Great Blue Heron on March 2 & 3, 2017 in Juneau, Alaska

This video show a Great Blue Heron in the middle of winter in Juneau. These birds typically feed in freshwater at this time on stickleback. Not many freshwater areas are ice free enough for the heron to find fish. This particular site I believe is spring fed which...

Pacific Herring in Auke Bay

Pacific Herring in Auke Bay shows juvenile herring swimming underwater. This video could be used as an identification quiz — note the fish do not have an adipose fin — most other similar forage fish, such as capelin and eulachon would show an adipose...

Watching herons feeding is like

This is a video of a Great Blue Heron feeding in a marsh in Juneau during January.  The heron is feeding on three-spine stickleback. The quote came from a book on Great Blue Herons by Robert...

Harlequin Ducks in Alaska

Harlequin Ducks in Alaska is a series of video clips showing them preening and sleeping along the salt water shoreline. In addition there is a video about them frequenting Alaska’s rushing streams for nesting. For good information about them in Alaska look at...

Trumpeter Swans preening at Twin Lakes

Trumpeter Swans preening at Twin Lakes is a series of video clips taken on October 24, 2016. Twin Lakes is a special place for birds. To learn more about the area look at Twin Lakes and Pioneer...

Trumpeter Swans feeding at Twin Lakes

Trumpeter Swans feeding at Twin Lakes is some video clips taken on October 18, 2016. To learn about the importance of this area look at Twin Lakes and Pioneer Marsh To understand more about the behavior of these swans and mallards look at...