{"id":19903,"date":"2026-07-25T17:30:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T21:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=19903"},"modified":"2026-07-21T18:18:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T22:18:57","slug":"alaska-2026-fauna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/19903","title":{"rendered":"Alaska 2026: Fauna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Denali State Park and Denali National Park we got to do a lot more wandering around in the woods, in addition to the Byers Lake Nature Walk and Denali Walking Tour we took.<\/p>\n<p>There was also a Natural History Bus Tour through Denali, where almost as soon as we entered the park we mother moose and foals.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/55378782966\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2026-06-22_Alaska_Denali_1175\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55378782966_05335dba12_c.jpg?resize=800%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"2026-06-22_Alaska_Denali_1175\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/55379178720\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2026-06-22_Alaska_Denali_1113\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55379178720_b0bcdd59b9_c.jpg?resize=800%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" alt=\"2026-06-22_Alaska_Denali_1113\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/55377843567\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2026-06-22_Alaska_Denali_1107\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55377843567_5f668d7a02_c.jpg?resize=800%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" alt=\"2026-06-22_Alaska_Denali_1107\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Further into to park I saw snowshoe hare.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/55378784561\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2026-06-22_Alaska_Denali_1212\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55378784561_1d3caa447d_c.jpg?resize=800%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" alt=\"2026-06-22_Alaska_Denali_1212\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And plenty of birds everywhere, but the only bird I got a half decent picture of was this magpie<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/55378913453\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2026-06-22_Alaska_Denali_1292\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55378913453_59291605e7_c.jpg?resize=450%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" alt=\"2026-06-22_Alaska_Denali_1292\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On our hike we saw several Red Squirrels <\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/55378913443\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2026-06-22_Alaska_Denali_1309\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55378913443_7ea26da537_c.jpg?resize=600%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" alt=\"2026-06-22_Alaska_Denali_1309\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And at the end of that hike we got to see a goshawk nest with babies (none of my pictures turned out anything but blurry) which according to our guide is very rare.<\/p>\n<p>In Fairbanks, Tania took us to the UAF large animal farm where we got to see Musk Ox (they might have been one of Jules&#8217; 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