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Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus)

Observer

sitkaconnor

Date

March 22, 2024 10:33 AM AKDT

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Red King Crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus)

Observer

senseofplaceriz

Date

March 22, 2024 02:23 PM AKDT

Description

This is by the Dock Master on the extreme right hand side and the first dock that extends.

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Observer

careljongkind

Date

March 25, 1988 03:56 PM WAT

Description

JJ de Wilde & Jongkind 9561
c. 30 km SW of Doussala
Large liana

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Compton Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis l-album)

Observer

ljodwalis

Date

January 12, 2024 06:34 PM AKST

Description

It woke up in the (heated) garage. Outside daytime temps have been around -5F the last few days.

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What

Compton Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis l-album)

Observer

stevencheinl

Date

March 21, 2024 11:11 AM AKDT

Description

Butterfly sitting in the sun on our car today - not sure of the species.

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What

Commas (Genus Polygonia)

Observer

lee_greeley

Date

March 20, 2024 03:04 PM AKDT

Description

march 20 in meyers chuck alaska

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csyampae

Date

March 20, 2024 03:42 PM AKDT

Description

Tentative. I am a little baffled by this and will have to do more microscopy. What I thought could be Taeniolella was found growing on a population of Umbilicaria americana. Upon closer examination the structures found on the cortex seem structurally similar also to the lichen's own rhizines. I am left confused, however, as I do not understand why a lichen would partition precious resources for rhizine growth at such an unusual location and while apparently going unused in securing the lichen to the substrate and while being morphologically similar to the suggested genus. I have also seen aquatic members of Taeniolella, associated with Verrucaria, on the underside of submerged rocks at Falls Creek nearby.

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Bristly Tunicate (Boltenia villosa)

Observer

gwark

Date

March 20, 2024 02:50 PM AKDT

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Brown Bear (Ursus arctos)

Observer

caiawatha

Date

October 2023

Place

Alaska, US (Google, OSM)

Description

Brown bear chasing after something which appears as a blur in the beginning of the video. Minutes later a large bull moose walks past with no apparent concerns.
Date stamp on photos is incorrect

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What

Villfréisser (Gulo gulo)

Observer

caiawatha

Date

October 2023

Place

Alaska, US (Google, OSM)

Description

Date stamp on photos is incorrect

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What

Tiger Snake Eel (Myrichthys xysturus)

Observer

kim215

Date

March 19, 2024 11:46 PM MST

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What

American Marten (Martes americana)

Observer

bmwymer

Date

October 2023

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Villfréisser (Gulo gulo)

Observer

katzyna

Date

June 2018

Description

Gulo smelling the tracks of two mountain goats that passed less than one hour prior. If any predator can match the cliff-worthiness of mountain goats, it's the wolverine!

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Muskox (Ovibos moschatus)

Observer

willhendricks

Date

March 11, 2024 05:37 PM AKDT

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What

Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis)

Observer

madhipp11

Date

April 27, 2018 03:59 AM AKDT

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What

Red Irish Lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus)

Observer

kgsands

Date

March 13, 2024 07:32 AM AKDT

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Observer

csyampae

Date

July 22, 2023 01:00 PM AKDT

Description

On periodically submerged, fossiliferous limestone

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What

Slime Molds (Phylum Mycetozoa)

Observer

ljodwalis

Date

May 13, 2017 12:52 PM AKDT

Description

Slime mold is a placeholder. On the ground beneath boreal forest dominated by white spruce and paper birch. (2nd photo has a granola bar for scale).

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What

American Beaver (Castor canadensis)

Observer

ronaldhanko

Date

June 23, 2015 12:22 PM AKDT

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What

Kelp Poacher (Agonomalus mozinoi)

Observer

gwark

Date

July 23, 2013 08:25 AM AKDT

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What

Branched Sapsucker (Placida dendritica)

Observer

aquaristmatt

Date

March 6, 2024 10:28 AM AKST

Description

Recruited in open-flow aquaria. First time seeing this species.

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What

Rockweed Isopod (Pentidotea wosnesenskii)

Observer

emmareichl

Date

March 4, 2024 01:05 PM AKST

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What

Villfréisser (Gulo gulo)

Observer

caiawatha

Date

January 2024

Description

same individual and location as Muir's observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197285097

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Moose (Alces alces)

Observer

caiawatha

Date

March 2024

Place

Alaska, US (Google, OSM)

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What

North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)

Observer

birdernaturalist

Date

June 8, 2013 11:54 AM AKDT

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Observer

awenninger

Date

March 3, 2024 09:59 AM AKST

Description

Must have emerged from firewood

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What

Indian Leopard (Panthera pardus ssp. fusca)

Observer

taipingling

Date

January 2024

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What

Moose (Alces alces)

Observer

ljodwalis

Date

May 7, 2021 01:02 PM AKDT

Description

Heavy browsing on quaking aspens (Populus tremuloides) on a gentle ridge. Moose are the only wild ungulate in the area.

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Observer

bllimle

Date

May 26, 2019 12:39 PM AKDT

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What

Coyote (Canis latrans)

Observer

presto84

Date

February 29, 2024 04:05 PM AKST

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What

Smoothhead Sculpin (Artedius lateralis)

Observer

jcsullivan

Date

May 4, 2004 08:23 AM AKDT

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What

Sandschwamp (Suillus variegatus)

Observer

aleksandr_levon

Date

September 23, 2023

Description

Suillus variegatus (Sw.) Richon & Roze
Photo: N. Andreeva

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Observer

awenninger

Date

July 20, 2023

Description

Bowl traps. Alaska Bee Atlas sample no T5097

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What

Northern Pike (Esox lucius)

Observer

winter_with_a_y

Date

February 25, 2024 04:37 PM AKST

Description

Obtained a subsistence permit for pike, successful ice fishing trip

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What

Wolf Eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus)

Observer

kljinsitka

Date

February 24, 2024 11:30 AM AKST

Description

Inside chinook salmon stomach

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Observer

robertweeden

Date

July 16, 2023 03:11 PM AKDT

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What

Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)

Observer

seth_beaudreault

Date

April 2020

Description

Unsuccessful pursuit of caribou

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What

Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)

Observer

seth_beaudreault

Date

April 2020

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What

Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)

Observer

seth_beaudreault

Date

May 2015

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What

Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Sagmatias obliquidens)

Observer

justinchappelle

Date

June 1, 2009 01:49 PM AKDT

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What

Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)

Observer

caiawatha

Date

April 25, 2022 01:59 AM AKDT

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What

Keeltail Needlefish (Platybelone argalus)

Observer

caiawatha

Date

February 2024

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What

Hooded Nudibranch (Melibe leonina)

Observer

ptp

Date

February 15, 2024 01:44 PM AKST

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What

Willow Bark Aphids (Genus Pterocomma)

Observer

jasonrgrant

Date

July 11, 2021 09:22 PM AKDT

Description

Observation duplicated as per comments by
@nmhernandez

"This is a mix of Chaitophorus and Pterocomma. The smaller darker ones, and the one with the dark wing veins look like Chaitophorus, but the one behind the ant and the reddish ones look like Pterocomma.

https://influentialpoints.com/Gallery/Pterocomma_aphids.htm
https://influentialpoints.com/Gallery/Chaitophorus_aphids.htm "

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What

Coyote (Canis latrans)

Observer

troydeclan

Date

April 3, 2022 08:19 PM UTC

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What

Moth Flies and Sand Flies (Family Psychodidae)

Observer

gwark

Date

January 23, 2024 03:11 PM AKST

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What

Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)

Observer

troydeclan

Date

February 8, 2024 01:02 AM AKST

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Rex Sole (Glyptocephalus zachirus)

Observer

kljinsitka

Date

February 10, 2024 01:25 PM AKST

Description

Inside chinook salmon stomach.
Note larval wolf eel on lower left of first image.

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What

American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus)

Observer

troydeclan

Date

February 17, 2023 11:09 PM AKST

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What

Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)

Observer

caiawatha

Date

February 2024

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What

Wolf Eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus)

Observer

kljinsitka

Date

February 6, 2024 09:13 AM AKST

Description

Inside chinook salmon stomach.
This will be the 2nd time I've found them inside a chinook stomach. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148666783

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What

Eurasian Stoat (Mustela erminea)

Observer

andrewm77

Date

December 1, 2022 11:49 AM AKST

Description

Lifer

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What

Moose (Alces alces)

Observer

awenninger

Date

February 5, 2024 07:14 AM AKST

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Observer

susanne-kasimir

Date

January 1, 2024 04:31 PM CET

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What

Smoothhead Sculpin (Artedius lateralis)

Observer

kgsands

Date

January 30, 2024 11:11 AM AKST

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Observer

rambryum

Date

January 31, 2024

Description

On vertical faces of rocky bluffs.

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Hummingbird Clearwing (Hemaris thysbe)

Observer

ljodwalis

Date

June 27, 2022 03:51 PM AKDT

Description

Feeding on Dianthus

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What

Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)

Observer

liamragan

Date

March 28, 2023 03:53 PM PDT

Description

Ludicrous record but makes sense given the past 11C weather. Snowy as hell and flew out in front of @kaiden and I. Habitat pic and field sketch. Brown body with pale yellow outer wings, nothing else it could have been. Chased to get a photo but we were unsuccessful.

@aiva @thyggen thanks for the memo about incidentals / field sketches, I hope you’re proud of yourselves

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What

Birch Aphids (Genus Euceraphis)

Observer

danabrennan

Date

July 15, 2019 03:55 PM AKDT

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Observer

aquaristmatt

Date

January 29, 2024 02:29 PM AKST

Description

Recruited in open-flow aquaria. Several millimeters long in large colonies. Been there for a long time, but I've been unable to ID.

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What

Life (Life)

Observer

danabrennan

Date

June 27, 2019 03:45 PM AKDT

Description

fungi of plant

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Observer

wayne_fidler

Date

September 2, 2023 11:17 PM CDT

Place

Home (Google, OSM)

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Observer

paul_norwood

Date

January 25, 2024 09:29 PM AKST

Description

Metric scale

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What

Cassin's Finch (Haemorhous cassinii)

Observer

troydeclan

Date

January 12, 2024 08:20 PM AKST

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What

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)

Date

June 25, 2022 06:07 PM AKDT

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What

Elegant Bristle-Moss (Orthotrichum pulchellum)

Observer

gwark

Date

January 24, 2024 02:54 PM AKST

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What

Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia)

Observer

ljodwalis

Description

Please see this observation for context on visitors to the remains of a hunter's moose kill: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197200592

The trail cam was installed on Sept 12, 2021. The magpies and ravens showed up on the 13th, the first wolf on the 15th.

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Common Raven (Corvus corax)

Observer

ljodwalis

Description

Please see this observation for context on visitors to the remains of a hunter's moose kill: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197200592

The trail cam was installed on Sept 12, 2021. The magpies and ravens showed up on the 13th, the first wolf on the 15th.

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What

Caribou (Rangifer tarandus)

Observer

jonpleizier

Date

December 7, 2014 10:42 AM EST

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What

Moose (Alces alces)

Observer

jonpleizier

Date

December 7, 2014 01:51 PM EST

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What

Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)

Observer

gothhobbit

Date

August 31, 2022 01:47 PM MDT

Description

Observed at Echo Lake Lodge, Chicago Creek Road, Idaho Springs, Clear Creek County, CO, USA

Edited to add: the silly story that I posted on the forum, which was inspired by this photo set.

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This is not something that I do all of the time, but every once in a while, a photo – or a series thereof – suggests a snippet of dialog, a movie scene, or something of the sort to me. For instance, this photo set reminded me of all of the various “how to survive a horror movie” lists out there. The script goes as follows:

Bird on right: “Did you hear that?”
Bird on left: “I didn’t hear anything.”
BoR: “Come on, you have to have heard that noise!”
BoL: “I didn’t hear anything, and if you’re smart, neither did you.”
BoR: “I’m going to go check it out.”
BoL: (looking up as her companion flies away) “Fine. If you run into a Loggerhead Shrike with a rusty fishhook, don’t say I didn’t warn you.”

My brain can be a very strange place, somtimes. :laughing:

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What

Mckay's Bunting (Plectrophenax hyperboreus)

Observer

rileywyna

Date

January 23, 2024 05:49 PM AKST
Birds

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What

Birds (Class Aves)

Observer

paul_norwood

Date

October 12, 2023 09:46 PM AKDT

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What

Moose (Alces alces)

Observer

ljodwalis

Date

April 2023

Description

WARNING! Photos show a partially-eaten animal and may be disturbing for some people.
This moose was killed by a wolf. A local dog musher came up on it with his dog team and saw a lone wolf feeding on the moose's head. He described the encounter when he saw me and I went there with my camera and trail-cam. The moose was a young cow, probably almost a year old, and was extremely thin. I examined the tracks where the wolf chased the moose out of the woods onto a trail, then up the trail a short distance. The moose was lying in the trail. The wolf had eaten the tongue and a portion of the haunch. There were probably 50+ ravens nearby and I surmise that they got the eye and maybe the cheek. The first photo in the series shows a puncture wound above the hock. I put the trail cam on a nearby tree and left it overnight but no wildlife showed up besides ravens. This trail is only a mile or two from a rural residential area and is used by dog mushers, fat-bikers, skiers, and snowmachiners. Photo of the wolf tracks is in a separate observation (link is in comments).

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What

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Observer

ljodwalis

Description

Please see this observation for the beginning of a series on scavengers on a kill: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197200592

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What

Northwest Ugly Clam (Entodesma navicula)

Observer

nmabeln

Date

August 3, 2023 10:45 AM AKDT

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Observer

nmabeln

Date

June 15, 2022 09:00 AM AKDT

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What

Threeband Slugs (Genus Ambigolimax)

Observer

paul_norwood

Date

May 26, 2020 12:58 PM AKDT

Description

As Lehmannia valentiana in Burke 2013 (Land snails and slugs of the PNW).
This specimen was found deep in the dirt of a potted plant purchased from True Value.

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What

Dwarf Fireweed (Chamaenerion latifolium)

Observer

nmabeln

Date

July 6, 2019 09:56 PM AKDT

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What

Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)

Observer

ljodwalis

Description

Please go to this observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197200592 for the backstory on this. This big, white adult first came to the moose kill on 9/15/21 but didn't return until 9/18. The long sequence of photos shows that it seemed to be very spooked by the camera. But it also returned several times as you can see by the time stamps.

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Observer

alison_pollack

Date

September 21, 2023 05:17 PM CDT

Description

With the slime mold Metatrichia vesparia

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What

Villfréisser (Gulo gulo)

Observer

rsneville

Date

June 2022

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What

Alaskan Moose (Alces alces ssp. gigas)

Observer

nmabeln

Date

October 18, 2023 05:38 PM AKDT

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What

King Eider (Somateria spectabilis)

Date

June 23, 2022 09:56 AM AKDT

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What

Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)

Observer

ljodwalis

Description

My husband and I were hiking in the Alaska Range in September 2021 when we came across the remains of a hunter’s moose kill. There was little left except the gut pile, head, hide, and lower legs. On a subsequent trip through the area a few days later we put the trail camera up and left it for almost a month. This is the first in a series of observations. All will be linked back to this one in an effort to present a more holistic impression of the activities of scavengers over time.

Most of the observations are of a small family of wolves but there were also ravens, black-billed magpies, a lynx, coyote, and even a moose that wandered through. I’ve examined the photos numerous times and there are 3 wolves for sure but possibly 4. One is a big white adult and two are subadults, one black and one with white markings on its face (I call it White Cheeks), and possibly a 4th one with a dark back that I never got a clear photo of.

Most of the photos are at night and fog and snow sometimes obscured the view. The moose kill is a dark brown mass in the center foreground visible in this first observation. The trail cam was set to take 4 shots at once, then wait 10 minutes. The wolves came and went repeatedly over many nights. Sometimes they appeared together or within a few minutes of each other and sometimes not. I separated the observations by date but unfortunately that doesn’t show how connected they really were.

As of Jan. 25, 2024 there are 12 additional observations connected to this one.

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What

Humpback Whitefish (Coregonus pidschian)

Observer

ljodwalis

Date

September 30, 2022 10:21 AM AKDT

Description

The splotchy color happens after death. In life they are more uniformly silver.

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Observer

rambryum

Date

June 4, 1968 12:27 PM PST

Description

From specimen collected from open w-facing roadside cut 8.5 miles S. of Wrangell, AK by I. A. Worley

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What

Smith's Longspur (Calcarius pictus)

Date

June 18, 2022 02:42 PM AKDT

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Observer

paul_norwood

Date

January 15, 2024 10:15 AM CST

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What

White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica)

Observer

paul_norwood

Date

January 15, 2024 02:02 PM CST

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What

Gall and Forest Midges (Family Cecidomyiidae)

Observer

tepary

Date

January 14, 2024 01:38 PM AKST

Description

Host: Picea mariana

Reared specimen: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197495082

Galls found at the base of last year's growth (lateral and terminal twigs). Collected by pulling twigs away from the scales at their base.

Gall phenology not reliable as host was collected with a holiday tree permit and stored indoors for about a month.

Similar to this gall https://bladmineerders.nl/parasites/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/diptera/nematocera/cecidomyiidae/cecidomyiinae/lasiopteridi/lasiopteridi-unplaced/piceacecis/piceacecis-abietiperda/

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What

Muskox (Ovibos moschatus)

Observer

jlculler

Date

June 17, 2014 01:03 PM AKDT

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Observer

meganherrmann

Date

September 25, 2023 01:08 PM AKDT

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What

Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)

Observer

troydeclan

Date

May 6, 2022 05:43 PM AKDT

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What

Western Toad (Anaxyrus boreas)

Observer

barbaramorgan99

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What

Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia)

Observer

troydeclan

Date

March 6, 2022 08:48 PM AKST

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What

Common Lichens (Class Lecanoromycetes)

Observer

gwark

Date

January 10, 2024 02:31 PM AKST

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What

Common Basket Star (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis)

Date

June 3, 2023 04:50 PM -09

Place

NEPDEP 58 (Google, OSM)

Description

Observed on the Northeast Pacific Deep-sea Expedition in May to June 2023. Look below for a link to the observation video, and check out the expedition website for more info at https://www.oceannetworks.ca/expeditions/northeast-pacific-deep-sea-expedition/

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Observer

hubertszcz

Date

June 21, 2023 02:37 PM AKDT

Description

On Betula nana/glandulosa

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What

Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)

Observer

sitkaconnor

Date

January 6, 2024 11:50 AM AKST

Description

This observation is for the dead Cormorant.