May 6, 2013:
My husband and I went fishing in our skiff for king salmon,
although we ended up netting a
dungeness crab instead in Juneau, Alaska...
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We spotted this dungeness crab crawling along the shallows of the harbor
shortly after launching the skiff... |
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After two attempts with it crawling like crazy and the wind catching the boat
- we successfully netted it... |
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I told my husband, "The crab is crawling under the floorboard,
you better grab it." He said, "Don't worry, it has nowhere to go;
I don't want to get pinched"... |
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Male and Female
Marbled Murrelets... |
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Same
Marbled Murrelets... |
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| Common Merganser... |
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Super rainy day,
with the sun trying to appear... |
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Male and Female
Harlequins... |
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Another Marbled Murrelet;
calling its mate that's fishing nearby... |
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| Clever... |
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| Pigeon Guillemot... |
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Max spotted salmon fry near the shoreline,
and shortly thereafter so did this bald eagle... |
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He was lucky and took flight
while grabbing a salmon fry in its talons... |
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Promise of spring, albeit late, is the sprouting of skunk cabbage
(and its unique odor) everywhere... |
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And, the story continues...I hated to tell Max, "Told ya so!"
We ended up having to use a camera to locate this bugger
under the floorboard of the skiff,
then a coat hanger to fish it out once we arrive back home... |
