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posted: August 31st, 2021

This page begins with a sales pitch for our 2022 calendars.  After that we take you up the Steese Highway to Eagle Summit and the surrounding area for a bit of hiking and scenic viewing.  As you will see, we were again fortunate and found Caribou (Rangifer tarandus).  Then we go to US Creek Road and find an amazing field of Fireweed in bloom, and after that we show you some local birds.  Click on any thumbnail to begin.

Begin 2022 Calendars Sales Pitch
  We've created two calendars for 2022. This one is intended to hang on your wall. The center image shows what it will look like through the months of the year.
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ISBN: 979-8-4595-6705-2 - Amazon Page

Details page HERE
  This is the second calendar we've created for 2022. This one is not intended for the wall - it is intended for your desk and your appointments and notes which you don't want to be visible to everybody.
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ISBN: 979-8-4603-0263-5 - Amazon Page

Scroll down HERE for details
End Calendar Sales Pitch, Begin August 3rd
  On August 3rd we took a trip to the mountains - Twelvemile and Eagle Summits. We wanted to see some Caribou before the hunting season was in progress and all of the animals were scattered far and wide. Hunting season for Caribou was to open on August 10. In this row the first two photos show the Osprey nesting platform at Milepost 32 on the Steese Highway. The third shot shows a new "split-rail" fence which they have installed at the Eagle Summit Wayside to help slow down the 4-wheeler crowd and make them aware that there are restrictions.
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  We hiked to the top of the small summit closest to the Wayside and as we hiked up, we came upon this dense patch of Mountain Harebell (Campanula lasiocarpa). This is an evening photo - there will be morning photos tomorrow morning. The second shot shows the Pinnell Mountain Trail and the damage which was done by the 4-wheeler crowd last year and also the revegetation attempts they are doing. There was never a need for boardwalk here before now. Very sad. The third image shows some amazing clouds.
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  Here is a zoomed in shot which shows the revegetation within 50 feet of the Pinnell Mountain Trail. The 4-wheelers are SUPPOSED to stay 50 away from the trail at all times. You can see the orange plastic fencing they have installed intermittently to make the 4-wheeler crowd aware of the rules. They did not run the fencing continuously as that would make it a bit confusing for the caribou as they attempted to cross the trail. It's so sad that they even need to do this. The center shot shows the wayside and down at the base of the mountain shadow, you can see the shadow of Kazuya and myself. The third shot shows that the sun now sets here - it's 11:38 PM.
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End August 3rd, Begin August 4th
  We were disappointed that we did not see any Caribou yesterday - will we see any today? The first shot was taken at 2:38 AM - the bright white light is the moon. The second and third shots show that we did see some Caribou on this date. We did not see a great number, but we DID see some animals to enjoy.
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  Can you see the Caribou in the first shot? The second and third shots also show the Caribou.
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  Here are three more shots in which the subject is the Caribou. The third shot is the best one we got.
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  Here is the final shot of Caribou. The second and third shots show that same dense patch of Mountain Harebell (Campanula lasiocarpa) as we showed you up in Row 4, but these two shots were taken under morning lighting conditions (8:54 AM).
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  All three shots in this row were taken to show the beauty of the Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium aka Chamerion angustifolium). The first shot was taken near Eagle Summit and the remaining two shots were taken along US Creek Road. We searched for a way to get closer to this amazing field of Fireweed, but these shots were as close as we ended up being able to easily get.
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  These shots of the Fireweed are extreme zoom shots. The wind was blowing quite hard and the plants were in constant motion, heat waves were rising and the Fireweed ended up all blurry, but, you can appreciate the intense color anyway.
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  Both of these photos are the same as the final one in Row 11, but the first shot has had a Sumi-e effect added in Photoshop and the second shot was converted to an HDR (High Dynamic Range) effect, also in Photoshop.
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End August 4th, Begin August 21st - 23rd
  And then the August rains came and nice days became a rarity for the remainder of the month. The two shots in this row were taken at Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge during the local Sandhill Crane Festival. This is the time and the place where they gather to begin the annual trip south to a warmer climate.
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  Now we are at home watching one o four bird feeders. What do we have here? It's a Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) in the first photo - this was a new addition to our life-list for birds. The second shot shows both a Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) and a Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus). The birds seem to be eyeballing each other and saying "who are you?"
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  Here are two more shots of the Red-breasted Nuthatches at our bird feeder. We were amazed that there was not just one of them, but actually two, after never before having seen them. Were there even more?
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  In this first image, the original photo is shown in the inset. The main portion of the photo has been rotated to make it more logical for viewing. Just looking at the photo of the bird in an upside down position did something to my head which made it very unpleasant to look at. This is a Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis). The second photo shows a cute Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus).
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End August 23rd, End August 2021's Photos, Begin Our Publications Links

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Heaven and Hell in the Philippines: Journal of a Peace Corps Volunteer All Calendars Wildflowers_of_Interior_Alaska Twelvemile: Summit to Summit

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