Wildlife Pictures, Page 7

A Bonaparte's Gull cruises low over a rapids.

A merganser too young to fly scurries ahead of the canoe.

Wandering tattler. This type of sandpiper is known to nest next to high streams above treeline in rugged Alaska mountains.

These seagulls live at the salmon-cleaning station during this time of year.

I figured this dead, adult moose was a great reason to turn around, rather than continuing up the canyon and having to sneak back past it after whatever had been eating on it came back.

This golden eagle is soaring through Denali National Park.

A whitetail doe and her fawn lurk in the shadows, waiting to strike.

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.