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Female Lawrence’s Goldfinch. A guest saw a male about a month ago and I have been on the lookout ever since. I finally was able to see and photograph this female about a week ago, and then spotted a male out this window a couple of days ago. Colorful bird!

A hooded oriole this morning – first oriole of the season! So colorful! Can you find it in the brittlebush?

A brown bear chasing down a salmon last summer at Katmai National Park, Alaska.

I have been working on a trip report from last summer’s Katmai trip and I’m surprised at how many images I haven’t had a chance to share yet including this one! I have one cabin left for the 2023 Katmai Bear Photo Tour.

The brittlebush (wildflowers) next to one of the waterholes is really looking good right now, so I set up the camera, trigger and flashes in front of it last night and captured images of this hooded skunk among others.
I have shared a number of photos of a hooded skunk this winter with a injured rear leg. I believe this is a different one. The rear legs looks perfectly fine – granted it could have healed. However this one behaves differently. It is more skittish. Where Gimpy as I liked to call it was completely oblivious to my presence, this one will scurry off a short distance and watch. I’ll keep watching for Gimpy.

A Gambel’s Quail from Sunday evening coupled with the amazing background at the Lower Photo Blind.

I had a chance to photograph at the Reflection Blind this morning – good fun! This is a female Lesser Goldfinch on a Parry’s Penstemon.

A couple of striped skunks facing off last night at the waterhole. Judging from the photos, I believe we have three different individual striped skunks coming around. Two of them seem to get along pretty well – mating pair maybe?