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| Beaver house with a bear made door |
Here are some miscellaneous pictures of things and views I saw while on Shuyak. The beaver house with a 'door' is something I have never seen before. It seems a bear wanted to get inside and made a door into the house. It made me think of the 3 little pigs and the big bad wolf. Only on Shuyak it was the 3 little beavers, the big bad bear, and the house made out of wood.
Another thing we saw a lot of was Canadian geese. They are everywhere on Shuyak. It turns out that the Alaska Department of Fish and Game only introduced them to the island a mere 10 years ago. It's kind of amazing how they have just taken over the island and are everywhere now. It also got me wondering if they are displacing any local species. For instance are there fewer swans on Shuyak because of the geese? Philip claims that there have always been fewer swans on the north end of Kodiak and Afognak, but I wonder if the geese have out competed them just a bit. I did not see any swans on Shuyak on this trip.
Patrick
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| Canadian Geese Eggs - Canadian geese were only recently introduced to Shuyak |
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| dead bald eagle on the beach |
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| The Barren Islands and Kenai Peninsula as seen from Shuyak |
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| Blueberry blossoms - way behind Kodiak which already has berries |
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| Carshan Point salmon stream |
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