Exploring the world
A Canada goose gosling hones its eating techniques on a stalk of snake grass (Equisetum) at Potter Marsh, south of Anchorage, Alaska.
A Canada goose gosling hones its eating techniques on a stalk of snake grass (Equisetum) at Potter Marsh, south of Anchorage, Alaska.
This picture breaks my heart every time I think about it. The young tree swallow was trying to get its parents’ attention after it had fallen from the nest. It was in an area where not only could I not reach the bird, there was no way to get it back to the nest. I fear the tiny thing died soon after.
A tiny arctic tern chick struggles to swallow a stickleback. The chick’s parents were taking turns bringing food to the hungry chick at Potter Marsh, just south of Anchorage, Alaska.
An adult tree swallow feeds one of its chicks a dragonfly. This lucky chick was receiving double rations because its sibling fell from the feeder box at Potter Marsh, Alaska, and could not get the parents’ attention.