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.
This Bald Eagle, nicknamed "Chatty Charlie", sat in a tree outside our bed and breakfast in Seward; he lived up to his name, calling loudly each morning. Eagles are very common in Alaska, we saw one try to steal a fish from a seagull. The species name, leucocephalus, means "white head".
As the name Eskimo Potato implies, Native Alaskans once ate the roots of this plant. It is in the Pea Family. I photographed this one at the Matanuska Glacier along the Glenn Highway after we did a 3-hour glacier hike with the MICA Guides. Smoke from the wildfires obsured our views of the mountains. :(
