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posted: June 5th, 2022 |
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This page actually begins with April 25th - a food photo. Then we jump to April 28th and May 2nd for some bird shots at Creamer's Migratory Waterfowl Refuge. The next shots are again food shots, taken on May 5th. After that the remainder of this page was shot on May 6th, and consists mostly of a trip up the Elliott Highway and some Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla patens) photos, river photos, Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) photos, and then a west yard photo at our house. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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This row contains only this one photo. It shows Kazuya's beautiful and delicious Sakura (Cherry Blossom) Mochi. Not only was beautiful, but it was also tasty.
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These three photos were all taken at Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge here in Fairbanks. The first photo shows a Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) and the final two shots show Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator).
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Here is an additional shot of Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator) and then one more that shows Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis).
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Both shots in this row show more fancy food that Kazuya created. These Uiro Kabuto Kakitsubata are supposed to be the same basic shape as the ancient Samurai helmets.
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This photo shows our west yard and its remaining snow on May 5.
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On May 6th we drove up the Elliott Highway to our usual spots where we have found Pasque Flowers (Pulsatilla patens) in past years. We were not disappointed. We found them on the normal sunny and steep hillsides. Aren't these flowers just amazing?
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Here are three closer shots of Pasque Flowers (Pulsatilla patens) on a steep hillside about 57 miles up the Elliott Highway.
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These three shots are each increasingly zoomed and they all show Kazuya shooting Pasque Flowers (Pulsatilla patens) on this steep hillside.
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Here are three more shots of Pasque Flowers (Pulsatilla patens) on this hillside.
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These two shots of Pasque Flowers (Pulsatilla patens) are just so stunning. WOW!
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Here are the final two Pasque Flowers (Pulsatilla patens) until next year. We wonder if the hairs help to protect these early blooming species from light frosts which happen at this time of the year.
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The first shot here shows the Tatalina River along the Elliott Highway. That brownish-white stuff is all ice. The center and right photos show an Osprey (aka Fish Hawk) (Pandion haliaetus) on a nesting platform which was built for this pair of birds to keep them out of the power lines.
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The first shot here shows Olnes Pond at the Olnes Pond Campground on May 6, note that a lot of ice remains. The final shot shows the view from our west window one day later than the photo in Row 5.
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