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Arctic Lamprey (Lethenteron camtschaticum)

Observer

andrewm77

Date

May 3, 2024 08:45 AM AKDT

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What

Poplar Budgall Mite (Aceria parapopuli)

Observer

awenninger

Date

April 24, 2024 01:29 PM AKDT

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Arctic Lamprey (Lethenteron camtschaticum)

Observer

andrewm77

Date

May 1, 2024 09:12 AM AKDT

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Wright's Filmy Fern (Hymenophyllum wrightii)

Observer

gwark

Date

April 24, 2024 04:20 PM AKDT

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Arctic Grayling (Thymallus arcticus)

Date

July 13, 2023 02:44 PM AKDT

Description

Undoubtedly worth the 10 mile hike to catch this species, symphony lake is absolutely jam packed with them and is a pretty sure thing if you go to try for them. I caught around 15 on trout magnets

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Section Morchella (Section Morchella)

Observer

ljodwalis

Date

June 24, 2011 10:17 PM AKDT

Description

This may be the farthest-north observation of morels on the road system in Alaska! On dry, open tundra about 175 miles/281 km north of the Arctic Circle (LAT 69 degrees, 0'50" N) at Dalton Highway Milepost 325. They were about 1-2 meters from the remains of a campfire that had remnants of spruce logs among the ashes. This is a spot that people commonly camp at.

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Ice Worms (Genus Mesenchytraeus)

Observer

amelia907

Date

April 2, 2024 08:53 PM AKDT

Description

Found in a river under a rock- just a normal worm maybe? I have never found one alive in water before or so small so I’m really not sure. ID would be appreciated. Moved while in the water in a kind of twisty motion when I picked up the rock and I scooped it up to take photos- sorry theyre not better.

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Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)

Observer

muir

Date

March 2024

Place

Germany (Google, OSM)

Description

Suspected owl prey: hare

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Smoothhead Sculpin (Artedius lateralis)

Observer

hunter8538

Date

April 9, 2020 09:48 AM AKDT

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Eastern Argus Monitor (Varanus panoptes ssp. panoptes)

Observer

skatingwolverine

Date

March 22, 2024 08:59 AM AEST

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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)

Observer

csyampae

Date

November 12, 2017 12:50 PM MST

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Shorthorn Sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius)

Observer

lwstevens21

Date

July 20, 2023 04:06 PM AKDT

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Observer

ljodwalis

Date

June 5, 2012 03:35 AM AKDT

Description

In a yard surrounded by old growth white spruce and paper birch forest. These beetles are very fast and can be hard to photograph.

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Wolverine (Gulo gulo)

Observer

muir

Date

February 2024

Description

Approximately 5 minutes of wolverine. Appears to be missing or damaged in right eye (no or limited eye shine). Appears to defecate at site. @caiawatha

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Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)

Observer

muir

Date

February 2024

Description

~25 minutes of 🐺

Previously recorded at this location on 11th Dec 2023, perhaps the same individual. @caiawatha

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American Marten (Martes americana)

Observer

muir

Date

February 2024

Description

Plunge-diving in front of camera, and appears to be successful. I think I can see a tail hanging from mouth.

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Wolverine (Gulo gulo)

Observer

muir

Date

January 2024

Description

About 15 sweet minutes of wolverine.

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American Marten (Martes americana)

Observer

muir

Date

January 2024

Description

Snowmachines pass about 3 mins after last marten camera trigger.

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American Goshawk (Accipiter atricapillus)

Observer

muir

Date

December 2023

Description

Previous game camera trigger of a goshawk 30 minutes before, bookended by marten triggers. Then some drama! A goshawk appears from the left, lands briefly, and then lifts off again to meet a second goshawk in a brief tussle in the air. The birds are within view of the camera over the course of 35 seconds, with one eventually flying off with the other remaining on the ground, slightly off-camera to the lower right. Exciting observation! @caiwatha

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Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)

Observer

seth_beaudreault

Date

April 2020

Description

Chasing Red Fox from near a nest site.

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Elk (Alces alces)

Observer

muir

Date

March 16, 2024 11:23 AM AKDT

Description

Snow machine moose. Group of ~7

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Small Round-leaved Orchid (Galearis rotundifolia)

Observer

ljodwalis

Date

June 23, 2011 05:35 PM AKDT

Description

Observed on small frost mounds (palsas) which are drier than the surrounding tundra, but which have large cracks through which pure water ice can be seen. This is 98 miles/158 km road miles north of the Arctic Circle.

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Glacier Avens (Geum glaciale)

Observer

ljodwalis

Date

May 21, 2019 03:00 AM AKDT

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Waterfall-climbing Cave Fish (Cryptotora thamicola)

Observer

prosanta

Date

January 2020

Description

Deep in Maelana Cave

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Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis)

Observer

muir

Date

February 2024

Description

Collared lynx is back.

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Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis)

Observer

muir

Date

February 2024

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Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis)

Observer

muir

Date

February 2024

Description

Collared lynx caught on camera.

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Coyote (Canis latrans)

Observer

muir

Date

February 2024

Description

First coyote captured at this location.

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Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis)

Observer

muir

Date

February 2024

Description

lol. Turns out I made a cat scratching post.

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Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis)

Observer

muir

Date

February 2024

Description

Fresh snow. Thick lynx appears 3 weeks after first appearance.

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Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis)

Observer

muir

Date

January 2024

Description

To me, this looks like two individuals. The first lynx that shows up at this specific time ~2310, are the last pics in this observation. To me it looks like a smaller individual than the cat in later pics at 2322.

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Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis)

Observer

muir

Date

January 2024

Description

Smaller-looking lynx appearing about two hours after the first lynx individual https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200462781

Opening its mouth "yawning" around the stick rubbed down with a castor sac, and then jumping up and rubbing its body on the stick.

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Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush)

Observer

ljodwalis

Date

August 31, 2016 09:40 AM AKDT

Description

It was alive when first observed, so I annotated it as "alive"

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Elk (Alces alces)

Observer

muir

Date

October 2023

Description

hoof remains in a scat

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Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)

Observer

ljodwalis

Description

Please see the first observation in this series for context: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197200592

This is the first visit since Sept. 23. Clearly, there isn't much left to feed on, if anything.

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Elk (Alces alces)

Observer

ljodwalis

Date

April 2023

Description

WARNING! Photos show a partially-eaten animal and may be disturbing for some people.
This moose was killed by a wolf. A local dog musher came up on it with his dog team and saw a lone wolf feeding on the moose's head. He described the encounter when he saw me and I went there with my camera and trail-cam. The moose was a young cow, probably almost a year old, and was extremely thin. I examined the tracks where the wolf chased the moose out of the woods onto a trail, then up the trail a short distance. The moose was lying in the trail. The wolf had eaten the tongue and a portion of the haunch. There were probably 50+ ravens nearby and I surmise that they got the eye and maybe the cheek. The first photo in the series shows a puncture wound above the hock. I put the trail cam on a nearby tree and left it overnight but no wildlife showed up besides ravens. This trail is only a mile or two from a rural residential area and is used by dog mushers, fat-bikers, skiers, and snowmachiners. Photo of the wolf tracks is in a separate observation (link is in comments).

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Humpback Whitefish (Coregonus pidschian)

Observer

ljodwalis

Date

September 30, 2022 10:21 AM AKDT

Description

The splotchy color happens after death. In life they are more uniformly silver.

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Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)

Observer

ljodwalis

Description

My husband and I were hiking in the Alaska Range in September 2021 when we came across the remains of a hunter’s moose kill. There was little left except the gut pile, head, hide, and lower legs. On a subsequent trip through the area a few days later we put the trail camera up and left it for almost a month. This is the first in a series of observations. All will be linked back to this one in an effort to present a more holistic impression of the activities of scavengers over time.

Most of the observations are of a small family of wolves but there were also ravens, black-billed magpies, a lynx, coyote, and even a moose that wandered through. I’ve examined the photos numerous times and there are 3 wolves for sure but possibly 4. One is a big white adult and two are subadults, one black and one with white markings on its face (I call it White Cheeks), and possibly a 4th one with a dark back that I never got a clear photo of.

Most of the photos are at night and fog and snow sometimes obscured the view. The moose kill is a dark brown mass in the center foreground visible in this first observation. The trail cam was set to take 4 shots at once, then wait 10 minutes. The wolves came and went repeatedly over many nights. Sometimes they appeared together or within a few minutes of each other and sometimes not. I separated the observations by date but unfortunately that doesn’t show how connected they really were.

As of Jan. 25, 2024 there are 12 additional observations connected to this one.

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Wolverine (Gulo gulo)

Observer

muir

Date

January 2024

Description

One day after a second camera placement by @caiawatha, a curious wolverine showed up.

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Wolverine (Gulo gulo)

Observer

muir

Date

January 2024

Description

Wolverine first caught on camera on 12/31, returned four days later in this observation.

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Wolverine (Gulo gulo)

Observer

muir

Date

December 2023

Description

!!!

On the last day of a Big Year, but with me unaware at the time, one final life species appears. And it's a big one! Many thanks to @caiawatha for helping make this one happen. A really special observation to me.

I believe the wolverine appears at 01:58am, but then kindly reappears for better pics midday 13:15-13:30.

The camera also caught a wolverine on January 3 and January 17.

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St. Lawrence Island Tundra Vole (Alexandromys oeconomus ssp. innuitus)

Observer

birdernaturalist

Date

June 4, 2011 09:55 PM AKDT

Description

Tundra Vole

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Elk (Alces alces)

Observer

muir

Date

January 2024

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American Marten (Martes americana)

Observer

muir

Date

November 2023

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Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia)

Observer

muir

Date

November 2023

Description

Eagle bystander

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Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)

Observer

muir

Date

December 2023

Description

!🐺!

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Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Observer

muir

Date

November 2023

Description

Refreshed by @caiawatha on 11/10. I didn't position the camera very well, and I also think the camera maybe was not functioning 100%. Whatever the reason, the first and only day with camera trap pictures with a visible animal was 11/16, when a mixed flock of Alaskan avian scavengers (bald eagles, ravens, magpies) descended and made a bit of a fuss.

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Nootka Lupine (Lupinus nootkatensis)

Observer

khalildashay

Date

June 10, 2022 12:14 PM AKDT

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American Goshawk (Accipiter atricapillus)

Observer

muir

Date

November 2023

Description

Raptor coming to bait. Marten in background, interested but does not appear to be bold enough to push it off directly.

Guessing goshawk, but happy to be corrected.

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American Marten (Martes americana)

Observer

muir

Date

November 2023

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American Marten (Martes americana)

Observer

muir

Date

November 2023

Description

After an all-nighter, the marten was back on the bait.

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American Marten (Martes americana)

Observer

muir

Date

November 2023

Description

Camera trap with scent lure and rabbit fur.

On second night, marten appeared at 20:07 (first photo) and triggered camera multiple times throughout night until 05:00hr the following day. Some comical videos of marten swinging suspended on the hare.

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Coyote (Canis latrans)

Observer

muir

Date

November 19, 2023 01:42 PM AKST

Description

First time for me to see a coyote at Westchester Lagoon. Tracked across railroad tracks, then also observed in mudflats (3 pics).

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Common Raven (Corvus corax)

Observer

muir

Date

November 24, 2023 11:53 AM AKST

Description

The well known #whiteraven of Anchorage. Seen in the Tudor and Dale area. The FB group is a useful source for updates. About five people gathered to see it at this observation location.

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Observer

muir

Date

November 10, 2023 03:13 PM AKST

Description

Tentative ID by csyampae

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Witch's Broom (Taphrina betulina)

Observer

csyampae

Date

November 10, 2023 03:04 PM AKST

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Elk (Alces alces)

Observer

muir

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Elk (Alces alces)

Observer

muir

Date

October 2023

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Elk (Alces alces)

Observer

muir

Date

October 2023

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Brown Bear (Ursus arctos)

Observer

muir

Date

July 2023

Description

First bear capture on a camera trap for me. cc @caiwatha

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Samiland Gentian (Comastoma tenellum)

Observer

j-stauffer

Date

September 4, 2012 06:09 PM EDT

Description

Denali National Park

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Jaguar (Panthera onca)

Observer

seth_beaudreault

Date

July 2023

Place

Costa Rica (Google, OSM)

Description

Younger of two males that spent time in the area between July and September 2023

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Singing Vole (Microtus miurus)

Observer

lukeberg

Date

June 15, 2023 02:36 PM AKDT

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What

Taiga Vole (Microtus xanthognathus)

Observer

lukeberg

Date

June 15, 2023 11:34 PM AKDT

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What

Sweet Cicely (Genus Osmorhiza)

Observer

booksmuggler

Date

June 10, 2023 04:31 PM AKDT

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Kenai Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes ssp. kenaiensis)

Observer

muir

Date

April 2023

Description

Red fox series over the course of hour and a half.

01:38am first capture of the night. Single fox in center of frame, eight days after a fox was first caught on video at this location. Fox is clearly seen focusing on an area where scent lure was buried in the snow, and digging.

02:08am fox walking around, nose to snow.

02:16am fox looking directly into camera, sniffing the air. Another video is triggered within the same minute, this time with the fox starting to dig at a second location, closer to camera. Fox looking up at camera in between dig attempts. A third video is captured within the minute, this time the fox trotting away. The hole is not deep enough to have found the scent lure.

02:56am fox is captured mid-dig, substantially deeper than before. Hole is deep enough now that when fox puts its head down, its glowing eyes from the infrared lighting disappear into the snow.

03:07am fox is walking, enters into now a well trodden path in snow between digging locations.

Next (and last) fox capture at this location is two days later at 8am with a fox trotting quickly through.

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Wolverine (Gulo gulo)

Observer

rsneville

Date

June 2022

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Sturgeon Poacher (Podothecus accipenserinus)

Observer

hfb

Date

June 2023

Place

Alaska, US (Google, OSM)

Description

Brought up in a net from about 20 ft

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Eastern Fairy-Slipper (Calypso bulbosa var. americana)

Observer

troydeclan

Date

May 2023

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Arctic Lamprey (Lethenteron camtschaticum)

Observer

andrewm77

Date

June 1, 2023 09:37 AM AKDT

Description

Caught in rotary screw trap in Kwethluk River smolt outmigration project.

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Wolverine (Gulo gulo)

Observer

seth_beaudreault

Date

May 2023

Description

Put game camera on roadkilled caribou carcass.

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Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)

Date

April 14, 2023 01:54 PM AKDT

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Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas)

Observer

govegan65

Date

September 7, 2016 06:32 PM AKDT

Description

You can barely make out a few white dots. There were dozens of belugas passing by

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Northwestern Deer Mouse (Peromyscus keeni)

Observer

sobeki

Date

January 21, 2019 11:07 AM AKST

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Yellow Willowherb (Epilobium luteum)

Observer

billsherwonit

Date

July 27, 2022 11:37 AM AKDT

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Yellow Willowherb (Epilobium luteum)

Observer

glenn22brown

Date

July 11, 2009 04:09 PM AKDT

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Long-tailed Vole (Microtus longicaudus)

Observer

sobeki

Date

February 13, 2011 12:01 AM AKST

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Pacific Pomfret (Brama japonica)

Observer

sobeki

Date

September 10, 2019 07:45 AM AKDT

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Pacific Sleeper Shark (Somniosus pacificus)

Observer

sobeki

Date

August 8, 2004 11:43 PM AKDT

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Observer

sobeki

Date

November 11, 2009 02:33 PM AKST

Description

Pacific Hagfish/ Slime Eel

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Salmon Shark (Lamna ditropis)

Observer

sobeki

Date

July 21, 2008 11:37 AM AKDT

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Observer

daria_mattly

Date

April 9, 2023 01:54 PM AKDT

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Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)

Observer

livanescudero

Date

July 25, 2019

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Avian Pox Viruses (Genus Avipoxvirus)

Observer

muir

Date

April 3, 2023 12:44 PM AKDT

Description

This observation is for the cause of the deformity that presumably contributed to this black-billed magpie's death. The magpie observation is here https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/153374442

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mikeleski

Date

June 24, 2012 06:16 PM AKDT

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What

Northern Bugleweed (Lycopus uniflorus)

Observer

torrejorgenson

Date

August 16, 2014 12:34 PM AKDT

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What

Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea stoebe)

Observer

gwark

Date

August 10, 2017 05:30 PM AKDT

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Willow Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)

Observer

troydeclan

Date

February 21, 2023 11:47 PM AKST

Description

Now that I've got my ptarmigan in a row I'll be ready when the ducks come back.

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Jacob's Ladders (Genus Polemonium)

Observer

sophiatidler

Date

July 16, 2021 05:06 PM AKDT

Description

This alpine flower was found at an elevation of about 6400’
No idea what it is. Leaves look similar to Jacob’s ladder but the flower pedals rolled back and had a white cottony underbrush to them.

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Columbines (Genus Aquilegia)

Observer

blaserk

Date

June 6, 2022 06:17 PM AKDT

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Orange Sea Pen (Ptilosarcus gurneyi)

Observer

aquaristmatt

Date

February 26, 2023 12:39 PM AKST

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What

Striped Alder Sawfly (Hemichroa crocea)

Observer

a_hershey

Date

August 12, 2022 02:40 PM AKDT

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Saltmarsh Bulrush (Bolboschoenus maritimus ssp. paludosus)

Observer

dennisronsse

Date

July 24, 2015 01:03 PM AKDT

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Drummond's Rockcress (Boechera stricta)

Observer

e_lotsey

Date

May 22, 2017 08:26 PM AKDT

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Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)

Observer

awenninger

Date

April 19, 2020 01:56 PM AKDT

Description

Found dead

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Broad Whitefish (Coregonus nasus)

Observer

natforlife

Date

June 20, 2002 08:35 PM AKDT

Description

The fish on top; broad whitefish??

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What

Bering Cisco (Coregonus laurettae)

Observer

natforlife

Date

June 20, 2002 08:35 PM AKDT

Description

The fish on bottom

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What

Western Hemlock-Spruce (Tsuga heterophylla)

Observer

jmlarsonrein

Date

March 15, 2019

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What

Alaska Jacob's-Ladder (Polemonium villosissimum)

Observer

dennisronsse

Date

June 23, 2019 03:39 PM AKDT

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What

Alaska Rockjasmine (Androsace alaskana)

Observer

dennisronsse

Date

June 2020