We toured Alaska for two weeks in June 2006. Our favorite place was Nome, far up on the west coast and accessible only by plane, boat and dogsled. We started in Anchorage, headed north to Denali, back to Anchorage via a breakdown on the Denali highway, flew north to Nome, then back to Anchorage and down to Portage on the Seward peninsula for a wonderful Pelagic outing. As for Canada, we’ve been to Calgary and British Columbia in 2004, Vancouver briefly in 2005, and Alberta and Saskatchewan in 2010, including a two-week tour with Tom Hince (more on him under Resources–LINK!!)
West of Nome
Red-necked Grebe
Pair of Long-tailed Ducks
Bald Eagle
Bald Eagle in Flight
Willow Ptarmigan
American Golden Plover
Bar-tailed Godwit
Red-necked Phalarope
Mew Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake (adult)
Black-legged Kittiwake (juvenile)
Kittlitz’s Murrelet
Rhinocerus Auklet
Tufted Puffin
Northern Hawk Owl
Violet-green Swallow
American Dipper
Lapland Longspur
Hoary Redpoll
Long-tailed Jaeger
Sea Otter
CANADA … Eared Grebes
Barrow’s Goldeneye
White Pelican Landing
American Widgeon
American Avocet
Wilson’s Phalarope
Common Nighthawk
Rufous Hummingbird
14-point Elk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Grey Jay
Mourning Warbler
Canada Warbler
Western Tanager
Fox Sparrow
Swift Fox
