Animals I've run into:
Sea Otters: 5
But Otis will always be my favorite. Otis is the otter that Susan Law and I ran into when we were sea kayaking near Homer. At first we thought he was a log, then I thought he was dead, until he yawned and looked over at us. I am new to sea otters and had no idea they slept floating on their backs with their feet sticking straight into the air!
Mountain Goats: 15- up close at midnight! Yes, it was still light out...
Moose: 8
Although everyone tells me I am blind and that they are everywhere! I usually see them after long, long hikes when I am too tired to care much.
Update (October 15)- OK, I just installed a headlamp on my bike because I come so close to running into moose on my morning commute. They are still shockingly huge animals!
Eagles: Too many to count!
Wolf: 1- showing off for the Denali shuttle!
Mosquitoes: Millions
Lynx: 3 (!!!) 1 at Yukon Charley
Update: Paul and I saw 2 more at Denali. They stayed on the road right by our car, then just off in the bush, hunting a rabbit. Wow.
Devolved Kuala: 4
Looks a little different from his Australian cousins due to tens of thousands of years of isolation in the Talkeetna Mountains. At least this is what we assumed until we saw a picture of a pika.
Bears: 5 (squint- it's there!)
Marmots ("whistle pigs":): Lots
Dall Sheep: 2 for sure in Denali, maybe 10 more (but they might have been rocks)
Salmon: Lots, but I haven't caught any yet.
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