1116-53319 - Close-up portrait of a male willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) showing early breeding colors in its neck and eye combs, surveying its high-country territory in Southcentral Alaska's Chugach Mountains on an April day. The head and neck will become completely chocolate-brown as the bird's breeding colors develop, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53318 - Close-up portrait of a Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis) looking at the camera through the branches of a Southcentral Alaska alder thicket. Lynx populations are closely linked to booms and busts in the numbers of their main prey the snowshoe hare, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53317 - Close-up portrait of a Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis) resting in the shadows of a Southcentral Alaska alder thicket. Lynx populations are closely linked to booms and busts in the numbers of their main prey the snowshoe hare, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53316 - Close-up portrait of the profile of a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) pausing while hunting on a frosty October morning in South Central Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53315 - Portrait of a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) standing in the grass watching intently while hunting on a frosty October morning in Southcentral Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53314 - Close-up portrait of the profile of a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) looking up and testing the wind while hunting on a frosty, October morning in South Central Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53313 - A black-billed magpie (Pica hudsonia) picks the bones of a dead Dall sheep killed by wolves in Chugach State Park, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53312 - Portrait of a black bear (Ursus americanus) pausing on a mountainside from feeding on lowbush cranberries and looking at the camera on a mid-October afternoon in Southcentral Alaska's Chugach Mountains, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53254 - Close-up portrait of a bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) looking out from its perch on a tree branch against a washed out sky, Haines, Alaska, Unites States Of America
1116-53249 - Pail of wild blueberries picked from the alpine tundra of Southcentral Alaska's Kenai Mountains. Blueberries of one variety or another are found throughout Alaska, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53248 - Bull moose (Alces alces) wades through the mist of a cool Southcentral Alaska evening during the September 'rut', or breeding season. Moose are the largest member of the deer family. The animals are circumpolar and the Alaska-Yukon race, Alces alces gigas, is the largest of all, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53247 - Alaska bull moose (Alces alces) patrols a marsh during the rut, or fall breeding season, in mid-September, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53245 - A brown bear (Ursus arctos) standing upright among the sedges, appears to dance to music only it can hear overlooking McNeil Cove in Southwestern Alaska, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53246 - A brown bear (Ursus arctos) standing upright among the sedges, appears to dance to music only it can hear overlooking McNeil Cove in Southwestern Alaska, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53242 - Portrait of a pair of river otters (Lutra canadensis) pause near an ice-fishing hole on an Anchorage area lake. Members of the weasel family, otters catch and eat trout, suckers and other fish, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53243 - Portrait of a river otter (Lutra canadensis) lying down near an ice-fishing hole on an Anchorage area lake. Members of the weasel family, otters catch and eat trout, suckers and other fish, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53240 - Brown bear (Ursus arctos) encountered near the sedge flats near McNeil River, Alaska. Brown bears feed heavily on nutritious sedges each spring and early summer prior to the arrival of local salmon runs, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53239 - Yearling brown bear siblings (Ursus arctos) roughhousing near McNeil River, Alaska, while their mother feeds nearby on sedges, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53237 - Sow brown bear (Ursus arctos) feeds on sedges as her yearling cub looks on near McNeil River, Alaska. Brown bears gather in the area each spring and early summer to feed heavily on nutritious sedges prior to the arrival of local salmon runs, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53238 - Yearling Brown bear siblings (Ursus arctos) take a break from roughhousing near McNeil River, Alaska, while their mother feeds nearby on sedges. Brown bears gather in the area each spring and early summer to feed heavily on nutritious sedges prior to the arrival of local salmon runs, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53226 - A collared pika (Ochotona collaris) pausing on the alpine tundra at Southcentral Alaska's Hatcher Pass, high in the Talkeetna Mountains north of Palmer in late August, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53225 - Close-up portrait of a collared pika (Ochotona collaris) pausing on a boulder in mid-August with a hank of wild grass in its mouth in Southcentral Alaska's Hatcher Pass in the Talkeetna Mountains north of Palmer, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53083 - Three caribou (Rangifer tarandus) walk by oil storage tanks near Prudhoe Bay and the Point Lonely Short Range Radar Site, where the Central Arctic herd migrates north each summer, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53009 - Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) surrounded by fall foliage in Denali National Park, Denali National Park & Preserve, Interior Alaska, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53462 - Bull moose (Alces alces) pauses late in the rut in South-central Alaska's Chugach State Park, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53461 - Approached by a cow moose, a bull (Alces alces), displays the Flehmen response late in the rut in Southcentral Alaska's Chugach State Park, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53459 - Close-up portrait of a Willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) in full-white winter plumage watching for danger on a bright February day, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53460 - Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) migrating north in late April to nesting grounds in Alaska, cries out from a farmer's field in Palmer, Alaska. Located in the Matanuska Valley, Palmer was founded as an agricultural colony in the mid-20th century, Palmer, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53458 - Willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) in full-white winter plumage watches for danger on a bright February day, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53457 - Brown bear (Ursus arctos) pauses on a sedge flat near McNeil River in Southwest Alaska. Sedges are surprisingly high in protein and are a favored food for brown bears early in the summer before salmon runs ramp up, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53455 - Mature bull moose (Alces alces) with a large rack of antlers spanning close to two meters (six feet) wide, pauses late in the rut in Southcentral Alaska's Chugach State Park, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53456 - Black bear (Ursus americanus) pauses from preparing for hibernation by foraging for wild berries on a Turnagain Arm mountainside in late October, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53454 - Portrait of a bull moose (Alces alces) walking through an alpine meadow late in the rut in Southcentral Alaska's Chugach State Park, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53453 - Bull moose (Alces alces) is startled as a jealous cow threatens a competitor during the rut, or breeding season, in Southcentral Alaska's Chugach State Park, USA, Alaska, United States of America
1116-53452 - Dall sheep ewe (Ovis dalli dalli) in thick winter pelage rests in this image taken in the bluffs along the Seward Highway and Turnagain Arm south of Anchorage, Alaska, USA, Alaska, United States of America
1116-52949 - Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in flight with a forest in the background, near Petersburg, Inside Passage, Alaska, USA, Alaska, United States of America
1116-52948 - Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) takes flight from a snowy mound near Petersburg, Inside Passage, Alaska, USA, Alaska, United States of America
1116-52942 - Mighty Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) giving alarm calls while in flight letting everyone know he's near by, Anchor Point, Alaska, United States of America
1116-52890 - Portrait of a captive Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) at the Visitors Center in Juneau, Alaska, USA, Juneau, Alaska, United States of America
1116-52886 - Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) just above tideline lying down on a bed of yellow, orange seaweed in the sun, on a summer day in Prince William Sound, Alaska, United States of America
1116-52885 - Close-up portrait of an oystercatcher bird (Haematopus) standing on a rock covered in yellow, orange colored seaweed, on a summer day in Prince William Sound, Alaska, United States of America
1116-52884 - A wet bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) sits perched on a nest in grass atop an island at low tide, exposing rock and orange, yellow seaweed on a cloudy day in Prince William Sound, Alaska, United States of America
746-91524 - Agriculture in the high plain of river Naryn close to Ak Tal. Transport of hay. Landscape in the Tien Shan mountains or heavenly mountains in Kirghizia. Asia, central Asia, Kyrgyzstan
746-91525 - Village Ak Tal in the high plain of river Naryn. Landscape in the Tien Shan mountains or heavenly mountains in Kirghizia. Asia, central Asia, Kyrgyzstan
1116-50730 - Close-up of Lupine (Lupinus arcticus) flowers in a field at sunset, Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet and Chugach Mountains in the background, South-central Alaska in summertime; Portage, Alaska, United States of America
1116-50718 - Lost Lake at sunset, Chugach National Forest, Kenai Peninsula, South-central Alaska in summertime; Seward, Alaska, United States of America
1116-50690 - Aerial view of the sunset glow on Chugach Mountains, and reflection on Eklutna Lake. Common Fireweed (Chamaenerion angustifolium) blooming in the foreground. Chugach State Park, South-central Alaska in summertime; Alaska, United States of America
1116-50729 - Alaska Railroad track crossing Bird Creek mouth with Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet, South-central Alaska in summertime; Portage, Alaska, United States of America