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Seeing and hearing things while isolating outside

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Seeing and hearing things while isolating outside

“I had to wonder if this was just usual Jeff Lund, or if this was COVID Lund.”

A new month brings vibrant colors to the outdoors

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A new month brings vibrant colors to the outdoors

Butterflies, birds and sea stars were seen in early May.

An Arctic tern flies with a sand lance in its mouth. the birds have one of the longest migrations in the world and nest for the summer in Juneau, where they mate and lay eggs. (Courtesy Photo | Gwen Baluss)

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Seabirds re-tern to Juneau

This year is guaranteed to be different from the past few.

Sustainable Alaska: Reopening Alaska Responsibly

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Sustainable Alaska: Reopening Alaska Responsibly

Today, we face an all-new challenge and it’s time to work together.

We have been grounded, birds have not

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We have been grounded, birds have not

Migration is on.

The Townsend’s warbler is a migratory bird that just returned to Juneau. They winter in Mexico and can be found singing on local trails and wooded neighborhoods. (Courtesy Photo | Gwen Baluss)

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Watch out: Audubon Society birding event still on

Annual event tallies birds around Southeast Alaska and raises funds.

Courtesy Photo | Jürgen Otto via Creative Commons                                 Peacock spiders take their name from their showy courtship displays. The cost of failure in courtship is sometimes high for the spiders native to Australia. If a female is seriously offended by a male’s advances, she might eat him.

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Fantastic spiders and where to find them

Spiders are generally predatory, with good vision.

Courtesy Photo | Frank Zmuda, Alaska Department of Fish and Game                                Beavers live from northern Mexico to northern Alaska.

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Beaver invasion on the Baldwin Peninsula

Researchers counted an increase from two to 98 beaver dams near Kotzebue between 2002 and 2019.

There’s a strip of lightly seasoned grouse in Jeff Lund’s version of a hooter popper. (Jeff Lund | For the Juneau Empire)

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Sometimes, it’s not about numbers

If you start to over analyze everything you’re in danger of missing the point.

Spring is really here now

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Spring is really here now

Robins are hopping along the roadsides and singing in the trees.

One building remains busy during quiet time

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One building remains busy during quiet time

They’re processing tests.

There’s widespread deception in the natural world

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There’s widespread deception in the natural world

Deliberate deceitfulness is well-known among animals that cache food and others.

Riley the wolf on the Denali Park Road with one of her packmates in 2017. (Courtesy Photo | National Park Service)

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Life of Riley reaches its end

She was a tough wolf until the end.

Complaining about a lost fish or low water in times like these is evidence that you probably have it better than most and should act accordingly. (Jeff Lund | For the Juneau Empire)

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Steelhead fishing in the time of Covid-19

Being healthy and employed makes me treasure simple pleasures like a lost fish.

Seeing what we can’t: How vertebrates use ultraviolet vision

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Seeing what we can’t: How vertebrates use ultraviolet vision

Fish, birds and some mammals use UV.

Courtesy Photo | Ken Hill,National Park Service                                 A National Park Service climate-observing station in Howard Pass records some of Alaska’s most extreme weather. Howard Pass is a broad crossing of the Brooks Range between Alaska’s North Slope and the Noatak River drainage.

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It both is and isn’t a real low point.

Howard Pass, a rock-stubbled tundra plateau in the western Brooks Range, is one of the lowest points in…

Visions of community in a time of crisis

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Visions of community in a time of crisis

As Alaskans, we indeed know how to support one another.

The domino effect is on display at Eaglecrest Ski Area on April 1. (Courtesy Photo | Denise Carroll).

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Spring or winter? Mother Nature sends mixed signals

“Winter came back with a vengeance. Oh woe!”

Lessons from dusty, stinky bones

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Lessons from dusty, stinky bones

Gagging in the name of science.

In this February photo, a moose munches on a tree in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. Alaska wildlife officials have a message for residents: Please don’t feed the moose. State Fish and Game officials said Wednesday, April 1, 2020, they’ve seen an uptick in people feeding moose such foods as carrots and apples after a heavy snow season that left many of animals thin and nutritionally vulnerable. Plus, intentionally feeding moose is illegal, and can result in a misdemeanor violation of state game feeding laws. Unintentional feeding can result in a $300 ticket from Alaska Wildlife Troopers. (AP Photo | Mark Thiessen, File)

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Alaska officials to residents: Don’t feed the moose

State officials said they’ve seen an uptick in people feeding moose carrots and apples.