2017-06 Eclipse Sound, Nunavut with Black Feather

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  • Semipalmated Sandpiper
    Semipalmated Sandpiper
    Calidris pusilla - best guess id.  If correct, the bird is a bit out of normal range.
    Floe Edge, Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 4, 2017
    2017-06-04#8736
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Canada Geese
    Canada Geese
    Branta canadensis
    Floe Edge, Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 4, 2017
    2017-06-04#8737
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Long-tailed Duck
    Long-tailed Duck
    Clangula hyemalis, male.
    Floe Edge, Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 4, 2017
    2017-06-04#8755
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Long-tailed Ducks
    Long-tailed Ducks
    Clangula hyemalis - feeding at the ice edge.
    Floe Edge, Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 4, 2017
    2017-06-04#8831
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Long-tailed Ducks
    Long-tailed Ducks
    Clangula hyemalis
    Floe Edge, Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 4, 2017
    2017-06-04#8867
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Long-tailed Ducks
    Long-tailed Ducks
    Clangula hyemalis
    Floe Edge, Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 4, 2017
    2017-06-04#8927
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Long-tailed Ducks
    Long-tailed Ducks
    Clangula hyemalis
    Floe Edge, Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 4, 2017
    2017-06-04#9023
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Long-tailed Duck
    Long-tailed Duck
    Clangula hyemalis
    Floe Edge, Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 4, 2017
    2017-06-04#9052
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Chairs
    Chairs
    Chairs set up to view and photograph floe edge animals.
    Floe Edge, Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 5, 2017
    2017-06-05#1560
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Snowmobile
    Snowmobile
    Natalie pulling our qamutiik.
    Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 5, 2017
    2017-06-05#1569
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bylot Island
    Bylot Island
    Our ice camp is in the center of the photo 100 yards off the shore.
    Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 5, 2017
    2017-06-05#1575
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Ice Crack
    Ice Crack
    Parts of the floe edge breaking away.
    Floe Edge, Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 5, 2017
    2017-06-05#1579
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Floe Edge Ice
    Floe Edge Ice
    Chunks of ice came and went with the changing wind direction.
    Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 5, 2017
    2017-06-05#1591
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common & King Eiders
    Common & King Eiders
    Somateria mollissima & spectabilis
    Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 5, 2017
    2017-06-05#1593
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - photographed at 750mm, most polar bears were wary due to hunting practices.
    Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 5, 2017
    2017-06-05#9110
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Thayer's Gulls & Seal Kill
    Thayer's Gulls & Seal Kill
    Larus thayeri - drawn to the seal killed by the polar bear.
    Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 5, 2017
    2017-06-05#9114
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Panorama
    Panorama
    Our camp is near the right side end of the island.
    Bylot Island, Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 5, 2017
    2017-06-05#1612-8
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Ringed Seals
    Ringed Seals
    Pusa hispida - at a breathing, feeding, escape hole in the ice.
    Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 5, 2017
    2017-06-05#9116
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - 750mm photo, a bit closer.
    Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 5, 2017
    2017-06-05#9120
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Seal Kill
    Seal Kill
    Probably a young ringed seal.
    Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada, June 5, 2017
    2017-06-05#1622
    Larry L. Jackson