Our Arctic by RV Challenge

 

The Wildlife

COMPLETED THRU LEG 6 

Mammals              
Bear              
Black Bear

Black Bear ahead
Black Bear
Black Bear
       
6/28/2009      
Black Bear & Bison    
               
Grizzly Bear Dempster Highway
July 15th
Grizzly Bear sighted on Dempster Highway

 
Fox              
Coyote Coyote            
Arctic Fox Inuvik Visitor Center
July 13th
         
Red Fox Dempster Highway
7/9/2009
 
Hooved Animals              
Stone Sheep
Stone Sheep along highway
               
Dall Sheep
Mounted Dall Sheep at George Johnston Museum
           
Caribou
Running Caribou
     
Muskox              
Wood Bison (aka Buffalo)
   
6/28/2009
       
               
               
               
               
Horse
Draft horse on shoulder (6-28-2009)
           
               
Moose  
 
Locked Moose antlers at Dawson City Visitor Center
         
  Dempster Highway
July 15th
     
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
Rodents              
Beaver
Museum display

Beaver at Hay Lake, Fort Liard, NWT

Mounted Beaver at George Johnston Museum
       
               
               
               
               
               
Muskrat
Museum display
           
Arctic Hare
Arctic Hare on Dempster Highway
           
Red Squirrel Red Squirrel Klondike River CG
Dawson, YT
July 16th
               
               
Marine Mammals              
Harbor Seal              
               

 

 

Birds              
Raptors              
Bald Eagle
Bald Eagle on opposite shore of Two Moose Lake, Dempster Highway
July 15h
           
Northern Goshawk Northern Goshawk            
Peregrine Falcon
Peregrine Falcon nest site
           
Short-eared Owl Dempster Highway
July 10th
     
Water Birds              
Ducks              
Mallard Duck Dempster Highway
July 10th
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Bonaparte's Gull
 
       
Herring Gull
Herring Gull takes off after Common Loon surfaces

Klondike Tree Gulls
 
Common Tern          
Long-tailed Jaeger Dempster Highway
July 14th

Long-tailed Jaeger at nest

Long-tailed Jaeger at nest
     
               
               
               

Common Loon
7-3-2009

 
Pacific Loon Dempster Highway
July 10th
Dempster Highway
July 14th
American Widgeon Dempster Highway
July 14th

Two American Widgeons with Moose in Two Moose Lake, Dempster Highway
July 15th

American Widgeon mother in Two Moose Lake, Dempster Highway
July 15th

American Widgeon chick in Two Moose Lake, Dempster Highway
July 15th
   
White-winged Scoter Dempster Highway
July 14th
   
Sandhill Crane Dempster Highway
July 14th
 
Tundra Swan Dempster Highway
July 10th
             
Trumpeter Swan              
Canada Geese            
Green-winged Teal          
Scaup        
Greater White-fronted Goose              
Common Golden-eye Duck          
               
Sand Pipers              
Lesser Yellow-legs Sand Piper           
  Dempster Highway
July 10th

Dempster Highway
July 14th

   
               
               
               
Ring-necked Pheasant              
               
               
Willow Ptarmigan Dempster Highway
July 9th
 
  Dempster Highway
July 10th
               
               
               
               
Raven Dempster Highway
July 14th
         
Passerines              
American Robin Hay Lake, Fort Liard NWT American Robin at Hay Lake          
Yellow Warbler Dempster Highway
July 14th
       
White-crowned Sparrow Dempster Highway
July 10th
         
Dark-eyed Junco
Slate sub-species
Klondike River CG
Dawson, YT
July 16th
     
Barn Swallow      
Black-billed Magpie          

 

 

 

Cold-Blooded Critters              
Fish              
               
               
               
               
Bugs              
Damselfly
Damselflies mating at Hay Lake, Fort Liard, NWT
         
Dragonfly     Dragonfly at Hay Lake
Dragonfly at Hay Lake, Fort Liard, NWT
Dragonfly at Hay Lake    
Butterfly          
Mosquitoes            
Moth Moth at Hay Lake            
               
               
Snakes              
Unknown snake Unknown snake