Vancouver Canada Geese feeding on the Mendenhall Wetlands

These Vancouver Canada Geese are resident in the Juneau area. The mated pairs will soon leave the local wetlands for nesting on places like Admiralty Island. Later the subadults will leave and fly to remote areas in places like Glacier Bay for molting. To learn about...

Crows Eat Crabapples but not the stems

Crows Eat Crabapples but not the stems illustrates how the crow removes the stem before swallowing the apple. Watch the video carefully and you can see if the stem is present the crow presses the stem with its foot against the branch and pulls the apple off with its...

Glaucous-winged Gull raises a youngster

Glaucous-winged Gull raises a youngster shows some of their behavior after they leave the nest.  According to Birds of North America online very little is known about what happens after they leave the nest. The following is some excerps from their...

Sculpins are Hard to Swallow

Sculpins are hard to swallow shows a Belted Kingfisher beating a sculpin against a dock before swallowing it. This paragraph from the paper on the Belted Kingfisher from Birds of North America online explains the process: After capturing a fish, the bird flies to a...