Information about Nature in Alaska

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Amphibians

Habitat Use of Amphibians in Southeast Alaska

Newts in the Rainforest by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Tetrodotoxin content of Rough-skinned Newts,
Taricha granulosa (Salamandridae), from their northern distribution range, British Columbia, Canada, and Southeast-Alaska, USA

Toads in Southeast Alaska by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Birds

Alaska’s State Bird (Willow Ptarmigan) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

American Dipper:  Convergent evolution in dippers (Aves, Cinclidae): The only wing-propelled diving songbirds. The Anatomical Record, 1–29. by Smith, N. A., Koeller, K.
L., Clarke, J. A., Ksepka, D. T., Mitchell, J. S., Nabavizadeh, A., Ridgley, R. C., & Witmer, L. M. (2021).

Bald Eagles in Alaska

Bald Eagle Lead Exposure in the Upper Midwest Sarah E. Warner, Edward E. Britton,* Drew N. Becker, Michael J. Coffey and for more current information look at https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abj3068 and especially look at this original article

Banking on Bird Shit by Lina Zeldovich 

Birds and Airplane Safety at the Juneau Airport

BIRDS from the Ecological Atlas of Southeast Alaska

Birdbrains by Richard Carstensen

Checklist of Alaska Birds 23rd edition–2017

Checklist of Alaska Birds 24th edition – 2018

Checklist of Alaska Birds 25th edition – 2019

Checklist of Alaska Birds 26th edition -2020

Christmas Bird Count 2017 in Juneau, Alaska

Crazy Corvids by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

COMMON MERGANSERS use wings to pursue fish underwater

DECLINE-OF-NORTH-AMERICAN-AVIFAUNA-SCIENCE-2019

Drummers in the Woods (Woodpeckers) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Eagle Acrobatics (Bald Eagle) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Frequent Fliers visit Southeast by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Ground-nesting Marbled Murrelets in Juneau, Alaska by Mary Willson, Katherine Hocker, Robert Armstrong

Identification of North American Peeps

Importance of Fish to Bald Eagles in Southeast Alaska: A Review by Robert H. Armstrong

King of Fishers (Belted Kingfisher) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Marbled Murrelet – Watching a Marbled Murrelet Nest from the Nature of Southeast Alaska

Northern Harriers by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Raising an Eaglet (Bald Eagle) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Rock Sandpipers some great information about them On the frozen edge
Ruthrauff, Dan

Sentinels of the Bog (Greater Yellowlegs) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Shorebird seasonal use in Cook Inlet

Songbirds in Winter by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Southeast’s Aquatic Songbird (American Dipper) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

The Perfect Predator, Owl, by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

The Shorebirds are coming! by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Things that go Squawk in the Night (Great Blue Herons) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

To Mexico and Back Again (Rufous Hummingbirds) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Waterfowl in Winter by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Books (mostly ones we have self published)

ALASKA’S BIRDS a Guide to Selected Species by Robert H. Armstrong

ALASKA’S FISH a Guide to Selected Species by Robert H. Armstrong

Aquatic Insects in Alaska by John Hudson, Katherine Hocker, Robert H. Armstrong

Arctic Grayling studies in Alaska by R.H. Armstrong etc

ALASKA’S NATURAL WONDERS by Robert H. Armstrong & Marge Hermans

Beavers by the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska by Bob Armstrong and Mary Willson

Dragons in the Ponds by Robert Armstrong, John Hudson, Marge Hermans

Dragonfles of Alaska by John Hudson and Robert H. Armstrong

Finding Birds in Juneau by Robert Armstrong & Richard Gordon Illustrations by Richard Carstensen

Lichens around Mendenhall Glacier by Chiska Derr and Robert Armstrong

Life along the Mt. Roberts Trail in Juneau Alaska by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Life around the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau Alaska by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Mendenhall Wetlands by Bob Armstrong, Richard Carstensen, Mary Willson and Marge Hermans

Native Orchids of Southeast Alaska the book updated by Marlin Bowles & Bob Armstrong

Natural Connections in Alaska by Bob Armstrong and Mary Willson

2014 natureSE optimized Nature of Southeast Alaska by Richard Carstensen, Bob Armstrong and Rita O’Clair

Photographing Nature in Alaska by Robert H. Armstrong

Southeast Alaska’s Natural World by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Whistlers on the Mountains (marmots) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Calendar

2015 Alaska Beetle Calendar

Climate Change

A recent very alarming documentation of migratory birds dying in large numbers can be seen here

Biological Impacts of the 2013–2015 Warm-Water Anomaly in the Northeast Pacific

Building resilience on a restless Earth By Sonia Nagorski

Climate change and its effects on insects and how to help look at this issue of Wings by the Xerces Society

Climate change and its effects on insects in Alaska by Derek Sikes

Insects and Climate Change a Virtual Talk given by Derek Sikes in 2020 https://youtu.be/tx9fNknwQz4

Climate Change: Predicted Impacts on Juneau, final report

For more information by Derek look at https://accap.uaf.edu/insects

Heat, no food, deadly weather: Climate change kills seabirds

On fish /sites/default/files/Effects_of_climate_change_on_Canada_s_Pa.pdf

High North Research Center for Climate and Environment

In Hot Water

krill and mussels to the list of unusual marine deaths in Alaska

This paper appear to be one of the most informative ones on the effects of climate change on insects https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0185809

The influence of climate changes on the hydrobionts: a review

Insect Loss Worldwide Hyperalarming’ study shows massive insect loss

Groundfish Long-Term Ecological Change in the Northern Gulf of Alaska
Robert B. Spies (Editor

Oceans and Marine Resources in a Changing Climate A Technical Input to the 2013 National Climate Assessment

WMO Provisional Statement on the State of the Global Climate in 2019

Connections

Blending In by Dan Kehlenbach a fun article on how animals blend in with their environment

Emotional Lives of Mammals, Birds, Fish, and Insects optimized

Jellyfish, forage fish, and the world’s major fisheries.

Natural Connections in Alaska

Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP)

Fish

ALASKA’S FISH a Guide to Selected Species by Robert H. Armstrong

American Fisheries Society https://fisheries.org/docs/wp/Guidelines-for-Use-of-Fishes.pdf

ANADROMOUS FISH from Ecological Atlas of Southeast Alaska

Arctic Grayling studies in Alaska by R.H. Armstrong etc

Arctic Marine Fish Ecology

Bibliography of Publications on the Marine Ecology of Juvenile Pacific Salmon in North
America, 2006-2014

For good information on marine fishes of the Arctic

Capelin

Chinook Salmon the effects of pesticides

Chum Salmon Evidence for competition at sea between Norton Sound chum salmon and Asian hatchery chum salmon

Chum Salmon Spawning Behavior by S.L. Schroder

Cutthroat Trout by Robert H. Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Dolly Varden: A brief review of the early ontogeny of the dolly varden charr, Salvelinus malma by Robert H. Armstrong & Roger F. Blackett

Dolly Varden by Robert H. Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Dolly Varden charr, Salvelinus malma by Robert H. Armstrong & James E. Morrow

Dolly Varden Rearing Fish Studies by Steve Eliott and Bob Armstrong

Dolly Varden – Revised Annotated Bibliography of Dolly Varden char by Robert H. Armstrong and Wm M. Morton

Eulachon A Review of Biology and an Annotated Bibliography

Field Guide to the Nearshore Marine Fishes of Alaska by S.W. Johnson, A.D. Neff, and M.R. Lindeberg

Fish Feel Pain, Now What? https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/fish-feel-pain-now-what/

Fish Larvae Timing in Auke Bay by Haldorson

/sites/default/files/Fish_Physiology_2006_Vol_24_Behaviour_an.pdf

Salmon Hatcheries effects on Wild Populations

HATCHERY SALMON ARE DIFFERENT FROM AND HAVE IMPACTS ON WILD SALMON:
OUOTES FROM THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE

High Cockscomb reproductive biology by Ronald M. Coleman

Juneau Fish Habitat Assessment by Bethers, Monk and Seifert

Life History Characteristics of Freshwater Fishes Occurring in British Columbia, With Major
Emphasis on Lake Habitat Requirements

Migration of Anadromous Dolly Varden Charr in Southeastern Alaska–A Manager’s Nightmare by Robert H. Armstrong

For good information on the value of salmon carcasses in certain ecosystems look at Fish_Mag_V24No10p6-15_Pacific_salmon_carcasses_essential_contributions

Pink Salmon size decline: Relationship of size at return with environmental variation, hatchery production, and productivity of wild pink salmon in Prince William Sound, Alaska: does size matter?

Salmon by Armstrong and Hermans from The Coastal Forests and Mountains Ecoregion of Southeastern Alaska and the Tongass National Forest (Editors John W. Schoen and Erin Dovichin)

Salmon in Alaska from Alaska’s Fish by Bob Armstrong

Salmon in Winter by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Sand Lance A Review of Biology and Predator Relations and Annotated Bibliography

Sand Lance: A Review of Biology and Predator Relations and Annotated Bibliography full version

Staghorn Sculpins: What a Raven Showed Me

Stickleback–Juvenile Sockeye Salmon Interactions by Richard Gard and Richard Lee Bottorff

Stream Surveys along the Juneau Road System by Reed and Armstrong

Stream Surveys along the Juneau Road System

The Gifts of Salmon by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

The Perfect Prey, Sand Lance by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

/sites/default/files/Threespine%20sticklebacks.pdf

Walleye Pollock by Bob Armstrong from Alaska’s Fish

Walleye Pollock fry in Auke Bay by Carlson

Weird Fish by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Winter, Ice, and Fish 2011, Brown, Hubert and Daly

Fungi

Decay fungi-indicators in Southeast Alaska by Paul Hennon and Ken Dinsmore

Mushrooms of the National Forests in Alaska

An excellent source of information about mushrooms can be found here http://www.mushroomexpert.com/

Habitats

A great source of information about habitats in Juneau and Southeast Alaska can be found at http://juneaunature.discoverysoutheast.org/

A summary of the environmental impacts of roads, management responses, and research gaps: A literature review

Accounts and Measures for Managing Identified Wildlife Coast Forest Region Version 2004

Alaska Forest Health Highlights 2021 https://arcg.is/1La1mH0

‘Alaska’s untold secret’: The dividends paid by Southeast Alaska’s ‘Seabank’

/sites/default/files/An_Introduction_to_Watershed_Restoration.pdf

Biological impacts of the 2013–2015 warm-water anomaly in the Northeast

Compendium of Forest Hydrology and Geomorphology in British Columbia Volume 2 of 2

Dead wood dynamics in stream ecosystems

ECOLOGICAL ATLAS OF THE BERING, CHUKCHI, AND BEAUFORT SEAS can be found at http://ak.audubon.org/conservation/download-ecological-atlas-bering-chukchi-and-beaufort-seas

ECOLOGICAL ATLAS OF SOUTHEAST ALASKA can be found at http://ak.audubon.org/conservation/tongass-national-forest

ECOLOGICAL ATLAS OF ALASKA’S WESTERN ARCTIC

Environmental analysis of lower Jordan Creek and nearby wetlands in regard to planned airport taxiway extension by Bishop, Armstrong and Carstensen

Fish Creek Delta Scoping

Fish Creek Delta by Richard Carstensen

Fish Creek Park and its Importance for Wildlife, September 11, 2021

Glacial Rebound on Taashuyee (Mendenhall Wetlands) https://arcg.is/0DT4qy

Hotspot report Mendenhall Wetlands

Intertidal Common Sea life of Southeastern Alaska a Field Guide by Aaron Baldwin & Paul Norwood

Kingfisher Pond

Kingfisher Pond second edition

Life along the Mt. Roberts Trail in Juneau Alaska

Life around the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau Alaska

Life in the High Country by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Mendenhall Valley, Dredge Lakes Area Historical Fish Stocking by ADF&G, Richard Marriott

MWSG submittal North Crossing PEL-reduced

Mendenhall Wetlands past and future

Mountain Streams, Impacts by Humans

Riverside Rotary Park and Pond

Southeast Alaska’s Natural World

Streambank Revegetation and Protection

/sites/default/files/The_ecology_of_interfaces_riparian_zones.pdf

The Biology of Eel Grass in Alaska by C. Peter McRoy

John Schoen’s memoir, Tongass Odyssey: Seeing the Forest Ecosystem Through the Politics of Trees https://nationalaudubon.box.com/s/befsa6ea3peikxifmlskq1p24mkihexm 

/sites/default/files/The_role_of_stewardship_in_ecological_re%20%282%29.pdf

Twin Lakes and Pioneer Marsh latest version

Twin Lakes and Pioneer Marsh

Twin Lakes and Pioneer Marsh earlier version

The value of large woody debris in Alaska’s streams by Murphy and Koski

Wildlife “Out the Road” by Richard Carstensen

Invertebrates

A Checklist of North American Odonata

Annotated Checklist of the Butterflies and Moths of Alaska and Canada

Ants THE EFFECTS OF MUTUALISTIC ANTS ON APHID LIFE HISTORY TRAITS by THOMAS FLATT AND WOLFGANG W. WEISSER

Aphid Lions

Aphids There Natural Enemies  and Biological Control

Aquatic Insects in Alaska by John Hudson, Katherine Hocker, Robert H. Armstrong

Aquatic Insect Field Guide for Alaska (to families) by John Hudson, Katherine Hocker, Robert H. Armstrong

AQUATIC INSECT COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND SECONDARY PRODUCTION IN SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA STREAMS WITH CONTRASTING THERMAL AND HYDROLOGIC REGIMES 

Arctic Bristletails in Juneau, Alaska

Arctic bristletails and spiders living together Observations of spiders (a possible predator) and Arctic bristletails together in Juneau, Alaska by Bob Armstrong.

Beneficial Insects and Spiders of Alaska

Bugs on the Snow from the Nature of Southeast Alaska

Bugs in Winter by Bob Armstrong and John Hudson a project in progress

Butterflies of Alaska

Bristled Millipeds

Bruce Spanworm Moths

Bumblebees The Quest to Tally Alaska’s Wild ‘Warm-Blooded’ Bumblebees

Bumblebees in Alaska/sites/default/files/Bees-of-Alaska-2.pdf

Butterflies and Moths: To view Ken Philips fantastic collection of Butterflies and Moths in Alaska look at https://kenphilipcollection.alaska.edu/category/collection/

/sites/default/files/BumbleBee.GuideWestern.FINAL.pdf

Charlotte without a web (crab spiders) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Climate change and its effects on insects and how to help look at this issue of Wings by the Xerces Society

Climate change and its effects on insects in Alaska by Derek Sikes 

For more information by Derek look at https://accap.uaf.edu/insects

This paper appear to be one of the most informative ones on the effects of climate change on insects https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0185809

Development of a Macroinvertebrate Biological Assessment Index for Alexander Archipelago Streams – Final Report

Diamesa by Hanson and Cook

Dragons in the Ponds by Robert Armstrong, John Hudson, Marge Hermans

Dragonfles of Alaska by John Hudson and Robert H. Armstrong

For a great article on Dragonflies in Alaska look here.

Draft Checklist of the Nonmarine Arthropods of Alaska http://www.akentsoc.org/the_fauna/checklist

Enjoying Dragonfiles in Alaska

Flies — for a great website look at http://www.diptera.info/news.php

Flies — a great resource on the behavior of flies is Johathan Balcombes book Super Fly for a review of this book look at this review. This Book can be ordered at https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/606176/super-fly-by-jonathan-balcombe/

Honey Bees the Problem with

Honey Bees — How Bees Make Honey

Insects and Diseases of Alaska’s Forests

Insect Loss Worldwide Hyperalarming’ study shows massive insect loss

Insect Pollinators in Alaska

Invertebrate Surveys on the Mendenhall Wetlands in Juneau, Alaska by Mary Willson and Aaron Baldwin

Leave the Leaves to Benefit Wildlife

Living in two Worlds (Dragonflies) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Mosquitoes as pollinators of the Blunt-leafed Rein Orchid

Mosquitoes visit the Blunt-leaf Rein Orchid in Juneau, Alaska optimized

Moths of Alaska — a checklist (2012) by Ferris and others

Newsletter of the Alaska Entomological Society with the article Bugs in Winter and Pollination, pilfering, and predation in an orchid pollinator
network in the Juneau area of Southeast Alaska by Marlin Bowles and Bob Armstrong

Orchid Pollinators and Visitors in Juneau, Alaska

Orthoptera of Alaska: A photographic key, new records, and synonymy of Melanoplus gordonae (grasshoppers, crickets and katydids)

Overwinter occurrence of Caddisflies by Ellis

Pollinators by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Rove Beetles in Alaska and Canada /sites/default/files/Klimaszewski2000-Diversity-of-the-rove-beetles-of-Canada-and-Alaska.pdf

Sea Star Wasting disease and static environmental variables drive sea star assemblages in the Northern Gulf of Alaska

Slugs of British Columbia — a key to http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben320.html

Springtails in Juneau, Alaska

Springtails in Juneau, Alaska Introduction To activate the video download it first and then open in adobe reader or adobe acrobat

Springtails in Juneau, Alaska Where to find them

Springtails why do they come on the snow in winter

Springtails What Eats Springtails in Juneau

Springtails How do Springtails Jump to activate the video download the file and then open it in adobe reader or adobe acrobate

For information about the Hedgehog Arion an invasive slug common in Southeast Alaska look at /sites/default/files/Arion_intermedius_Gastropoda_Stylommatophora_first%20%281%29.pdf

Spittlebugs of Canada

Springtails — for great information about these tiny creatures look at http://www.collembola.org/

Tardigrades of Alaska: distribution patterns, diversity and
species richness

Tardigrades: Bears of the Moss by Miller

The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful (Beetles) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Intertidal — Common Sea Life of Southeastern Alaska a field guide by Aaron Baldwin & Paul Norwood

A Wings issue that has articles about climate change and its effects on insects /sites/default/files/20-016_spring%202020_Wings.pdf

Weevils – Biological observations on Dorytomus imbecillus Faust, 1882, in West Greenland ( Coleoptera, Curculionidae) Ame Fjellberg1 & Jens Bocher2

Weevils – Decline in the diversity of willow trunk-dwelling weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) as a result of urban expansion in Beijing, China Zhimin Su • Runzhi Zhang • Jiangxiao Qiu

Weevils – Importance for Birds Look at page 124 THE HUNGRY BIRD: dORYTOMUS WEEVILS…… 124 Dave Leatherman

Weevils – Connections with willows

Weevils – Learning about Willow Weevils in Juneau, Alaska

Western Blackheaded Budworms article in Juneau, Empire

Western Blackheaded Budworm Annotated Bibliography

Lichens

Lichens around Mendenhall Glacier

Mammals

A Prickly Tale (Porcupine) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Alexander Archipelago Wolves

Alexander Archipelago Wolves by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Bats – for some fascinating information about bats in Southeast Alaska look at The Milieu Souterrain Superficiel (MSS) as hibernation
habitat for bats: implications for white-nose syndrome by Karen M. Blejwas, et.al.

Bats at Fish Creek Park in Juneau, Alaska

Beavers and their benefits to healthy watersheds 

Beavers by the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska

Beaver Institute an excellent website to learn about beavers https://www.beaverinstitute.org/education/links-resources/

Beaver Restoration Guidebook

A good beaver reference for children and many adults https://www.flipsnack.com/LaurelCreekBeavers/who-s-beaver-s-best-friend….

Black Bear in Southeast Alaska by John Schoen and Lily Peacock

Brown Bear in Southeast Alaska by John Schoen and Scott Gende

Dogs, Wildlife and Wildlife Viewing

Dogs in Brazil and their affects on wildlife

Game Transplants in Alaska by Thomas Paul

Importance of beaver ponds to coho salmon production by Pollock, M.M., G.R. Pess, T.J. Beechie, and D.R. Montgomery. 2004

Keen Critter in Southeast (deer mouse) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

MAMMALS from Ecological Atlas of Southeast Alaska

Mountain Goat Feeding Habits

Mountain Goat Habitats

Northern Flying Squirrel

Nuts about Truffles (squirrels) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Prince of Wales Wolves by Audubon Alaska

Red Squirrel with Ticks in Juneau — article by Mary Willson

Sea Otters and Kelp Forests

Sea Otter Protecting a Harbor Seal

Sitka black-tailed deer by John Schoen and Matt Kirchoff

Whistlers on the Mountains (marmots) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Other Natural Things

Chilling Out How Warm-Blooded Animals Survive Southeast Winters by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Common Tracks of Southeast Alaska by Richard Carstensen

Extinction A Fate Worse Than Death by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Help–I’ve Been Slimed! (slime molds) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Lookin’ at Lichens by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Steaming lakes and thundersnow by Scott Denning

To Freeze or Not To Freeze by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Overall

Alaska Department of Fish and Game. 2015. Alaska wildlife action plan. Juneau.

For good information on Southeast Alaska and elswhere look at this website by Mary Willson https://onthetrailsjuneau.wordpress.com/author/onthetrailsjuneau/

First Comprehensive List of Non-Native Species Established in Three Major Regions of the United States

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5b911a5ce4b0702d0e808588

Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning in Alaska Facts and Discussion

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Photography

A Flying Wireless Platform on Live Insects

An Evaluation of the Panasonic FZ-200 and FZ-300 Camera

Tips on Using the Panasonic FZ-300 camera by Dan Kehlenbach

Beginning Wildlife Photography by Dan Kehlenbach

Depth of Field — an excellent resource https://www.photopills.com/calculators/dof-table

Enjoying Nature in Alaska through Video by Bob Armstrong and Doug Jones If the links to the videos do not work download the file and open in Adobe Reader.

Ethical Wildlife Photography for good information look at https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/when-photographers-get-too-close-wildlife-pays-the-price/

Ethical Photography of Birds /sites/default/files/Overeager%20Photographers%20Harm%20Birds%27%20Health.pdf

/sites/default/files/Armstrong_1990_Photographing_Insects_In_Flight-1.pdf

Photographing Arctic Bristletails at Night

Photographing Creatures in Winter with bare hands and fingers

Photographing Nature in Alaska by Robert H. Armstrong

Testing the Sony RX10 iv for photographing insects/sites/default/files/Testing%20the%20Sony%20RX%2010%20iv%20Camera%20for%20Photographing%20Insects.pdf

Using Remote Cameras for Capturing Animal Behavior

Using the JuiceBox Battery with the Panasonic FZ300 Camera

Using the Wingscapes BirdCam Pro cameras for documenting small creature behavior

Plants

Aquatic Plants in Alaska

Cloudberry POLLINATION ECOLOGY OF THE HIGH LATITUDE, DIOECIOUS CLOUDBERRY ( RUBUS CHAMAEMORUS ; ROSACEAE) by Adam O. Brown  and Jeremy N. McNeil

Coastal Strawberry The Pacific Beach Strawberry by USDA

Common Dandelions in Juneau

Cottonwood and the Creatures that feed on it

Creatures that use Alder, Cottonwood, and Willow Trees in Southeast Alaska

Creatures that use Alder, Cottonwood, and Willow Trees in Southeast Alaska May 21, 2021

The Common Plants of the Muskegs of Southeast Alaska by O. Wayne Robuck

Fall Colors in Southeast Alaska by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

False Azalea (Menziesia ferruginea)  with Tar Spot Fungus to learn about it look at https://www.sitkanature.org/photojournal/2010/10/26/tar-spot-fungus-rhyt…

Highbush Cranberry or Squashberry

Japanese Knotweed

Mosses and Liverworts of the National Forests in Alaska

Native Orchids of Southeast Alaska a field guide by Marlin Bowles & Bob Armstrong

Native Orchids of Southeast Alaska the book updated by Marlin Bowles & Bob Armstrong

Native Orchids in Southeast Alaska by Marlin Bowles & Bob Armstrong

For interesting information on the pollination of orchids look at /sites/default/files/Tao%2CBernhardt%20et%20al.%202018.%20Hawkmoth%20Noctuid%20orchid%20pollination%20sub%20alpine%20Chica.%20BotJLinnSoc.pdf

Native Plants of Alaska by the Cooperative Extension Service and UAF

Northern milfoil 

Not Just Another Pretty Face (Lupines) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Oddball Plants by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Orchid Pollinators and Visitors in Juneau, Alaska

Orchids in Southeast Alaska by Marlin Bowles and Bob Armstrong

Ouch! It’s the Alaska State Tree (Sitka Spruce) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Plants that eat insects in Alaska

Revegetation of our coastal areas for good information look at /sites/default/files/2013%20Wright%20%26%20Czapla%20Coastal-Reveg_web_v2.pdf

Rove Beetles on Western Heart-leaved Twayblade Orchids

Sticky Asphodel in Juneau, Alaska

The First Spring Flowers by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Wetland Sedges of Alaska by Gerald Tande & Robert Lipkin

Wild Orchids by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Willows in Alaska by George Argus

Willows and the Creatures that Feed on Them by Bob Armstrong and John Hudson

Power Point Presentations

These presentations are ones I have made over the years on nature in Alaska. For ease of viewing I have saved them as a video.

Alpine in Juneau

Animals in Action

Arctic Tern and Black Oystercatcher

Amphibians in the Juneau area

Animal Emotions

Appreciating Nature in Juneau

Bald Eagles in Southeast Alaska

Beavers of the Mendenhall Valley you can also use this PDF on Beavers of the Mendenhall Valley

Bobs Most Popular Videos on Nature in Alaska https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzGlkPWDBbZHNZlwvvmbwpGTLZMR…

Bugs by Bob

Connections in Alaska’s Natural World for information about these connections look at the book Natural Connections in Alaska

Coping with the Weather

Dragonflies of Alaska for more information look at the book Dragonflies of Alaska

Enjoying Nature in Alaska through Videos

Ethical Wildlife Photography

Fish and Game Memories

Forage Fish in Auke Bay

Harbor Seal Behavior

Harbor Seals in Alaska

High Speed Video

Life around Mendenhall Glacier for more information look at Life around the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau Alaska

Mendenhall Wetlands to learn more about this wonderful place look at Mendenhall Wetlands

Mendenhall Wetlands Talk this is about a 10 minute video to view it slower look at Mendenhall Wetlands PDF

Photographing Nature in Alaska to understand the stories behind these photos look at Photographing Nature in Alaska by Robert H. Armstrong

Predator Control Program on Dolly Varden

Southeast Alaska Festivals

Southeast Alaska’s Natural World (about the book)

Taking Care of the Kids

The Nature of Juneau’s Islands

Those Amazing Crab Spiders

Those Crazy Corvids

Where do birds in Southeast Alaska come from?

Tracking

Common Tracks of Southeast Alaska by Richard Carstensen