Day-to-Day Sights

Jonny and I have been doing a lot of tours every day, so we get to see all sorts of fantastic things out in the forest and on the water. Check out some of these day-to-day sights!

Here are some little mushrooms we spotted near the mining ruins on the East Glacier Trail.

Another beautiful patch of lupines.

This raven showed no fear as we approached it on the Steep Creek Bridge. These birds are all over the place. They are incredibly large and incredibly crafty. You can often hear their strange calls echoing throughout the forest.

A nice view from a platform out on the Rainforest Trail on Douglas Island. Here you can see tons of skunk cabbage! As the name implies, this plant doesn't have the most pleasant odor.

These leaves grow to be so large!

Tall devil's club on the Rainforest Trail.

 Just hanging out in the forest!

Here we have some wild salmon berries! They're related to the raspberry and taste pretty similar too. The berries can be deep pink to a salmon-like color. The little clusters resemble salmon eggs, hence the name!

Mmmm.. delicious!

And who has been leaving these large messes out on the Moraine Ecology Trail?

Aha! I spotted this guilty bear out in the bus parking lot after I dropped off a group. We were all so excited to see this little bear.

I've also been spotting a lot of eagles lately. Here we have a pair sitting up on the day marker out in Auke Bay.

This hungry eagle explores the coastline near DIPAC where fishermen were catching salmon.

He flies off over the Gastineau Channel and across to Douglas.

These tasty morsels are what they're after. A chum salmon!

And let's not forget those whales! Let's observe some lovely tails!

 This whale was so close! I just love the water droplets beading off of this fluke.

And here you can see some bubble-net feeding shots! We had a pod of nine whales all working together to gather fish. They blow bubbles around the school and work them to the surface where they swim through with their mouths open to gobble them up.

If you'd like to see a video of bubble-net feeding, click HERE! We put a hydrophone in the water so we could hear the whales while they fed. Listen to their calls!

And after the huge rainstorm we had today, the sky cleared up a bit and we saw the sun peek out behind some clouds. Jonny took these gorgeous photos near our condo.

Hope you enjoyed the photos!