From left to right: 2015, 2016, 2017. The first two are definitely the same cub. Is the 2017 photo the same cub? The natal collar has me thinking so.

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It is that season when every day brings a new floral delight. The lupine are busy unfurling their magic along the Chilkoot River. Haines; Alaska

Strolling on the flats of the Chilkat River; tends to give one a proper perspective on one's place in the world.

Spring time in Haines, perfect for a walk on the beach.

Everyone is hunting the hooligan

Stellar Sea Lions in search of hooligan

Harvesting hooligan

Harvesting hooligan on the Chilkoot River

Rainbow over Pyramid Island; Chilkat Inlet, Haines, AK

Some of the very best days in Alaska are found in the quiet months of the spring. So quiet you can hear the sounds of life all around. Birds on the water, the breath of seals and sea lions, the peace and solace of the soul when it has found its way home amidst the din of the world.

Cold winds sweep down from hanging valleys. Life teams and pushes up into the valley bottoms. Water is the artery that replenishes the land’s vitality. The land is mantled and cradled in the sun’s comfort. Winter’s frozen hell slowly yields to summer’s heaven. …. Days such as these.

Eagle on Eldred Rock

Keeping visage on the upper Lynn Canal, from Eldred Rock

working at my desk and mom just walked by my window. Took a few shots, then went up on the desk and saw a greatly expanded Junior moose. Mom and offspring are still hanging around.

working at my desk and mom just walked by my window. Took a few shots, then went up on the desk and saw a greatly expanded Junior moose. Mom and offspring are still hanging around.

Glorious days of summer in Haines, Alaska, on the flats of the Chilkat River, looking south to the Coastal Range.

As often as I have made this photo, each opportunity to capture this moment demands my attention. It was just one of those stellar days in Haines. The kind of day we have come to love in May.

Give us this day our daily eagle.

n addition to the swans gathering on the Chilkat wetlands, lately quite a few eagles have been hanging near the tidal pools along Mud Bay Road across from Pyramid Island while the tide is feeding the pools.

Glorious summer day on Chilkoot Lake. The dandelions are always beautiful until they are not! The horsetail and parsnip are lush as well. River is going to rise as the weather warms. I believe I will go fishing today before the torrent.

God could not be everywhere, so he created Mothers." -Rudyard Kipling A mother Common Mergansers gives her newly hatched chicks a lift along the Chilkoot River; Haines, Alaska