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Inuvik-trip day-19 (WatsonLake-YT to FortNelson-BC) on 2008jul11

Photos from AlaskaHwy approx 100km SE of WatsonLake-YT on 2008jul11:
Wood bison: many Wood bison: many with calves Wood bison: many crossing road Wood bison: calf Wood bison: calf Wood bison: bull defecating Wood bison: bull Wood bison: bulls crossing road Wood bison: bull closeup Wood bison: bull closeup Wood bison: bull closeup Wood bison: bull in profile Red fox: Red fox: Red fox: scratching Red fox: hunting Red fox: Red fox:

Photos from AlaskaHwy near LairdRiver on 2008jul11:
Black bear: mother and two cubs Black bear: cub climbing Black bear: two cubs climbing Black bear: cub climbing Black bear: mother below Black bear: cub descending Black bear: two cubs descending

Photos from LairdHotsprings-BC on 2008jul11:
Spiranthes romanzoffiana+Platanthera huronensis: Platanthera huronensis: Platanthera huronensis: Platanthera dilatata: Long-leaved sundew: Spiranthes romanzoffiana: Spiranthes romanzoffiana: Lake chub: adapted to hot-water info: on LakeChub adapted to hot-water Mew gull: bad sign: about the Tropical Valley Tall buttercup: White admiral butterfly: White admiral butterfly: White admiral butterfly: White admiral butterfly: on CowParsnip White admiral butterfly: on CowParsnip White admiral butterfly: White admiral butterfly: False foxglove: plant False foxglove: flower ?unidentified: fly on FalseFoxglove flower Dewberry: with ripe fruit White baneberry: with unripe fruit Yellow-bellied sapsucker: sign: info on Tufa and the terraced HangingGarden the: HangingGarden at LairdHotsprings False foxglove: clump in the HangingGarden High-bush cranberry: with unripe fruit Prickly rose: with fruit Prickly rose: with fruit White baneberry: with unripe fruit Cow parsnip: plant with seeds Cow parsnip: seeds Syrphid-fly: the: second pool at the end of the boardwalk the: second pool has bubbling water that looks to be boiling Yellow avens=Geum aleppicum?: plant Yellow avens=Geum aleppicum?: flower Yellow avens=Geum aleppicum?: fruit Soapberry=Shepherdia canadensis: with fruit Bunchberry: unusual pink flower Eyed brown butterfly: Red squirrel: Red squirrel: Red squirrel:

Photos from AlaskaHwy near MunchoLake-BC on 2008jul11:
sign: Buffalo on Road Moose: Moose: Moose: Moose: Moose: Moose: closeup Moose: closeup Moose: grazing Moose: Moose: Moose: sign: about MunchoLake sign: about MunchoLake scenery: MunchoLake scenery: MunchoLake showing the jade-green colour scenery: MunchoLake showing the jade-green colour beetle: on car-window sign: about Bison on Road hazard scenery: MunchoLake and mountains

Photos from a hillside SE of MunchoLake-BC on 2008jul11:
Sparrow-egg ladyslipper=Cypripedium passerinum: plants with fresh pods Paintbrush: plant Paintbrush: flower-head ?unidentified: white-flowered plant in bud ?unidentified: white-flowered plant foliage Moonwort fern=Botrychium lunaria: bad Moonwort fern=Botrychium lunaria: bad Paintbrush: plants Paintbrush: flower-head Platanthera aquilonis: many Platanthera aquilonis: plant in bud bad Star gentian: Porcupine: foot Porcupine: foot

Photos from AlaskaHwy SE of MunchoLake-BC on 2008jul11:
Moose: Moose: scenery: waterfall scenery: distant RiverBeauty clump Caribou: urinating Caribou: Caribou: Caribou: Caribou: Caribou: on road Caribou: a 2nd individual

Photos from StoneMountainProvincialPark-BC on 2008jul11:
Stone sheep: Stone sheep: Stone sheep: Stone sheep: on steep slope Stone sheep: climbing like a mountain-goat Mountain goat: adults+kid Mountain goat+Stone sheep: on road Mountain goat+Stone sheep: Mountain goat+Stone sheep: Caribou: walking Caribou: running Caribou: walking Caribou: male+female Caribou: male+female Caribou: male+female Caribou: male closeup

Photos from TetsaRiverBridge#2 on AlaskaHwy in BC on 2008jul11:
Alpine bistort=Polygonum viviparum: clump Alpine bistort=Polygonum viviparum: plant Alpine bistort=Polygonum viviparum: flowers+pods bridge: existing+under-construction for which Peggy worked on the Environmental-Assessment

Photos from AlaskaHwy NE of FortNelson-BC on 2008jul11:
Mule-deer: juvenile Mule-deer: adult Mule-deer: juvenile running Mule-deer: adult Mule-deer: adult
- note: mule-deer run in the manner of antelope using all four legs together;

I took way too many photos today, but it was a big day for wildlife...