We finished the first round of surveys last week; round two will take place at the end of July. The weather has been wet (and lots of low level clouds lately- the picture above is from Cathy's back porch), but Cathy and I took advantage of a dry spell and took a hike to one of her favorite beaches (and her dog Kai's favorite). 
This is one of the meadows teeming with fireweed - which I have been told once the raceme is fully flowered it signals the end of summer; these are pretty close! The ocean and beach is to the right in this picture.
We saw plenty of bald eagles, both immature and adults. Not the best picture, but I am learning.
This is the beach side looking over some of the flats and the Chilkat Range in the background. Quite spectacular.
One the way to the beach we saw this Bog Orchid. A first for me. Quite aromatic.
We also saw humpback whales in the distance...far distance. See the dorsal fin in the middle of the picture, just in front of the spray? Honestly, it's a whale...we also saw sea lions, but I would have a hard time convincing anyone that the pictures I have are anything more than a rock in the water.
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