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A merganser hen and ducklings hang out together near the Mendenhall Glacier on July 7, 2019. (Courtesy Photo | Steven Hamilton)

A humpback whale dives during a Harv and Marv’s whale watching cruise on Friday, July 5, 2019. (Courtesy Photo | Tobias Kauffmann)

A juvenile bald eagle watches the iceberg landing of a grown adult during a tour to Tracy Arm Fjord on July 6, 2019. (Courtesy Photo | Tobias Kauffmann)

Mussels rest on a dock pole at the Don D. Statter Harbor boat ramp in Auke Bay on July 5, 2019. (Courtesy Photo | Cathy Squires)

A bald eagle flies off an iceberg during a tour to Tracy Arm Fjord on Saturday, July 6, 2019. (Courtesy Photo | Tobias Kauffmann)

A marmot lounges on top of a rock around False Outer Point, May 28, 2019. (Courtesy photo | Jenae Kesey)

A black bear cub enjoys seed pods in a cottonwood tree at the Mendenhall Glacier on June 10, 2019. (Courtesy photo | Janice Gorle)

The sun sets with Lincoln Island and the Chilkat Peninsula in the background, in the last week of May. (Courtesy photo | Jerry Reinwand)
The sun sets with Lincoln Island and the Chilkat Peninsula in the background, in the last week of May. (Courtesy photo | Jerry Reinwand)

A pair of three toed woodpeckers tend to their nest in the Mendenhall Valley on June 9, 2019. (Courtesy photo | Linda Shaw)

An arctic tern sits in the grass along the Tony Knowles trail in Anchorage in May. (Courtesy photo | Linda Shaw)

A Common Yellowthroat sings a song in Community Gardens, June 7, 2019. (Courtesy Photo | Betsy Fischer)

A wasp drinks from fireweek in the parking lot of Amalga Harbor, July 2018. (Courtesy Photo | Steve Hamilton)

A striking blue iceberg illuminates the sun on the way down Tracy Arm on June 14, 2019. (Courtesy Photo | Janice Gorle)

A coyote is seen near Excursion Inlet on June 8, 2019. The eye trauma may have been the result of a tangle with a porcupine, the photographer guessed. (Courtesy Photo | Jack Beedle)

A coyote is seen on a beach near Excursion Inlet on June 8, 2019. The eye trauma may have been the result of a tangle with a porcupine, the photographer guessed. (Courtesy Photo | Jack Beedle)

A coyote is seen on a beach near Excursion Inlet on June 8, 2019. The eye trauma may have been the result of a tangle with a porcupine, the photographer guessed. (Courtesy Photo | Jack Beedle)

A barred owl sits in a tree in the daylight at Dredge Lakes on June 14. (Courtesy Photo | Betsy Fischer)

A hummingbird reacts to a wasp near its feeder on Tuesday, June 18, 2019. (Courtesy Photo | Scott Spickler)

Lady’s Mantle collects raindrops by Mile 2 of Glacier Highway on June 19, 2019. (Courtesy Photo | Denise Carroll)

A busy bee visits a flowering chive plant in a Glacier Highway garden on June 19, 2019. (Courtesy Photo | Denise Carroll)

Courtesy Photo | Denise Carroll A grizzly sow and her cubs lunch on new spring greens May 30, on the Alaska Highway.

Courtesy Photo | Denise Carroll A hungry grizzly bear cub munches on dandelion greens along the Alaska Highway on May 30.

Courtesy Photo | Betsy Fischer A deer stares straight at the camera in this photograph taken June 3.

An adult American Robin brings food to young robins in the nest, May 3, 2019. (Courtesy Photo | Betsy Fischer)

Courtesy Photo | Kerry Howard A hoary marmot eats his daily share of greens, out the road on May 30.