
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In first position in this row is another Polemonium acutiflorum and then another Pedicularis oederi. The third shot shows the Arctic Alpine Forget-Me-Not, Eritrichium nanum. We most definitely did not see this flower two weeks ago.
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Here is a shot of Corydalis pauciflora and then two shots of Eritrichium nanum. The third shot was taken using the Vivid Mode on my camera.
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In first and second position are photos of Silene acaulis in bloom. Can you recall that we showed you a photo of this plant on Page 3 in Row 5. It was not in bloom in that photo taken two weeks ago. The third shot is Pedicularis langsdorfii, also not in bloom two weeks ago.
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Here are three shots of Silene uralensis ssp. uralensis (Mountain Campion). Last year we only found a single plant of this species. This year we found three of them.
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Here is a final shot of Silene uralensis ssp. uralensis (Mountain Campion). That is followed by a shot of Dodecatheon frigidum and then a scenery shot
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Now we have stopped wandering around on the south side of the highway at Eagle Summit and we are climbing up the Pinnell Mountain Trail. You might remember this name, because we hiked a bit more than a mile of this trail on June 5th, but at that time we hiked the Twelvemile Summit end of it (starting on Page 3, Row 8). Eagle Summit Wayside is the official start of this trail and the end of it is at Twelvemile Summit. The three photos in this row all show you Gentiana glauca. Note that the center image is a collage of only the flowers from the first photo. What a weird color, eh! We showed you this species on Page 3, Row 11 (June 5th), but it was not in bloom at that time.
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In the first two positions are shots of weird fungi. It was strange to coincidentally find these two fungi so close to each other. We did not see any additional specimens of either one of them. The third shot is another of Eritrichium nanum, the Arctic Alpine Forget-Me-Not.
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| End Page 4, but June 19th Continues on Page 5 |
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