Critters

One of the great things about living in Warm Springs Bay is all the wildlife we see right outside our living room window!  We see everything from hummingbirds (in the spring) to brown bears and humpback whales.

This red squirrel has adapted to his local environment and has developed quite a taste for rice cakes and tortilla chips.

Whales do come into the bay on occasion.  This humpback whale has visited a couple of times.

As you can see, he often comes in close to shore, passing close to the lodge.

We think this is a song sparrow, but all these little birds look alike!

This immature Trumpeter swan stopped through on his way south, or possibly on his way over to Sitka.  There were probably other swans in the area, but we never saw them.  There's a group of swans that winter over in Sitka in the estuary by Starrigavan, and they sometimes visit Swan Lake, if you can imagine that.

We call this eagle "the commuter" and usually see him flying westbound in the morning and eastbound in the afternoon.  This day he made a pit stop at the water's edge right in front of the lodge.

This is "Jack", one of our resident belted kingfishers.  He's so-named because of his resemblance to Jack Nicholson in one of his earlier poses.

We have large flocks of Barrow's Goldeneyes that winter here in the bay.

We rarely see them out of the water, but this male came ashore one day.

After grooming, he decided to take a little catnap, one eye open for predators.

Unfortunately, he attracted the attention of the top predator on the island.

As Marlin Perkins used to say on Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, "Watch out Mr. Goldeneye!".

"Damn--those things are fast!"

Everything is relative....a happy ending for the Goldeneye is an embarrassing ending for Feral!

Now she'll have to find something else to stalk.

Target acquired!

New definition to the term, "party animal" during the Huskies college football playoff game.

Feral is also a Seahawks fan!