This mother duck was nearly attacked by a bald eagle. She escaped and the brood quickly scattered into the grasses at her loud "Quack!"
There is a Musk Ox Farm along the Glenn Highway in Palmer. Tours are given to introduce people to these fascinating animals. The shaggy fur called qiviut (pronounced kiv-ee-ute) is collected by the workers and sent to native villages to be spun into yard and knitted into beautiful garments. Qiviut is the warmest fiber on earth (and very expensive too!).
I spotted this seagull sitting on the roof of the Salty Dawg Saloon in Homer. The red spot on the lower beak is the area where the chicks peck to induce their parents to regurgitate a meal.
