This video shows the numerous maggots (larvae) from Blow Flies crawling about and feeding on salmon remains. A couple of ravens are helping themselves to the nutritious maggots. To learn more about these maggots go to the video titled Salmon and Blow Flies in Alaska....
This video helps demonstrate the value of Blow Fly maggots for birds. Two of these crows are juveniles. So far I have documented 12 different species of birds feeding on these maggots. Of interest is that almost all of the birds have been recently fledged juveniles....
Black Oystercatchers are common nesting birds along most of the southern coastal areas of Alaska. They usually nest on small islands but in some areas, such as Glacier Bay, they may nest along the rocky mainland shores. The female typically lays one to three eggs....
Connections with Red-breasted Sapsuckers 2 from Bob Armstrong on Vimeo. This video shows just a few of the many benefits that Red-breasted Sapsuckers have for other creatures in Alaska. Sapsuckers typically drill holes in the bark of trees. Sugary sap wells up in...
These dowitchers (a species of shorebird i.e. sandpiper) are feeding heavily in an intertidal slough in Juneau, Alaska. What they are feeding on is a type of amphipod that is tube dwelling. These amphipods have been found to be extremely important food for certain...
This video shows an American Dipper searching for aquatic insects and fish underwater. Notice in the fairly shallow water how it uses both its legs and wings to propel itself. In the deeper water it uses its wings and basically “flies” underwater. In one...
