We Like Mussels shows gulls swallowing mussels, sea stars, and urchins whole. Goldeneyes also swallow mussels whole. Ravens, crows, and oystercatchers also eat mussels but usually break open the shell first and eat the contents. To learn about gulls that forage...
The Dolly Varden Predator Control Program, in my opinion, was one of the greatest boondoggles in the history of Alaska’s Fisheries. Supposidly more than 6 million Dolly Varden were destroyed. Bounties were paid for Dolly Varden tails turned in at 2.5 to 5 cents...
Looking for the Arctic Bristletail is a project I just started on and hope to improve in the future. The Arctic Bristletail (Petridiobius arcticus) is an amazing insect that lives in the upper intertidal zone in Southeast Alaska. It is a species of jumping...
Documenting Moth Visits with a Wingscapes TimeLapse Pro is an illustration of the value of using this camera for documenting the behavior of insects. This camera will focus as close as six inches to a subject, can take a photo or video as low as every 10 seconds all...
Bog Cranberries (Vaccinium oxycoccos) is a video showing these plants from flowers to fruit and bears that feed on them. This video was filmed in Juneau, Alaska. For a quick look at some information available on this plant look...
Installing a Beaver Pond Leveler is a video that shows the building of and installation of one at the beaver dam on Strawberry Creek in the Very Beary Berry Wetlands. These wetlands are owned by Southeast Alaska Land Trust and they were concerned that the dam...