Epilogue
© Bert & Shari Frenz, 1998 All rights reserved.
(Bert) Throughout our Texas to Alaska adventure we kept track of various sightings, expenses and details. Here are a few of them:
Mileage:
Gasoline:
Top 3 expense categories:
Wildlife sightings (no. of species):
Life Birds:
Of the 322 birds species, I saw 175 in Alaska. My total species for the year thus far is 479. As you can tell from the list of 17 birds I added to my life list, most of the new sightings are in Alaska:
Mammals
One of the best benefits of visiting Alaska is seeing the many mammals that live there. Here is a list of what I saw on this trip:
Arctic Ground Squirrel |
throughout YT & AK |
Barren Ground Caribou |
5 sightings in AK |
Beaver |
9 sightings UT thru AK |
Bison |
Zion NP, UT |
Black-tailed (Mule) Deer |
Lassen Volcanic NP, CA |
Black Bear |
4 sightings in YT & BC |
Blacktail Prairie Dog |
2 sightings in TX & MT |
Boreal Redback Vole |
Lesser Slave Lake, AB |
California Ground Squirrel |
Grant's Pass, OR |
Chickaree |
Lassen Volcanic NP, CA |
Cliff Chipmunk |
2 sightings in AZ & UT |
Columbian Ground Squirrel |
Glacier NP, MT |
Coyote |
3 sightings in AZ, MT, AB |
Dall Porpoise |
Inner Passage, AK |
Deer Mouse |
Grand Canyon NP, AZ |
Desert Cottontail |
4 locations in NM, NV, UT |
Eastern Cottontail |
2 sightings in TX |
Fox Squirrel |
Ray Roberts Lake, TX |
Golden-mantled Squirrel |
5 sightings in AZ, UT, MT, CA |
Gray Whale |
Newport, OR |
Grizzly Bear |
many in Denali & Hyder, AK |
Harbor Porpoise |
Homer Spit & Seward, AK |
Harbor Seal |
many in Alaska coastal waters |
Hoary Marmot |
8 sightings in AK, YT, BC |
Humpback Whale |
many in Inner Passage, AK |
Killer Whale (Orca) |
Homer Spit & Kenai Fjords, AK |
Least Chipmunk |
2 sightings in AB & BC |
Longtail Vole |
Salmon Glacier, BC |
Moose |
dozens of sightings in AK, BC, YT |
Mountain Goat |
3 sightings in AK |
Mule Deer |
common in AZ,NV,UT,MT,AB,BC |
Muskrat |
3 sightings in UT & AK |
Pika |
Denali NP, AK |
Porcupine |
Denali NP & Seldovia, AK |
Pronghorn |
Spencer, ID & Helena, MT |
Red Fox |
4 sightings in UT, YT, AK |
Red Squirrel |
dozens of sightings in AB, BC, AK |
Richardson Ground Squirrel |
Helena to Glacier NP, MT |
River Otter |
Seldovia, AK & Mossy Ck, OR |
Rock Squirrel |
Grand Canyon NP, AZ |
Sea Otter |
common in AK coastal waters |
Snowshoe Hare |
common in AB, BC, YT, AK |
Stellar Sea Lion |
4 sightings in Inner Passage, AK |
Striped Skunk |
4 sightings in northern UT |
Timber Wolf |
Fort Nelson, BC |
Tundra Redback Vole |
Johnson Lake & Glenallen, AK |
Uinta Chipmunk |
Bryce Canyon NP, UT |
Uinta Ground Squirrel |
Bryce Canyon NP, UT |
Western Gray Squirrel |
Redding, CA |
White-tail Antelope Squirrel |
4 locations in NV, AZ, CA |
White-tailed Deer |
Lesser Slave Lake, AB |
White-tailed Prairie Dog |
Bryce Canyon NP, UT |
White Sheep (Dall Sheep) |
Denali NP, AK |
White Sheep (Stone Sheep) |
3 sightings in BC & YT |
Woodland Caribou |
Summit Lake, BC |
Yellow Pine Chipmunk |
4 locations in MT, BC, CA |
Yellowbelly Marmot |
2 sightings in UT & ID |