The Newsletter of Camp Denali
5/4 Wood Frogs already croaking at Nugget Pond the afternoon of our arrival to Camp Denali
5/13 A beaver in Reflection Pond! (it didn’t stay for the summer, unfortunately)
6/7 Greater White-fronted Goose goslings on Ranger Pond
6/11 75 bird species recorded by Stan Senner during birding week
6/20 An estimated 500-700 caribou cows and calves observed in the Pirate Hills
6/27 Female Black Scoter with deformed bill around mile 75 kettle ponds, the same individual seen in 2014
6/30 American Dipper adults feeding their chick invertebrates and small fishes along Moose Creek
7/2 Newly hatched Common Loon chicks riding on parent’s back in Wonder Lake
7/7 Grey Wolf near North Face Lodge
8/11 Sandhill Cranes overhead in Wonder Lake area, the first of the season
8/15 Several alpine azalea, bell heather, anemone, and primroses in second-bloom on Camp Ridge amidst riotous fall foliage of bunchberry and bearberry
photo © Paul Pinsky
