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This page continues with the final few photos from our Calypso Orchid (Calypso bulbosa var. americana) hunting adventure of May 23rd.  After that there is a single shot of an Osprey or Fish Hawk (Pandion haliaetus) which we saw on the nesting platform along the Steese Highway as we were driving to Twelvemile and Eagle Summits to search for some of the earliest spring flowers in the higher mountains.  Following that you'll find many shots of those early spring flowers in the higher elevations.  It was a cold couple of days up high. Click on any thumbnail to begin.

May 23rd continues from Page 1
  Here are the final three photos of normal Calypso Orchids (Calypso bulbosa var. americana). These are so very beautiful.
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  These three shots also show a single Calypso Orchid (Calypso bulbosa var. americana), but this is not "normal" - in fact it was the very first time we had ever seen an albino one.
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End May 23rd, Begin May 24th
  On May 24th we headed for the higher mountains to see what early spring flowers might be in bloom. As we passed the Osprey nesting platform on the Steese Highway this one was sitting on the top of this power pole around 5 meters from the nesting platform. We wondered what was going on, until the other bird (not visible to us) flew from the nest and this one flew into the nest to take care of egg warming duties. Most interesting. The second and third shots show scenery up at the Twelvemile Summit area.
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  These three shots all show Alaska Kittentails (Synthyris borealis). This is one of the earliest spring flowers in this area.
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  Here is a shot of a Narcissus-Flowered Anemone (Anemone narcissiflora) and also two shots of Woolly Lousewort (Pedicularis lanata) at different stages of flowering.
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  Here is another shot of a Narcissus-Flowered Anemone (Anemone narcissiflora) and also one of an Alaska Kittentails (Synthyris borealis). The third shot is for the scenery - that is me walking there.
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  All three shots in this row show what we were really hoping to find here. The first shot shows the plant and the remaining two photos show the flowers of the rare Alaska Blue Anemone (Anemone multiceps aka A. drummondii).
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  Here are two shots of Purple Oxytrope (Oxytropis nigrescens var. nigrescens) and sandwiched between them is another photo of Woolly Lousewort (Pedicularis lanata).
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  Now we have changed location to the "other" spot we know of where the rare Alaska Blue Anemone (Anemone multiceps aka A. drummondii) grows. The center photo is one more of the Woolly Lousewort (Pedicularis lanata).
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  These three photos all show the rare Alaska Blue Anemone (Anemone multiceps aka A. drummondii). Please note the difference in the colors and shading.
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  These three photos also show the rare Alaska Blue Anemone (Anemone multiceps aka A. drummondii).
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  And here are three more photos of the rare Alaska Blue Anemone (Anemone multiceps aka A. drummondii).
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  In first position in this row is the only collage which I created, I probably should have created more, so as to lessen the number of individual photos shown. Oh well. Anyway, all photos in this row also show the rare Alaska Blue Anemone (Anemone multiceps aka A. drummondii).
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  The first shot in this row shows the pains which must be gone through to shoot photos of this species - that is Kazuya.
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  Here are the final two shots of the rare Alaska Blue Anemone (Anemone multiceps aka A. drummondii), probably until next year. The third shot is a distant scenery photo.
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