Oct 31 Photo Shoot

While I was in Anchorage running errands yesterday, I decided to do an impromptu photo shoot ~ there are several pics here, so if you manage to make it all the way through to the end, I admire your patience and your friendship!

UPS Jet coming in for a landing at the

Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage.

Photo taken from Point Woronzof.

Anchorage skyline taken from Earthquake Park

I spotted this eagle as he/she landed on the utility pole at Spenard Lake. I wasn't too happy to see the other birds picking on this poor eagle, but it did make for interesting pictures... In the first small photo, you can see the raven that kept dive-bombing the eagle; in the second, if you look closely behind the eagle, you can spot the little magpie tht was going for his/her tail feathers. Right after I snapped that photo, the majestic eagle flew off for calmer digs - I managed to get a quick, though blurry, shot as it flew through the trees.

Sweet vignette of a bench at a float plane slip, overlooking Spenard Lake and the airport.

Bear sculpture outside the Boney Courthouse in downtown Anchorage

Whale sculpture located across from the Boney Courthouse on K St

A pair of authentic totem poles, created for exhibit at the entrance of the Nesbett Courthouse in downtown Anchorage. The one on the left is titled, "Raven Stealing the Moon and Stars;" the smaller totem is titled, "Eagle and the Giant Clam"

Closeup of "Eagle and the Giant Clam" totem

Profile of "Eagle and the Giant Clam" in B&W

"Raven Stealing the Moon and Stars"

The following photos were taken later in the evening from the St Andrews Parish just up the street from our home in Eagle River

St Andrews Parish

Alpenglow on the Chugach Range

Sunset Glow in Eagle River Valley

Flags in the after-glow