Learning Alaska

Beluga Wetlands is one of those places that makes you slow down and watch your step. If you keep moving forward eventually you will make it here!

This overlook is accessed by the Calvin & Coyle Trail, one of several trails that lead to a viewing platforms overlooking the wetlands.

Near this viewing deck down the trail, I started noticing fresh moose tracks weaving through the woods.

They weren’t heading closer to the wetlands.

They were headed toward town.

I never spotted a moose from this overlook in this picture. The brush has grown in enough that visibility across much of the wetlands from there was pretty limited with a camera, and I knew if I wanted to find the track owners, I’d turn around and keep moving.

Sometimes wildlife photography isn’t about waiting in one place, it’s about reading the signs and trusting they’ll lead you somewhere incredible.

Fortunately… these tracks did.

Viewing Deck at Calvin & Coyle Trail
Homer, Alaska 🇺🇸

Normally in Alaska, bald eagles are seen flying and nesting in pairs. But when food is abundant, certain locations give you the rare opportunity to witness dozens or even hundreds gathered together in one place.

Deep Creek on the Kenai Peninsula is one of those places.

Spend enough time watching them, and you’ll notice they all have different personalities. Some demand to be seen. Others demand to be heard.

This one demanded both.

Deep Creek
Ninilchik, Alaska 🇺🇸