Ken Marsh
@alaskaken.bsky.social
#Alaska based #wildlife #photographer, #writer.
See me at www.wildcountryreflections.com
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See me at www.wildcountryreflections.com
American 🇺🇸 supporter of Canada 🇨🇦 ❤️
GADWALLS ON ICE ... a hen, left, and drake pair rest on an ice shelf in Southcentral Alaska.
#ducks #birds #nature #photography
#ducks #birds #nature #photography
December 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
GADWALLS ON ICE ... a hen, left, and drake pair rest on an ice shelf in Southcentral Alaska.
#ducks #birds #nature #photography
#ducks #birds #nature #photography
REMEMBERING on this still, snowy afternoon that warm late-summer evening spent photographing this critter. Somewhere between Denali and Delta.
#wildlife #animals #nature #phoptography
#wildlife #animals #nature #phoptography
December 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
REMEMBERING on this still, snowy afternoon that warm late-summer evening spent photographing this critter. Somewhere between Denali and Delta.
#wildlife #animals #nature #phoptography
#wildlife #animals #nature #phoptography
WILDLIFE CROSSING: A cinnamon, or brown color-phase, black bear crosses a remote stretch of highway one morning last May. Alaska's short winter days and long nights have given me time to methodically view and process photos taken last summer.
#wildlife #nature #photography #wildlifephotography
#wildlife #nature #photography #wildlifephotography
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
WILDLIFE CROSSING: A cinnamon, or brown color-phase, black bear crosses a remote stretch of highway one morning last May. Alaska's short winter days and long nights have given me time to methodically view and process photos taken last summer.
#wildlife #nature #photography #wildlifephotography
#wildlife #nature #photography #wildlifephotography
SAPPHIRE AND ICE: A Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) forages in the snow on a cold winter day near Anchorage, Alaska. Resourceful and tough, these jays have little trouble surviving Southcentral Alaska's winters.
#birds #jays #nature #photography
#birds #jays #nature #photography
December 3, 2025 at 3:37 AM
SAPPHIRE AND ICE: A Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) forages in the snow on a cold winter day near Anchorage, Alaska. Resourceful and tough, these jays have little trouble surviving Southcentral Alaska's winters.
#birds #jays #nature #photography
#birds #jays #nature #photography
SITTIN’ ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY … a sea otter lounges in morning sunlight on the small-boat harbor dock in Cordova, Alaska.
#wildlife #nature #photography #otters
#wildlife #nature #photography #otters
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
SITTIN’ ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY … a sea otter lounges in morning sunlight on the small-boat harbor dock in Cordova, Alaska.
#wildlife #nature #photography #otters
#wildlife #nature #photography #otters
COMMON REDPOLL. Anchorage, Alaska.
November 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
COMMON REDPOLL. Anchorage, Alaska.
ALL RUFFLED UP: A Steller's jay fluffs its feathers on a cold day in Anchorage, Alaska.
#birds #birding #nature #photography
#birds #birding #nature #photography
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
ALL RUFFLED UP: A Steller's jay fluffs its feathers on a cold day in Anchorage, Alaska.
#birds #birding #nature #photography
#birds #birding #nature #photography
SEDUCTRESS: A Barrow’s goldeneye hen seems to celebrate early one May morning in an Alaska pond. In fact, the bird’s actions were part of a breeding display for a drake outside the frame. #ducks #birds #nature #photography
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
SEDUCTRESS: A Barrow’s goldeneye hen seems to celebrate early one May morning in an Alaska pond. In fact, the bird’s actions were part of a breeding display for a drake outside the frame. #ducks #birds #nature #photography
CATCHING ANYTHING? With snow in the forecast, a kingfisher glances up from its perch overlooking a Southcentral Alaska salmon stream. #birds #nature #wildlife #photography
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
CATCHING ANYTHING? With snow in the forecast, a kingfisher glances up from its perch overlooking a Southcentral Alaska salmon stream. #birds #nature #wildlife #photography
LOVESICK BLUES: Rising from the brush, a bull moose seems to sing a wistful tune as it tests the air for the scent of a receptive cow. Breeding season for moose in Southcentral Alaska begins in September and runs through October and even into early November. #moose #wildife #nature #photography
November 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
LOVESICK BLUES: Rising from the brush, a bull moose seems to sing a wistful tune as it tests the air for the scent of a receptive cow. Breeding season for moose in Southcentral Alaska begins in September and runs through October and even into early November. #moose #wildife #nature #photography
A spruce grouse hen (Canachites canadensis) stands at alert near a trail in eastern Alaska's Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge.
#birds #wildlife #nature #photography
#birds #wildlife #nature #photography
October 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A spruce grouse hen (Canachites canadensis) stands at alert near a trail in eastern Alaska's Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge.
#birds #wildlife #nature #photography
#birds #wildlife #nature #photography
A trumpeter swan catches a stray sunbeam as it flies through stormy skies on Alaska's Copper River Delta.
#birds #swans #nature #photography
#birds #swans #nature #photography
October 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
A trumpeter swan catches a stray sunbeam as it flies through stormy skies on Alaska's Copper River Delta.
#birds #swans #nature #photography
#birds #swans #nature #photography
APRIL OUTTAKE: I was fortunate six months ago to gather a number of shots of this kingfisher in a snowstorm. Sharing now a slightly different perspective.
#kingfisher #birds #nature #photography
#kingfisher #birds #nature #photography
October 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
APRIL OUTTAKE: I was fortunate six months ago to gather a number of shots of this kingfisher in a snowstorm. Sharing now a slightly different perspective.
#kingfisher #birds #nature #photography
#kingfisher #birds #nature #photography
ARCTIC BEAUTY: A tundra swan pauses primping to pose for the camera. Photographed near Barrow, these Arctic nesters are distinguished from trumpeter swans by the yellow patch between eye and bill. Tundra swans winter in the Lower 48 along the East and West coasts.
#swans #birds #nature #photography
#swans #birds #nature #photography
October 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
ARCTIC BEAUTY: A tundra swan pauses primping to pose for the camera. Photographed near Barrow, these Arctic nesters are distinguished from trumpeter swans by the yellow patch between eye and bill. Tundra swans winter in the Lower 48 along the East and West coasts.
#swans #birds #nature #photography
#swans #birds #nature #photography
SPRUCED UP FOR DINNER ... an American three-toed woodpecker forages for grubs hidden in the bark.
#woodpecker #birds #nature #photography
#woodpecker #birds #nature #photography
October 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
SPRUCED UP FOR DINNER ... an American three-toed woodpecker forages for grubs hidden in the bark.
#woodpecker #birds #nature #photography
#woodpecker #birds #nature #photography
September 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
A marbled godwit towers over a flock of dowitchers in Southcentral Alaska's Prince William Sound.
#birds #shorebirds #nature #photography
#birds #shorebirds #nature #photography
September 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
A marbled godwit towers over a flock of dowitchers in Southcentral Alaska's Prince William Sound.
#birds #shorebirds #nature #photography
#birds #shorebirds #nature #photography
EYES ON THE PRIZE: Late evening, sun's dipping into the trees and this ol' boy is stalking out from the shadows, focused on a cow moose he's been eyeing all day long.
#wildlife #nature #moose #photography 🦊
#wildlife #nature #moose #photography 🦊
September 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
EYES ON THE PRIZE: Late evening, sun's dipping into the trees and this ol' boy is stalking out from the shadows, focused on a cow moose he's been eyeing all day long.
#wildlife #nature #moose #photography 🦊
#wildlife #nature #moose #photography 🦊
BLUEBILL MOON: I found this greater scaup hen, foreground, and drake cruising a misty Alaska lakeshore. Called "bluebills" by some, greater scaup breed in tundra regions throughout North America and Europe. They are the world's only circumpolar diving duck.
#ducks #birds #nature #photograohy
#ducks #birds #nature #photograohy
September 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
BLUEBILL MOON: I found this greater scaup hen, foreground, and drake cruising a misty Alaska lakeshore. Called "bluebills" by some, greater scaup breed in tundra regions throughout North America and Europe. They are the world's only circumpolar diving duck.
#ducks #birds #nature #photograohy
#ducks #birds #nature #photograohy
GREATER SCAUP: A diving duck sometimes called“bluebill.” The green sheen on the head distinguishes these ducks from the slightly smaller lesser scaup (which has a purple sheen on the head). Photographed in Southcentral Alaska.
#birds #ducks #nature #photography
#birds #ducks #nature #photography
September 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
GREATER SCAUP: A diving duck sometimes called“bluebill.” The green sheen on the head distinguishes these ducks from the slightly smaller lesser scaup (which has a purple sheen on the head). Photographed in Southcentral Alaska.
#birds #ducks #nature #photography
#birds #ducks #nature #photography
SANDHILL CRANES: These big birds and many other waterfowl species are now heading south, out of Alaska, toward wintering grounds in warmer places.
#birds #nature #wildlife #photography
#birds #nature #wildlife #photography
September 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
SANDHILL CRANES: These big birds and many other waterfowl species are now heading south, out of Alaska, toward wintering grounds in warmer places.
#birds #nature #wildlife #photography
#birds #nature #wildlife #photography
A young common merganser tosses back a freshly caught stickleback in a small stream on Alaska's Kenai (pronounced "Keen - eye") Peninsula.
#birds #ducks #nature #photography
#birds #ducks #nature #photography
September 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
A young common merganser tosses back a freshly caught stickleback in a small stream on Alaska's Kenai (pronounced "Keen - eye") Peninsula.
#birds #ducks #nature #photography
#birds #ducks #nature #photography
BARROW'S GOLDENEYES court on a springtime evening in Interior Alaska.
#Birds #ducks #nature #photography
#Birds #ducks #nature #photography
September 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
BARROW'S GOLDENEYES court on a springtime evening in Interior Alaska.
#Birds #ducks #nature #photography
#Birds #ducks #nature #photography
MEMORY FROM MAY: Alaska's puddle ducks are already heading south for the winter, so here's a look back at a drake wigeon I photographed one lovely May morning.
#ducks #birds #nature #photography
#ducks #birds #nature #photography
September 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
MEMORY FROM MAY: Alaska's puddle ducks are already heading south for the winter, so here's a look back at a drake wigeon I photographed one lovely May morning.
#ducks #birds #nature #photography
#ducks #birds #nature #photography