Below are images compiled in one of the many photo galleries illustrating our blog, Musings From Paradise. Click on any photo and then sweep through the collection (or use your keyboard’s arrow keys). More Albums
"Close-up of tundra landscape (© Sooney Viani) Bethel, AK",
"Terry & Beth, our guide on the river (© Sooney Viani) Bethel, AK",
"Alongside the road to Bethel's landfill (© Sooney Viani) Bethel, AK",
"Water & Sewer pipes are above ground due to freezing conditions beneath the surface that will break pipes (© Sooney Viani) Bethel, AK (© Sooney Viani) Bethel, AK",
"Insulated water and sewer pipes waiting for installation. Note the depth of the insulation. (© Sooney Viani) Bethel, AK",
"Humpback Whale Diving (© Nick Viani) Fox Island, Resurrection Bay, Seward, AK",
"Pectoral Sandpiper (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"Steller's Sea Lion & pup (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK. Note: This animal was branded for scientific study by the captain of our birding vessel.",
"Northwestern Glacier (© Nick Viani) Northwestern Fjord, Seward, Alaska",
"Pelagic Cormorant (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK",
"Harbor Seals (© Nick Viani) Northwestern Fjord, Seward, AK",
"Parakeet Auklet (© Nick Viani) Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK",
"Rhinoceros Auklet (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska",
"Black-legged Kittiwakes, Glaucous Gull (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK.",
"Lowel Point Detail",
"Plane taking off from Lake Hood Floatplane Base, Anchorage (© Nick Viani) This is the largest and busiest aerodrome in the world.",
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"Widgeon (© Nick Viani) Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK",
"Cackling Geese Goslings (© Nick Viani) Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK",
"Sand Hill Crane (© Nick Viani) Tony Knowles Coastal Trail, Anchorage, AK",
"Green-winged Teal (© Nick Viani) Tony Knowles Coastal Trail, Anchorage, AK",
"Tree Swallow (© Nick Viani) Potter's Marsh, Anchorage, AK",
"Cackling Geese Goslings (© Nick Viani) Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK",
"Mallard Duckling (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK",
"Mallard Duck & Duckling (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK",
"Greater Scaup (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK",
"Cackling Geese & Goslings (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK",
"Trumpeter Swan (© Nick Viani) Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK",
"Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK",
"Snow Bunting (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska",
"Long-tailed Duck - female (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska",
"King Eider couple (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska",
"Long-billed Dowitcher (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska",
"Pomarine Jaeger (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska",
"Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska",
"Red-necked Phalarope (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska",
"Red Phalarope - female (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska",
"Whale Carcass on Sea Ice (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska",
"A couple bird lovers (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska",
"Dunlin (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska",
"Cemetery Detail (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska",
"River Ice Breakup (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska",
"Steller's Eider (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska",
"Red Phalarope - male (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska",
"Long-tailed Duck - male (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska",
"Dunlin (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska",
"Short-eared Owl (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska, AK",
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"Osprey nest (© Nick Viani) Bethel, Alaska",
"Arctic Cotton - Wildflowers on the tundra (© Nick Viani) Bethel, AlaskaArctic Cotton",
"Wildflowers on the tundra (© Nick Viani) Bethel, Alaska",
"Tundra (and Nick's boot) (© Nick Viani) Bethel, AK",
"Great Horned Owl (© Nick Viani) Bethel, AK",
"Great Horned Owl Fledglings (© Nick Viani) Bethel, Alaska",
"Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Bethel, Alaska",
"Hoary Redpoll (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"Common Redpoll (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"American Tree Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"Long-tailed Jaeger nesting (© Nick Viani) Ponds near the Water Treatment Plant, Nome, AK",
"Long-tailed Jaeger (© Nick Viani) Milepost 72, Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska",
"Willow Ptarmigan (© Nick Viani) Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska",
"Muskox in the tundra (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"Muskox at higher elevation (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"Tundra Swans on Tundra (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"Yellow Warbler (© Nick Viani) Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska",
"Kougarok Road Detail (© Sooney Viani) Nome, Alaska",
"Wilson's Warbler (© Nick Viani) Council Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"Gray-cheeked Thrush (© Nick Viani) Council Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"Red-necked Phalarope (© Nick Viani) Nome, AK",
"Sea Ice on Bering Strait (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska",
"Snowy Owl (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska",
"American Golden Plover (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska",
"American Tree Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Bethel, Alaska",
"Bank Swallows (© Nick Viani) Bethel, Alaska",
"Yellow-rumped Warbler (© Nick Viani) Bethel, Alaska",
"Wandering Tattler (© Nick Viani) Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska",
"American Dipper (© Nick Viani) Rogue River, Union Creek, OR",
"Gyrfalcon on nest beneath bridge (© Nick Viani) East Fork of Solomon River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"Tundra Detail (© Sooney Viani) Milepost 24 in search of the Red Knot",
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"Tundra Detail (© Sooney Viani) Milepost 24 in search of the Red Knot",
"Tundra Detail (© Sooney Viani) Milepost 24 in search of the Red Knot",
"Tundra Detail (© Sooney Viani) Milepost 24 in search of the Red Knot",
"Tundra Detail (© Sooney Viani) Milepost 24 in search of the Red Knot",
"Tundra Detail (© Sooney Viani) Milepost 24 in search of the Red Knot",
"Yellow Warbler (© Nick Viani) Nome, AK",
"Pacific Golden Plover (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"Pacific Golden Plover (© Nick Viani) Nome, AK",
""Misty" - Steller's Sea Lion (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska",
"Steller's Sea Lion (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska",
"Red-legged Kittiwake (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, AK. Note: a small gull found breeding on remote oceanic islands at only four locations in the world, all in the Bering Sea.",
"Tufted Puffin detail (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska",
"Common Murre (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska",
"Song Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Seward, Alaska",
"Wilson's Snipe (© Nick Viani) Seward, Alaska",
"Mew Gull (© Nick Viani) Seward, Alaska",
"Wild Iris (© Nick Viani) Seward, Alaska",
"Song Sparrow with a mouthful (© Nick Viani) Seward, Alaska",
"King Eider detail (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska",
"Varied Thrush Approaching the Nest n(© Nick Viani) Lowell Point State Park, Seward, Alaska",
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"Rockfish (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska",
"Smew (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, AK. Note: This bird frequents northern latitudes from Scandinavia to Siberia and is not a common visitor to Alaska.",
"Steller's Sea Lion (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK",
"Black-legged Kittiwakes, Common Murres shared nesting (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK",
"Black-legged Kittiwakes, Common Murres shared nesting (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK",
"Red-faced Cormorants, Black-legged Kittiwakes (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK",
"Avalanche on Northwestern Glacier (© Nick Viani) Northwestern Fjord, Seward, Alaska",
"Varied Thrush with Chicks (© Nick Viani) Lowell Point, Seward, AK",
"Downtown Seward, Alaska (© Nick Viani)",
"Roofing detail, Lowell Point, Seward, AK",
"Muskox (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"Northern Wheatear (© Nick Viani) Council Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"Say's Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Council Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"Pacific Golden Plover (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"Hoary Redpoll (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"Arctic Terns (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"Red-throated Loon (© Nick Viani) Pond near the water-treatment facility, Nome, Alaska",
"Long-tailed Duck (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"Fox Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Council Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"Looking back to Nome from the rock jetty (© Nick Viani) Council Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"Arctic Terns (© Nick Viani) Nome River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"Aleutian Tern (© Nick Viani) Nome River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"Aleutian Tern (© Nick Viani) Nome River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"Aleutian and Arctic Terns (© Nick Viani) Nome River, Council Highway, Nome, Alaska",