Wildlife Pictures, Page 6

Seagulls were perched on the rocks watching for outmigrating juvenile sockeye salmon to get disoriented in the whitewater and bubble up to the surface where they can be grabbed. I caught one of them that hit my fly in mid-air and got hooked in the wing, but didn't get any pictures because I was too focused on releasing it. It was fine.

A Dall Sheep ram sits atop a mountain in Denali National Park.

Dall Sheep in Denali National Park.

This golden eagle is soaring through Denali National Park.

Two garter snakes rest on the warm rocks alongside a path through a trout stream gorge.

Every time I drive past the Delta River overlooks on the Richardson Highway southwest of Fairbanks, I look for the wild bison that supposedly calve in that area. I've never seen them until this trip, when a few dozen were milling around out in the open valley next to the big glacial river. I snapped this picture through my spotting scope.

A black bear cub stares down at me from a large pine near one of my favorite trout streams.

A large mink swims around a trout stream in early spring.

A whitetail deer takes a cool drink on a hot August afternoon.