:13:11
Any protein is welcome
in the effort
:13:14
to replenish a body
that can weigh 1,400 pounds.
:13:23
Perhaps noticing the success
:13:25
of mother and cub,
an imitator arrives.
:13:39
But clamming is not
as easy as it looks.
:13:53
For a red fox, survival is,
in part, knowing when to give up
:13:57
and just move on.
:14:08
As summer's warmth deepens
:14:10
Alaska's three million lakes
turn to gathering places.
:14:22
Beavers prepare
:14:23
for the ravages
of cold weather ahead
:14:25
by repairing their lodges.
:14:39
Moose feast
on tender aquatic plants
:14:42
hidden on lake bottoms.
:14:46
Wolf pups gorge on mother's milk
:14:48
to reach near-adult size
before winter arrives.