A rare bristle-thighed curlew takes flight outside Nome Alaska. Fewer than 10,000 of these shorebirds remain. Bristle-thighed curlews breed in Western Alaska and winter on tropical Pacific islands. Their wintering range is threatened by climate change. July 2021.

A semi-palmated plover stands watch in light rain. The tundra was in full bloom outside Nome, Alaska. July 2021.

A sandhill crane lands near Council, Alaska. July 2021.

A Red-necked grebe family patrols the waters of a calm lake on a mid-summer evening. Near Anchorage, Alaska. June 2021.