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

"Harbor Seals (© Nick Viani) Northwestern Fjord, Seward, AK",

"Parakeet Auklet (© Nick Viani) Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK",

"Black-legged Kittiwakes, Glaucous Gull (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK.",

"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.",

"Pelagic Cormorant (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK",

"Black-legged Kittiwakes, Common Murres shared nesting (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK",

"Northwestern Glacier (© Nick Viani) Northwestern Fjord, Seward, Alaska",

"Avalanche on Northwestern Glacier (© Nick Viani) Northwestern Fjord, Seward, Alaska",

"Humpback Whale Diving (© Nick Viani) Fox Island, Resurrection Bay, Seward, AK",

"Red-faced Cormorants, Black-legged Kittiwakes (© Nick Viani) Resurrection Bay, Chiswell Islands, Seward, AK",

"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",

"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",

"Varied Thrush Approaching the Nest n(© Nick Viani) Lowell Point State Park, Seward, Alaska",

"Varied Thrush with Chicks (© Nick Viani) Lowell Point, Seward, AK",

"Lowel Point Detail",

"Song Sparrow with a mouthful (© Nick Viani) Seward, Alaska",

"Downtown Seward, Alaska (© Nick Viani)",

"Rockfish (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska",

"King Eider detail (© 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.",

"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.",

"Rhinoceros Auklet (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska",

"Common Murre (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska",

"Tufted Puffin detail (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska",

"Steller's Sea Lion (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska",

""Misty" - Steller's Sea Lion (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska",

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"Roofing detail, Lowell Point, Seward, AK",