Queen Bumblebee on Willow Catkins shows one visiting the willow on April 20, 2021 in Juneau, Alaska. No other flowers were in bloom. Some early blueberry flowers were just starting to open. These willow catkins may be important for the queen to lay her eggs in the...
What are these snow buntings eating shows them feeding on beach springtails in Juneau, Alaska. When I filmed these snow buntings feeding along a saltwater beach in Juneau I wondered what they were eating. I could not tell from the video or photographs. The quick...
Springtail Jumping at 240 fps is a project in progress. I am trying to learn the best way to film them jumping in nature. This method might be OK setting the Panasonic FZ300 camera in the high speed video mode at 240 frames per second with the camera set at f 8. And...
King Eiders feeding among the Scoters shows two female King Eiders at Point Louisa in Juneau in amongst a group of Surf Scoters and a few White-winged Scoters. I also saw one Black Scoter among the same group and several Harlequin Ducks. It appears the eiders were...
Helping to save and rescue an injured Trumpeter Swan in Juneau, Alaska shows Kerry Howard putting some food out for it. She had been doing this for quite awhile and what surprised me was the swan could recognize her from a long way off. Eventually the Juneau Raptor...
Poop is Important is mean’t to illustrate a few of the important connections that occur with poop. Most of the filming was done in Alaska Why do bears poop? The value of bear’s poop in the distribution of various plants has been fairly well studied. For an...
