By bufo_raddei, 19/09/2026 09:46 
Okay, the plural probably isn’t really applicable here. There was only one bear.
According to the information on the hatchery’s website, when there are a lot of bears around, access is closed to people, to avoid conflicts. But there were plenty of people, and there was just one young black bear. And he wasn’t bothered by anyone. Though, to be fair, he wasn’t bothering anyone either. He simply pretended there was nobody around.
He snagged a fish right in the thick of the salmon mayhem, had himself a little snack,
Continue reading Alaska. The Great Salmon Saga: Bears
By bufo_raddei, 13/09/2026 16:24 
At the end of July, we spent about a week travelling around southern Alaska. For the last couple of years, I have traditionally been unable to keep up with everything, although I very much hope to eventually write about . . . → Continue reading Alaska. The Great Salmon Saga: Sea Lions and Gulls.
By bufo_raddei, 03/09/2026 18:49 
A couple more angles:
By bufo_raddei, 30/08/2026 13:33
By bufo_raddei, 23/08/2026 20:02 
Glacier Peak. Part One: The Summit
The morning of our return home greeted us with fog. No — FOG.
. . . → Continue reading Glacier Peak. Part Two: The Foggy One
By bufo_raddei, 19/08/2026 21:29 
From the year before last. After our hike up Dickerman Peak, we finally came to the realization that we hadn’t been to Glacier Peak for twelve years, and somehow that just wasn’t right. It’s a beautiful . . . → Continue reading Glacier Peak. Part One: The Summit
By bufo_raddei, 23/06/2026 13:23 
From the year before last. Dickerman Peak. Overall, it’s a pleasant but fairly straightforward half-day hike. Most of the trail winds through forest, but near the summit (which still reaches 1,746 meters / 5,728 feet) it emerges . . . → Continue reading Dickerman Peak
By bufo_raddei, 01/05/2026 22:25 
Velella, a.k.a. the by-the-wind sailor, a.k.a. Velella velella. A tiny inflatable raft (it comes equipped with an internal chitinous air chamber) with a sail. Usually about 7 cm across — the smallest seaworthy vessel on the planet. A colonial hydrozoan.
These little sailors are distant relatives . . . → Continue reading Tiny Sailboats of the Great Ocean
By bufo_raddei, 24/04/2026 23:13 
I decided to show this little flower separately as well. It really is just so cool. Tropaeolum polyphyllum. In Chile and Argentina (where it is endemic to the local mountains) it is called “soldadito grande de la cordillera” – the great little soldier of the mountains. . . . → Continue reading Great Little Soldier of the Mountains
By bufo_raddei, 29/03/2026 12:41 
Since I’m practically an amphibian — and a thermophilic amphibian at that — and the weather nastiness on San José left us with a few spare days, we decided to drive around the hot springs. The ones . . . → Continue reading Andean vacation. Hot springs
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