Here is what you are likely to see when you go trolling the shoreline out my way. These were taken in the last few weeks. I,m glad to share some with you. :)
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Some mornings are calm, and serene.
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here is a small raft of sea otters just doing what they do.
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generally you will see some bald eagles in trees watching carefully everything.
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here is a lucky shot to see one more coming ti visit in flight.
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sometimes you may see a moose or bear.
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Here are last years twins, with the mother. collared and tagged for study by ADF&Game. Quite possibly on calf may not be a twin, butt an orphan. Anyway i,m glad you came with me on the boat ride. Thanks.
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Cool
That's some beautiful country Gary. 8)
I never heard of saltchuck. I had to go to Oxford's Dictionary to find it. I enjoyed your saltchuck adventure. I intend to stay out of deep saltchuck. ::) Dominick
Thanks to all. I had a friend my dads age from Canada's decent that lived in British Columbia on the water that always referred to the coastal estuaries as the salt chuck. It's in need of a revival for the city slickers who wants to get out of town and get some fresh sea food. Salt in the suv 🚙. No no👫👠👡👢👎
Nice
Scenery only an Alaskan has.
Saltchuck may be a ''north of 49'' thing. Anyone here on Vancouver Island that has a boat knows the term.
How 'bout it, south of ''49''ers? Is it used in say Washington state, Oregon, California ? How about maine , Florida, or Texas ?
Greg - Nanaimo,B.C.
I got my intro to saltchuck during my 20 years of going to Alaska fishing.
Down here in the desert we have the Salt Flats...lol...and the Great Salt Lake...which used to be Lake Bonneville and was freshwater.
Back home in NC the coast was the beach or the brackish water was the sound with bays. No Chuck involved.
And a big thank you to Gary for the pics!
Thanks for sharing, are those radio collars on the baby moose?
Yes, mr. gobi, these moose are "managed ". A great job for an up and coming biologist type, they are going to save the world 🌎 by using science and never politics in their decisions.
Our black bears are not out of their dens yet here. The cubs are always so cute to watch. Thanks.
Quote from: Dominick on March 25, 2019, 11:18:43 PM
I never heard of saltchuck. I had to go to Oxford's Dictionary to find it... ::) Dominick
Gary,
Like Dominick, I too had to look up the word SALTCHUCK - It first sounded like one of those $5 College words.
And TANKS for the word education!
WayneO
If they really are going to save the world WITHOUT politics, they may just get it done.
And I too appreciate all these pictures and video
Only a small percentage of our moose are tagged in the ear or have radio transmitting collars. Here is a picture of one in our backyard a while back. Just waiting for spring.
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and the big sister,
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Gary: We get these guys flocked up in the winter. Cool to see when you go for a walk down by the "Chuck" (we usually don't say the salt part). They flock up in the winter. I'll let you guess the bird species.
Cheers:
Todd
After eating oysters they must be auk-chucks. ;D ;D ;D Dominick
This is the best ,,,,, :D love it ,,,, ;D
I,m 🤔 thinking a guillemot, settlers. We have some, but usually only out on the water. Give me another guess tomorrow, my eyes 👀 will be better.🚣♀️🍺🚣♀️
Regrding the picture of the black bird on the rocks. It's hard to tell their size in the picture but if they are what we call Black ducks, they don't eat oysters. At least not on the west coast of Vancouver Island they don't. My buddy of several years has an oyster farm (product grows on lines not on racks or the beach ) and when the Black Ducks move in by the hundreds or even thousands, he is smiling. They dive to 14 feet and eat ONLY the mussels growing on his strings. I help with the harvest and this eliminating the mussels sure makes our job easier. Also intersting is that his strings are 18 feet long (deep) and they don't get the last 4 feet cleaned up. They know their diving limit I guess.
Greg
I call TIME you two!!!
Time to ask a Bird Brain! ME!
They are Black Oystercatchers!
BINGO!
My work is done here!
Wayne
Beautiful state. I only wish i was younger to enjoy that, to old and soft now. :(
Joe
Quote from: Reel 224 on March 27, 2019, 04:56:14 AM
Beautiful state. I only wish i was younger to enjoy that, to old and soft now. :(
Joe
Ditto. I really had no idea of what it was like until the past 5 years or so. Seeing it through Gary's eyes is really enlighting.
Hey, I'm getting old too. I have to hide the pain and suffering as it's my row to hoe. Live, love, eat, sleep, with no sidewalks nor regretting.🚣♀️
Quote from: El Pescador on March 27, 2019, 04:10:10 AM
I call TIME you two!!!
Time to ask a Bird Brain! ME!
They are Black Oystercatchers!
BINGO!
My work is done here!
Wayne
So,
Do oystercatchers eat oysters? :)
Ron Jones
Since we have no oysters here I would have to say maybe. They don't here but they do eat the shellfish (like mussels) we have. Maybe they do further South where there are oysters. You have to be very fast to catch an oyster !!
Cheers:
Todd
The oysters around here are very hard shelled and attached to rocks so those ducks would have an easy time cat hing them and a ni on impossible task getting into them.
Ron,
This from the internet:
"The black oystercatcher eats a variety of invertebrate marine life including mussels, whelks and limpets. Despite its name, it rarely eats oysters! It especially likes to eat creatures that cling to the rocks below the high-tide line. It usually forages at low tide and rests at high tide."
Green Grass & High Tides....
Wayne
Thanks again for everyone adding to my simple post. It's always good to hear from you, we all have knolage of something that the other person might knot. Thanks again Alan for making this work.
Just saying.🚶♂️
Lovely photos and I learned something new today, the African Black Oyster Catcher has a twin in the US! They look remarkably similar, same genus in fact and ours also don't seem to like oysters much, they prefer mussels and marine worms.
This is a great thread, Gary. Very refreshing to enjoy images of Southeast Alaska and especially since I've been there a "few" times. Here's a shot of my nature walk last fall on Prince of Wales island ...south of Gary...about 225 miles. I had my limits for the day and was enjoying the afternoon sun while scouting for some shore fishing spots. Had a nice time talking with a Raven and then a not so nice calling in a Blackie. Found out the scary way that what calls in foxes also works on bears.
special thanks to Gary, for starting this post, and to everyone that has contributed, nice entertaining, cheers Don.
Hey donning boat, we should have a good drink,and a great fish 🐠 dinner, then 💭 chat. Other wise maybe wecan chat here on a great place , thanks 🙏 for being my friend.🐠🚶♀️👙😻🐳🚣♀️