To showcase our readers’ work to the widest possible audience, Wild Shots have been moved in front of the Juneau Empire’s paywall. Don’t have a subscription, but want one? Visit our subscriber center by clicking here.
The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your photos to editor@juneauempire.com. For all photos include the name of the photographer, a description of what is shown in the picture, when it was taken and any other pertinent information. Images will run as space allows. Images with watermarks cannot be published.
[To see a collection of over 100 photos taken by readers in 2019 and 2020, click here.]
[To see Wild Shots for June 2020, click here.]
[To see Wild Shots for July and August 2020, click here]
[To see Wild Shots for late August and September 2020, click here]
[To see Wild Shots from late September and October 2020, click here]
To see Wild Shots from November and early December 2020, click here]
[To see Wild Shots from December 2020, January 2021 and February 2021, click here]
[To see Wild Shots from February 2021 through March 2021, click here]
[To see Wild Shots from April, May and June 2021, click here]
[To see Wild Shots from July and August 2021, click here]
[To see Wild Shots from August through October 2021, click here]
[To see Wild Shots from November through December 2021, click here]
[To see Wild Shots from late December 2021 through February 2022, click here]
[To see Wild Shots from late February 2022 through May 2022, click here]
[To see Wild Shots from May 2022 all the way through November 2022, click here]
[To see Wild Shots from December 2022 through mid-February 2023, click here]
[To see Wild Shots from February 2023 through April 2023, click here]
A cinnamon bear Out the Road munches on greenery in late-May. (Courtesy Photo / Ben Hohenstatt)
This photo was taken at Point Bridget State Park. (Courtesy Photo / Nicholette Villarreal)
This photo taken in mid-May at Glacier Bay shows a sea otter. (Courtesy Photo / Carolyn Kelley)
This photo was taken May 20 along the Lemon Creek Trail. (Courtesy Photo / Deana Barajas )
Looking down at a section of the Fairweather range from 5,000 feet up. (Courtesy Photo / Denise Carroll)
A profusion of cherry blossoms on Channel Heights. (Courtesy Photo / Denise Carroll)
This photo shows the nose of a kayak in Glacier Bay. (Courtesy Photo / Carolyn Kelley)
This photo shows black bear prints in the sand at Glacier Bay. (Courtesy Photo / Carolyn Kelley)
Hope you’re all eating your greens today; out by Echo Cove today. (Courtesy Photo / Kenneth Gill, gillfoto)
This photo was taken along the Lemon Creek Trail. (Courtesy Photo / Deana Barajas)
This photo shows Herbert Glacier as seen during a Berners Bay cruise. (Courtesy Photo / Deana Barajas) This photo shows Herbert Glacier as seen during a Berners Bay cruise. (Courtesy Photo / Deana Barajas)
An orca splashes to disturb feed below in Fritz Cove. (Courtesy Photo / Kenneth Gill, gillfoto)
A large black bear at Spring feeding Out the Road. (Courtesy Photo / Kenneth Gill, gillfoto)
Young mountain goat next to Nugget Falls at the Mendenhall Glacier on May 13, 2023. (Courtesy Photo / Steven Hamilton)
This photo shows a late-night sunset at Echo Cove. (Courtesy Photo / Kim Fitzwater)
White-crowned Sparrow out by Eagle Beach. (Courtesy Photo / Kenneth Gill, gillfoto)
Close up of paddler Bill out at Sunshine Cove enjoying the mountains on May 6. (Courtesy Photo / Juliet Harrison)
This photo was taken along Egan Highway. (Courtesy Photo / Deana Barajas)
Row by row the old pilings stand guard south of Sandy Beach. (Courtesy Photo / Denise Carroll)
Black oystercatcher bird strolling along the beach. This photo was taken at Sunshine Cove on May 6. (Courtesy Photo / Juliet Harrison)
Red-breasted Sapsucker out by Eagle beach. (Courtesy Photo / Kenneth Gill, gillfoto)
Paddler enjoying the sun taken at Sunshine Cove on May 6. (Courtesy Photo / Juliet Harrison)
A sliver of glacier ice remains as the toe of the once mighty Mendenhall. (Courtesy Photo / Denise Carroll)
From the Treadwell Mine ruins area one sees where the natatorium sank, the channel flows and Mount Roberts. (Courtesy Photo / Denise Carroll)
Varied thrush out on Eagle Beach Meadow. (Courtesy Photo / Kenneth Gill, gillfoto)
Droplets coating underside of some Conk Fungus on Prince of Wales Island. (Courtesy Photo / Marti Crutcher)
A fern prepares to unfurl in early May. Prince of Wales Island. (Courtesy Photo / Marti Crutcher)
This photo shows two Sitka black-tailed deer with skunk cabbage this Spring 2023, Juneau, (Courtesy Photo / Kenneth Gill, gillfoto)
This photo shows a sundog over Mendenhall Lake. (Courtesy Photo / Denise Carroll)
This photo was taken along Point Bridget Trail in late April. (Courtesy Photo / Deana Barajas)
The “cathedral” walkway at the Boy Scout Camp on April 29. (Courtesy Photo / Denise Carroll)
Snow geese followed by Canada geese soar above the Boy Scout Meadow on April 29. (Courtesy Photo / Denise Carroll)
Young black bear enjoys pole scent massage out the road. (Courtesy Photo / Kenneth Gill, gillfoto)
