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. :(
Ken and Kris by a lake on the Matanuska glacier. We went on a guided 3-hour glacier walk with the MICA Guides. This was one of the small, hidden lakes found on the glacier.
