June Photos

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1. Great shots Tara. Those Otters are hard to get close to. I too prefer the snow rather than the heat.

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   • There’s one lone sea otter here, he showed up, oh, about five years ago. He’s usually fairly close to shore but even so, he never just stays on top and you never know where he’ll come up at. I often wonder where he sleeps.

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     • do you know how to tell If it’s an adult female?

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       • Well, if she had had pups, you’d be able to see her mammary glands. If he was closer, or my shoreline was higher, I’d be able to see if he had testicles.. I personally haven’t seen them, but I don’t see any mammary glands, so I assume it’s a male. About 15 miles south there was a female with a baby, the postal lady found them on the beach near her house, the mom was basically almost dead from a respiratory infection that was killing all the sea otters the last couple years. The pup was taken to the Sealife Center in Seward, where they nurse wild marine animals back to health and release them back in the wild (a very cool place to visit and donate to, imo). So, at least that close there HAD been a female, though as far as I know, no others have shown up.

         Not really typical to see the marine mammals in the Cook Inlet. I assume this guy came all the way from the Kachemak State Park in Kachemak Bay, where all the other sea otters live.

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       • When the male mates with the female, he always grabs her nose and she always struggles. Which tears the nose. When It heals the scar tissue is a pinkish colour. Each scar is unique and can be used as a means of Identifying who’s who in the raft.
         So If you see no pinkish nose,It must be a male.

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       • Yes, I’ve read that as well.

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2. Wonderful photos of a beautiful place.

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   • Thank you, Bob. Yes! I love the beauty all around me.

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3. Loving the view heading to town. Wish it were mine.

   Although today and the next few days are due to be about perfect here (mid 70s with mixed sun and showers) those near 90° days have me looking towards winter as well.

   Hope all is well, Tara. 🌻

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   • It’s a 200 mile trip to the city, but hard to complain with it so beautiful. This is just as you come down out of the pass and onto the Turnagain Arm, looking toward Portage. So pretty.

     Mid-70s to 80s is perfect temps for me in the lower 48 as well. Hopefully you get out into it and get some lovely nature walks in.

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4. Yeah, no hop skip jump to the city for sure. 😊

   Not much time to do anything these days. The house keeps finding things that need fixing and work is one fire drill after another. I’m tempted to try and take my saved three months of PTO off all at once.

   Sheese.

   Hope your day is going good. 🦌

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5. Love that mountain shot!

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   • Yes! Just a quick phone shot through the windshield 😄

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     • an excellent one!!!

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6. Winter is definitely better… but everything is so green and alive there… Alaska seems like a fairy tale land as I sweat through these sentences… Everything here in Texas is dead and dying… Fingers crossed the hurricane hits to provide some relief… Not an ideal situation outside of my selfish need for some rain…

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   • Yes, some rain would be a wonderful relief. I’m a rain-lover, though, so I’m always wanting rain!

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