Category: Alaska

Adding 14 new birds to my catalog, plus some old faces in new places

Roger Simmons, August 19, 2025August 19, 2025

Thanks to a recent vacation, a work trip and visiting my usual haunts, I have added 14 new birds to my life list.

Roger Simmons, August 11, 2025August 9, 2025

So, how do can you identify a humpback whale using the catalog? It’s pretty easy if you get a picture of a whale’s tail.

Roger Simmons, August 9, 2025August 9, 2025

We got to see them swim, dive, expel air from their blowholes and show off their tails. But their bubble-net-feeding was incredible to watch.

Roger Simmons, August 5, 2025August 5, 2025

We were expecting to see Humpback Whales – and we did later on – but the first whales we spotted were a small pod of Orcas, or Killer Whales