Denali National Park: 9-20

Reflections Lake (~ 45 minutes north of Anchorage, AK)

 

Deck Shots

 Brown Pelican takeoff

Double-crested Cormorant drying its wings

Kite-surfers

Long line of birds heading to roosting spots for the night

White Ibises

 Wave after wave of White Ibises heading into Coffee Pot Bayou to roost on Bird Island

Our annual mangrove haircut

 

Black Skimmers

 

One of only two birds with the lower bill longer than the upper bill

Thanks Kimberli for this excellent video!

 

Bird Island, Coffee Pot Bayou

 

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Young of the year Tricolored Heron

                   These birds are the only dark colored heron with a white belly

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Egret, incoming

Snowy Egret

Boat-tailed Grackles: Unique breeding system

 

Shaking after bathing

Deck Shots

 

Mourning Dove

Blanket Flower

Red and Blue Lilies

Great Crested Flycatcher

Belted Kingfishers

Plunge-dive sequence

 

Male (no rufous breast-band like the females have

Female