2011 Vacations photographs
This is Part II. To go to Part I, click here.
The holiday camp at Midway Lake. This is only used on
August 1, the Northwest Territories' version of Labor Day.
A Rusty Blackbird, Euphagus carolinus, on Midway Lake. I too took a bath here.
At the Yukon/Northwest Territory border on Wednesday,
August 10, 2011. About 40F this day.
The border lies at Wright Pass.
I was watching the Caribou when a grizzly bear appeared
from the south east! Took these photographs. Very cool. Click here and click here to view a video of the bear at Wright Pass.
A Grayling, about 1 lb.
The Connelly's mentioned that trees have cancer and
showed me a suspicious growth on a felled tree. I googled
this when I got home but found no good information.
However, I shot the next series to visualize these abnormal
growths on trees that seem to occur primarily on dying
trees, consistent with the
This is Part II. To go to Part I, click here.
The holiday camp at Midway Lake. This is only used on
August 1, the Northwest Territories' version of Labor Day.
A Rusty Blackbird, Euphagus carolinus, on Midway Lake. I too took a bath here.
At the Yukon/Northwest Territory border on Wednesday,
August 10, 2011. About 40F this day.
The border lies at Wright Pass.
I was watching the Caribou when a grizzly bear appeared
from the south east! Took these photographs. Very cool. Click here and click here to view a video of the bear at Wright Pass.
A Grayling, about 1 lb.
The Connelly's mentioned that trees have cancer and
showed me a suspicious growth on a felled tree. I googled
this when I got home but found no good information.
However, I shot the next series to visualize these abnormal
growths on trees that seem to occur primarily on dying
trees, consistent with the
tree's strength.
Looking east (above) and west (below) from the bridge over the Ogilvie River.
I got a kick out of this plane landing on a widened portion
of the Dempster Highway.
The north entrance to Tombstone Provincial Park.
A Willow Ptarmigan with nearly full grown chicks is
shown in this series of photographs.
Just down the road on the same day (Wednesday), I spied
this calf and mom crossing the road.
I rarely photographed butterflies, because they were of
value, and time spent photographing them is time one is
not catching them! This is my target species, Polygonia
faunus arcticus, the green comma.
They love canine droppings. This particular crew claimed
a dropping that was vacated by a Nymphalis antiopa
(shown below), because a large truck whizzed by and sent
the poor guy flying dizzily off the road. They emerged
immediately from nearby bushes to claim the prize.
You can just see the green markings on the edges of the
wing, and the 'comma' on the lower wing, hence the
common name, green comma. In Chicago, we have the
question mark butterfly, which has a question mark where
the comma lies. Scientific name for the question mark is
Polygonia interrogationis, get it?
A Nymphalis antiopa (morning cloak) basking on a cool day.
My take for the trip, 355 butterflies!
This is the end of Part II. Click here to go to Part I.
Looking east (above) and west (below) from the bridge over the Ogilvie River.
I got a kick out of this plane landing on a widened portion
of the Dempster Highway.
The north entrance to Tombstone Provincial Park.
A Willow Ptarmigan with nearly full grown chicks is
shown in this series of photographs.
Just down the road on the same day (Wednesday), I spied
this calf and mom crossing the road.
I rarely photographed butterflies, because they were of
value, and time spent photographing them is time one is
not catching them! This is my target species, Polygonia
faunus arcticus, the green comma.
They love canine droppings. This particular crew claimed
a dropping that was vacated by a Nymphalis antiopa
(shown below), because a large truck whizzed by and sent
the poor guy flying dizzily off the road. They emerged
immediately from nearby bushes to claim the prize.
You can just see the green markings on the edges of the
wing, and the 'comma' on the lower wing, hence the
common name, green comma. In Chicago, we have the
question mark butterfly, which has a question mark where
the comma lies. Scientific name for the question mark is
Polygonia interrogationis, get it?
A Nymphalis antiopa (morning cloak) basking on a cool day.
My take for the trip, 355 butterflies!
This is the end of Part II. Click here to go to Part I.