The Newsletter of Camp Denali
5/10: Two teenage grizzly bears, curious but wary, post-holing through soft snow along the far edge of Nugget Pond.
5/18: Wood frogs chorusing by afternoon, ice still covering 25% of the pond.
5/23: A single caribou cow and (very) new calf near the north end of Wonder Lake.
5/26: Ice-out on Nugget Pond; first alpine azaleas, diapensia, and wooly louseworts in the alpine tundra of Cranberry Ridge.
6/2: Woke up to snow! First flights of guests delayed several hours.
6/7: Ice-out on Wonder Lake, a late one, but surpassed by a June 11 ice-out a decade ago.
6/9: American Dipper along Moose Creek, feeding nestlings in cliff nest.
6/14: Yearling grizzly cub found dead (eviscerated) on Wonder Lake campground road, likely attacked by an adult male bear.
7/23: Grizzly bear on beaver lodge and chasing ducks in tundra pond.
7/27: Two wolves scared off a caribou carcass by a large, male grizzly in Highway Pass.
7/28: Gyrfalcon fledglings seen flying around the east end of Thorofare Pass.
7/30: Songbirds on the move in the thickets around Camp. Fall migration is beginning!
8/18: Three caribou swimming across Wonder Lake.
8/20: A collared pika at Camp!
8/29: First moose seen shedding velvet.
© Murray Cohen
