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posted: July 1st, 2021
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As stated at the bottom of Page 1, this page begins with June 9th at 8:41 AM - on the shores of Minto Flats at Minto Village.  After we finish at Minto we continue driving up the Elliott Highway towards Manley Hot Springs.  We finish that adventure at Row 12 and then the next 3 rows show birds at home.  Starting in Row 16 we are hiking the trail towards the Chatanika River from the top of Murphy Dome.  The Murphy Dome adventure takes us through the end of this page.  Click on any thumbnail to begin.

June 9th Continues From Page 1 (at 8:41 AM)
  Here are three panoramic photos of Minto Flats which were taken from the overlook in Minto Village. There is a lot of water out there!
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  Here are two more photos which show Minto Flats and sandwiched between them is a shot of Kazuya standing at the Minto Flats overlook, in Minto Village. Behind Kazuya is the Minto Village store.
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  Now we are back on the road and headed for Manley Hot Springs. The first photo shows an Arctic Wintergreen (Pyrola grandiflora) and the remaining two photos are of a Spruce Grouse (Falcipennis canadensis).
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  Here is a final shot of that Spruce Grouse (Falcipennis canadensis) and that is followed by two shots taken as we drove along.
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  Welcome to Manley Hot Springs. Manley Hot Springs is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska. At the 2010 census the population was 89, up from 72 in 2000. The second and third shots show a building which we believe holds historical information about this place. There is an actual Hot Springs here, but it is privately owned and not open to the public.
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  For some reason most areas which we hang out in do not support the growth of ferns, so Kazuya took several photos of these Ostrich Ferns (Matteuccia struthiopteris) which grow wild here. The center shot was taken at the Tanana River - this is the Manley boat launch. The final shot shows the Manley Roadhouse - which is supposedly going to reopen in 2022.
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  Here are two more Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris) shots and then a photo which looks ahead at the Elliott Highway as we were headed back home. Note that this photo is zoomed in, see the next photo for a shot which is not zoomed.
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  Here is a photo looking ahead on the Elliott Highway - basically the same as the previous shot, but not zoomed. The two remaining photos show White Cottongrass (Eriophorum scheuchzeri) and scenery.
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  Here are two shots which were shot for their scenic value. In the first one you can see Minto Flats again, with some rain falling. The second shot is, once again, that area where the brush is cut far back from the highway to minimize drifting snow.
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  All three shots in this row show Water Arum (Calla palustris).
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  These two shots both show Gmelin's Buttercup (Ranunculus gmelinii).
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  Here are three collages which Kazuya created to show the highlights of what we saw on this trip.
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End June 9th, Begin June 12th
  Now we are at home and the Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus) young ones have fledged. This male parent is teaching one of the young ones that suet is both good and also good for you.
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  Here are three additional shots of the Hairy Woodpeckers (Leuconotopicus villosus) and food training.
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  Here is a final shot of Hairy Woodpeckers (Leuconotopicus villosus) and suet feeder training. The image after that is amazing. As soon as the suet training ended, the parent flew to the bird bath for a drink of water, and apparently told the young one to follow. The young one leapt to the ground from the suet tree and then walked to the bird bath and then climbed up to the water. The parent was looking very irritated that it could not get the young one to fly instead of climbing. In the final photo in this collage it looks like the parent is saying "Well, you finally made it, now drink some water."
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End June 12th, Begin June 13th
  On June 13th we took a drive to the top of Murphy Dome on the west side of Fairbanks. We'd never been up there near the first of the summer and wondered what we would find. As you can see, we found Narcissus-Flowered Anemone (Anemone narcissiflora) and Langsdorf's lousewort (Pedicularis langsdorfii) within the first moments of our hike.
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  These three photos all show Mountain Avens (Dryas octopetala).
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  The first two shots here show Mountain Azalea (Kalmia procumbens). The third shot is a scenery shot with the Sawtooth Mountains off in the distance.
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  Here is another scenic shot with the Sawtooth Mountains in the distance. The center shot shows Fries' Pussytoes (Antennaria friesiana) and the third shot is Tall Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium acutiflorum).
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  Here are two shots of Three-Toothed Saxifrage (Saxifraga tricuspidata) and sandwiched between them is another shot of Fries' Pussytoes (Antennaria friesiana).
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Dome_Saxifraga_RC
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  In this row are two shots of Snow Arnica (Arnica griscomii ssp. frigida) and also a Long-pod Stitchwort (Minuartia macrocarpa).
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  The first two shots here are additional examples of Snow Arnica (Arnica griscomii ssp. frigida), while the third shot shows several Narcissus-Flowered Anemone (Anemone narcissiflora) plants.
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  Here is another specimen of Long-pod Stitchwort (Minuartia macrocarpa) and then two scenery shots. In the third shot notice the forest fire scar - this area was burned two years ago.
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  Like the row just above, here is another specimen of Long-pod Stitchwort (Minuartia macrocarpa) and then two scenery shots. In both scenery shots you can easily see the fire scars.
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Dome_Minuartia_RC
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  In these final three shots for this page, you can see a Narcissus-Flowered Anemone (Anemone narcissiflora), a Long-pod Stitchwort (Minuartia macrocarpa) and a Snow Arnica (Arnica griscomii ssp. frigida).
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AnemoneNarcissiflora_RC
June13th_082_MurphyDome_MinuartiaMacrocarpa_RC
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MinuartiaMacrocarpa_RC
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ArnicaGriscomiiSspFrigida_RC

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