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Day 299

Sunday, October 26, 2014

~Curtis in Sitka! {!-{>

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Day 298

Sunday, October 26, 2014

~Curtis in Sitka! {!-{>

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Day 297

Sunday, October 26, 2014

We had a nice show in the middle of the bay.   “Baaa…” “looop!” Not a sound… ~Curtis in Sitka! {!-{>

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Day 296 in Sitka!

Sunday, October 26, 2014

There it is again! Whales… ~Curtis in Sitka! {!-{>

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Day 295: Wallpaper!

Monday, October 20, 2014

Spray from our boat, wallpaper sized! (1/8000s f/5.6 ISO500 200mm Canon 7D) (1/8000s f/5.6 ISO500 108mm 7D) (1/8000s f/5.6 ISO500 100mm 7D) ~Curtis in Sitka! {!-{>

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Day 294: The Otters!

Monday, October 20, 2014

We passed a big raft of Otters.  I think they were trying to form a Conga line… The light was bad, but the otters were pretty good. I am not sure what Smiley is laughing about… Maybe it is Mom. One of them,anyway. She always said she wanted to come back as an Otter! “Nom, […]

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Day 293: The Eagles!

Monday, October 20, 2014

Bald eagles abound in Alaska.  We saw all of these in about a one mile stretch over about 20 to 30 minutes… An immature Bald Eagle. Siblings and a parent.  I have never seen a Bald Eagle roost on the ground like that before. As I have mentioned previously, some of the salmon are running. […]

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Day 292: Sitka! -or- Back to the Cruise!

Monday, October 20, 2014

An early morning approach to Sitka! (Not the most even of panoramas…Click to enlarge; BACK to return!) A view from Breakfast. Once again we had to tender in to reach the shore: there was not a dock that would fit our Amsterdam.  But this time, the operator for the Otters, Whales and Other Stuff tour […]

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Day 291

Sunday, October 19, 2014

Fall must be coming…this morning, down by the River… (1/1500s f/8.0 ISO320 300mm Canon 7D 100% crop) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 290: Another brief break…

Friday, October 17, 2014

I got to run down by the River this evening and got a few nice photos of a variety of birds, so I will break into our Arches sojourn for a moment. Western Grebes. (1/750s f/8.0 ISO125 400mm -1/2 stop Canon 7D 100% crop) Bald Eagle. (1/1000s f/8.0 ISO160 400mm 7D 100% crop) Juvenile Common […]

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