The point is a good place to view a few animals also. Marine mammals including sea lions, humpback whales and seals are frequent passers by. Birds such as bald eagles, ravens, crow, seabirds and LBB (little brown birds, as my father says) can be observed year around. Fish, especially dog salmon, jump below the point in summer.
Red squirrels (and their sign) are abundant, but not as plentiful as the afternoon's biting insects! I often used to see black bear sign on the trail to The Point, but in recent years there is very little bear activity. My guess is that the two new subdivisions in the neighborhood have had an impact on the bears.
Photo/illustration credits: Stellar Sea Lion(NOAA), Eagle/crow(Ciar@Creative Commons), Red Squirrel by Kathy Hocker,(AKDF&G)
No comments:
Post a Comment