Remote Alaska 2012 RV Birding Tour - Chapter 12. Northern Alaska - Dalton Highway    © Copyright, Bert Frenz, 2012


 

30Jun: Map of Dalton Highway, AK

30Jun: Start of Dalton Highway, Mile 0

30Jun: Dalton Highway, Mile 1

30Jun: Construction stop

30Jun: Road construction

30Jun: Horned Dandelion, Mile 20

30Jun: Bald Eagle, Mile 20

30Jun: Construction, Mile 25

30Jun: Pipeline, Mile 28

30Jun: Truck traffic, Mile 29

30Jun: Boreal forest, Mile 31

30Jun: Boreal forest, Mile 52

30Jun: Yukon River, Mile 55

30Jun: Yukon River, Mile 56

30Jun: Pipeline, Mile 90

30Jun: Finger Mountain, Mile 98

30Jun: Arctic Circle, Mile 115

30Jun: Rock torrs, Mile 126

30Jun: Grayling Lake, Mile 151

30Jun: Foothills of Brooks Range, Mile 160

30Jun: Marion Creek BLM, Mile 180

01Jul: Marion Creek, Mile 180

01Jul: Marion Creek Campground, Mile 180

01Jul: Marion Creek Campground, Mile 180

01Jul: Marion Creek Campground, Mile 180

01Jul: Post Office, Wiseman, Mile 189

01Jul: Chapel, Wiseman, Mile 189

01Jul: Chapel, Wiseman, Mile 189

01Jul: Pullout near Wiseman, Mile 192

01Jul: Pullout near Wiseman, Mile 192

01Jul: Common Fireweed & pipeline, Mile 197

01Jul: Sulapak Mountain (elev. 4000 ft)

01Jul: Construction at Sulapak Mountain

01Jul: Sulapak Mountain (elev. 4000 ft)

01Jul: Dillon Mountain (elev. 4820 ft)

01Jul: Snowden Mountain (elev. 6240 ft)

01Jul: Construction zone

01Jul: Red-backed Vole, Mile 235

01Jul: Red-backed Vole, Mile 235

01Jul: Chandelar Station, Mile 237

01Jul: Chandelar River, Mile 238

01Jul: Atigun Pass, Mile 240

01Jul: Atigun Pass, Mile 241

01Jul: Atigun Pass, Mile 241

01Jul: Atigun Pass, Mile 242

01Jul: Atigun Pass, Mile 242

01Jul: Shattered guard rail, Atigun Pass

01Jul: Atigun Pass, Mile 244

01Jul: Atigun Pass, Mile 244

01Jul: Aerial photo, Atigun Pass

02Jul: Atigun Pass, Mile 244

02Jul: Hoary Redpoll, Atigun Pass

02Jul: Semipalmated Plover, Atigun Pass

02Jul: Semipalmated Plover, Atigun Pass

02Jul: Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, Atigun Pass

02Jul: Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, Atigun Pass

02Jul: Looking north from Atigun Pass, Mile 240

02Jul: Looking back toward Atigun Pass

02Jul: Looking back toward Atigun Pass

02Jul: Mile 250

02Jul: Dalton Highway, Mile 256

02Jul: Pipeline, Mile 256

02Jul: Smith's Longspur, Mile 256

02Jul: Rock Ptarmigan, Mile 256

02Jul: Rock Ptarmigan chick, Mile 256

02Jul: Rock Ptarmigan, Mile 256

02Jul: Rock Ptarmigan, Mile 256

02Jul: Rock Ptarmigan, Mile 256

02Jul: Least Sandpiper, Mile 256

02Jul: Least Sandpiper, Mile 256

02Jul: Least Sandpiper, Mile 256

02Jul: Least Sandpiper chick, Mile 256

02Jul: Least Sandpiper, Mile 256

02Jul: Least Sandpiper, Mile 256

02Jul: Hoary Redpoll, Galbraith Lake, Mile 274

02Jul: Hoary Redpoll, Galbraith Lake, Mile 274

02Jul: Hoary Redpoll, Galbraith Lake, Mile 274

02Jul: Galbraith Lake, Mile 274

02Jul: Galbraith Lake, Mile 274

03Jul: White-crowned Sparrow, Galbraith Lake, Mile 274

03Jul: White-crowned Sparrow, Galbraith Lake, Mile 274

03Jul: White-crowned Sparrow, Galbraith Lake, Mile 274

03Jul: Galbraith Lake campground, Mile 274

03Jul: Hoary Redpoll, Galbraith Lake, Mile 274

03Jul: Common Redpoll, Galbraith Lake, Mile 274

03Jul: American Golden-Plover, Galbraith Lake, Mile 274

03Jul: American Golden-Plover, Galbraith Lake, Mile 274

03Jul: American Golden-Plover, Galbraith Lake, Mile 274

03Jul: Long-tailed Jaeger, Galbraith Lake, Mile 274

03Jul: Long-tailed Jaeger, Galbraith Lake, Mile 274

03Jul: Long-tailed Jaeger, Galbraith Lake, Mile 274

03Jul: Long-tailed Jaeger, Galbraith Lake, Mile 274

03Jul: Lapland Longspur, Galbraith Lake, Mile 274

03Jul: Toolik Lake, Mile 284

03Jul: Rock Ptarmigan with chicks, Toolik Lake, Mile 284

03Jul: Rock Ptarmigan (female), Toolik Lake, Mile 284

03Jul: Long-tailed Jaeger attacking Rock Ptarmigan chick, Toolik Lake

03Jul: Long-tailed Jaeger, Toolik Lake, Mile 284

03Jul: Long-tailed Jaeger, Toolik Lake, Mile 284

03Jul: Long-tailed Jaeger, Toolik Lake, Mile 284

03Jul: Long-tailed Jaeger, Toolik Lake, Mile 284

03Jul: Rock Ptarmigan (male), Toolik Lake, Mile 284

03Jul: Rock Ptarmigan (male), Toolik Lake, Mile 284

03Jul: Rock Ptarmigan (male), Toolik Lake, Mile 284

03Jul: Toolik River, Mile 302

03Jul: Ice Cut, Mile 325

03Jul: Greater White-fronted Goose, Ice Cut, Mile 325

03Jul: Greater White-fronted Goose, Ice Cut, Mile 325

03Jul: Greater White-fronted Goose, Ice Cut, Mile 325

03Jul: Greater White-fronted Goose with chicks, Ice Cut

03Jul: Bottom up through Ice Cut, Mile 325

03Jul: Top down through Ice Cut, Mile 325

03Jul: Scouring-Rush, Horsetail family, Ice Cut, Mile 325

03Jul: Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Ice Cut, Mile 325

03Jul: Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Ice Cut, Mile 325

03Jul: Tundra, north of Ice Cut, Mile 326

03Jul: Sagavanirktok River, Mile 348

03Jul: Least Sandpiper, Mile 370

03Jul: Franklin Bluffs, Mile 382

03Jul: Franklin Bluffs, Mile 382

04Jul: Deadhorse, Mile 414

04Jul: RV parking, Deadhorse

04Jul: Worker's Hotel, Deadhorse

04Jul: Mud slippers, Deadhorse

04Jul: Sewage dump, Deadhorse

04Jul: Sewage dump, Deadhorse

04Jul: Water fill from second story, Deadhorse

04Jul: Brant, Deadhorse

04Jul: Lake Coleen, Deadhorse

04Jul: Baird's Sandpiper, Lake Coleen, Deadhorse

04Jul: Baird's Sandpiper, Lake Coleen, Deadhorse

04Jul: Semipalmated Sandpiper, Lake Coleen, Deadhorse

04Jul: Semipalmated Sandpiper, Lake Coleen, Deadhorse

04Jul: Pectoral Sandpiper, Lake Colleen, Deadhorse

04Jul: Pectoral & Semipalmated Sandpipers, Lake Colleen

04Jul: Pectoral Sandpiper, Lake Colleen, Deadhorse

04Jul: Semipalmated Sandpiper, Lake Coleen, Deadhorse

04Jul: Semipalmated Sandpiper chick, Lake Coleen, Deadhorse

04Jul: Semipalmated Sandpiper chick, Lake Coleen, Deadhorse

04Jul: Lake Coleen, Deadhorse

04Jul: Spectacled Eider, Deadhorse

04Jul: Spectacled Eider, Deadhorse

04Jul: Lake Olivia, Deadhorse

04Jul: Snow equipment, Deadhorse

04Jul: Worker's cafeteria, Deadhorse

04Jul: Worker's cafeteria, Deadhorse

05Jul: Bear warning posted at cafeteria, Deadhorse

05Jul: Greater Scaup, Deadhorse

05Jul: Greater Scaup, Deadhorse

05Jul: Heavy traffic, Deadhorse

05Jul: Snowy Owl, Deadhorse

05Jul: Snowy Owl, Deadhorse

05Jul: Snowy Owl, Deadhorse

05Jul: Sag (Sagavanirktok) River, Mile 400

05Jul: Rough-legged Hawk, Mile 388

05Jul: Muskox, Mile 382

06Jul: Least Sandpiper, Sagavanirktok River, Mile 377

06Jul: Traveling hotel, Sagavanirktok River, Mile 377

06Jul: Semipalmated Plover, Sag. River

06Jul: Semipalmated Plover, Sag. River

06Jul: Semipalmated Plover, Sag. River

06Jul: Semipalmated Plover, Sag. River

06Jul: Semipalmated Plover (chick), Sag. River, Mile 377

06Jul: Semipalmated Plover (chick), Sag. River, Mile 377

06Jul: Short-eared Owl, Mile 360

06Jul: Cackling Goose (Taverner's), Mile 339

06Jul: Siberian Aster, Ice Cut, Mile 325

06Jul: Ice Cut, Mile 325

06Jul: Old World Swallowtail on Eskimo Potato, Ice Cut, Mile 325

06Jul: Toolik Lake, Mile 284

06Jul: Lapland Longspur (female), Toolik Lake, Mile 284

06Jul: Rainbow, Mile 250

07Jul: Camping spot, Mile 250

07Jul: Mile 250

07Jul: Mile 250

07Jul: Arctic Ground Squirrel, Mile 250

07Jul: Descending south on Atigun Pass, Mile 248

07Jul: Descending south on Atigun Pass, Mile 248

07Jul: Red Fox, Mile 241

07Jul: Red Fox, Mile 241

07Jul: Say's Phoebe, Chandalar River, Mile 239

07Jul: Chandalar River, Mile 239

07Jul: Dall's Sheep, Mile 236

07Jul: Mile 209

07Jul: Map of federal lands in north

07Jul: Hot Spot Cafe, Mile 60

07Jul: Group photo, Hot Spot Cafe, Mile 60

08Jul: The Last Photo