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Kootznoowoo Wilderness, Admiralty Island, Alaska

by wilderness | Jan 28, 2012 | Uncategorized

This year, Wilderness Volunteers is offering its second project in the Kootznoowoo Wilderness in cooperation with the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska. This is a beautiful remote wilderness with coastal forests of Sitka spruce and western hemlock situated...

Hey…What’s Hedwig Doing Here?

by wilderness | Jan 26, 2012 | birds, nature, raptors, snowy owls, wildlife

A snowy owl in New JerseyIn keeping with the recent raptor theme, here’s a neat article on a fascinating development taking place right now in the northern United States. Birders call it the snowy owl irruption.Translation: a lot of snowy owls.Unless...

Flight of the Goshawk

by wilderness | Jan 17, 2012 | birds, nature, slow motion

Did you ever wonder how large birds are able to fly through trees and miss all those branches? The BBC posted this video of a Goshawk flying through increasingly small spaces in slow motion. Fascinating!

Moose Tracks…(Not the Ones in Your Freezer)

by wilderness | Jan 11, 2012 | animal tracks, nature, wildlife

Selway Bitterroot Wilderness, ID (2010)Ever wonder whose tracks those are on the trail? Or what the difference is between a dog and a wolf track, or a black bear and a grizzly bear print? (Which could be useful…) Check out “Off the Beaten Path”, a...

Kootznoowoo Wilderness, Admiralty Island, Alaska

Hey…What’s Hedwig Doing Here?

Flight of the Goshawk

Moose Tracks…(Not the Ones in Your Freezer)

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