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Most certainly Nome was a gold-mining town. There had to be something special to get people to move here and for some of them to stay on after the gold dried up. The rivers have been dredged and sifted and the mountain’s quartz veins have been chipped. Today there are still many active mines butContinue reading “Alaska; Nome, Historical and Beautiful”

Please consider all images as copyrighted – thank you. Contact me for use… DEClapp Just to get started let me urge you to buy Louisiana-grown rice. It would be good for their economy and good for birds as well. Send away for it if you have to. A second thing to consider is to attendContinue reading “Rice and Rails Go Well Together”

Please consider all images as copyrighted – thank you. Contact me for use… DEClapp Lions are large. They are smaller than cows it is true, but for an animal with the size and attitude of a lion it should be considered to be very large. They have bulk, strength, teeth, claws, brains, and teamwork. LikeContinue reading “Africa; Lions, the Big Cat”

Please consider all images as copyrighted – thank you. Contact me for use… DEClapp This blog page is not chronologically in sequence with the previous posts or the posts to follow. However, it seemed like a good time to mention the bears of Alaska. There are both Brown and Black bears in our largest state.Continue reading “Alaska; Brown Bears and Salmon”

Please consider all images as copyrighted – thank you. Contact me for use… DEClapp The Bald Eagle is a notorious thief and bully. Benjamin Franklin was quite outspoken about the negative qualities that the eagle harbored and he was not happy with it being made the national bird and state emblem of the new UnitedContinue reading “Alaska’s Bald Eagles; 2nd of 2 blogs”

Please consider all images as copyrighted – thank you. Contact me for use… DEClapp The Bald Eagle has never been uncommon in Alaska. The restoration of the Bald Eagle population has been a success in the lower forty-eight where population declined from east to west and north to south. They really needed help. But Alaska,Continue reading “Alaska’s Bald Eagles; 1st of 2 blogs”

Please consider all images as copyrighted – thank you. Contact me for use… DEClapp Though Alaska has lots of wet ground there are many areas where your feet can stay dry, at least for most of the day. There are wet patches pretty much everywhere but there are many areas of dry tundra. Even theContinue reading “Alaska; Nome Birds #3”

Please consider all images as copyrighted – thank you. Contact me for use… DEClapp Much of Alaska is wet. I’ve said that before but it bears repeating. Some of the wetness is coastal; tidal creeks and rivers, salt marshes and mud flats, and beaches and the salt water edge. But, much of the water isContinue reading “Alaska; Nome Birds #2”

Please consider all images as copyrighted – thank you. Contact me for use… DEClapp This is the first of at least three blog pages on the birds of the Nome area. There will also be bird and mammal pages from the Denali (Mount McKinley) area and from the lovely Kenai Peninsula (mostly around Homer). NomeContinue reading “Alaska; Nome Birds #1”