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Katmai National Park Annual Fat Bear Competition

Annual Fat Bear Competition From its humble beginnings as Fat Bear Tuesday in 2014 to more than 800,000 votes cast last year, celebrating fat bears and Katmai National Park’s healthy ecosystem has become a tradition. For bears, fat equals survival. … Continue reading

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We just love flycatchers

To See all of my new Flycatchers click HERE Until the current “lock down” on movements the flycatcher that we had seen most of in most locations is the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea). This one was an early start for … Continue reading

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Wild Horses Couldn’t Keep Us Away

While we are staying in Mesa, Arizona we were told about the Wild Horses (Equus ferus) in the Tonto National Forest. Someone we met told us that he had been going in search of them for four years and only … Continue reading

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Astounded by Frightened Trees

A blog post, with pictures, about the petrified wood to be found in the Petrified Forest National Park, AZ Continue reading

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Death Valley – What An Amazing Park

Our last visit to Death Valley National Park was in 2010, before we had a Motor home (and while I was still shooting black and white film and chromes in my Hasselblad).  We had to delay that particular trip as a … Continue reading

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