12 Mile and Valdez Glacier

12 Mile
Date: 6/15/2009
Time: 12:30p.m – 2- p.m
Temperature: About 65 It was a beautiful sunny day, with some clouds.


Plants we seen on our trip:
Sitka Alder
Broomrape Ground Cone
Black Cotton Wood
Sitka Spruce
Mountain Avens
Sidebells Pyrola
Coastal Reindeer
False Pixie Cup
Willow Tree
Elegant Goldenrod
Pink Pyrola, Wintergreen
Eskimo Potato
River Beauty

Insects/other things we seen on our trip:
Convergent Lady Beetle
Moth
Bees
Fly
Again Tons of Mosquito
Poop (dog maybe)


Valdez Glacier

Date: 6/15/09
Time: 3:00p.m – 3:40p.m
Temperature: About 50’s maybe 60’s, Still it was a beautiful sunny day, with some clouds.


Plants we seen on our trip:
River Beauty
Sitka Alder
Willow Tree
Elegant Goldenrod
Dwarf Willow
Arctic Willow
Pea


Birds/ Other thing just seen on our trip:
(2) Tundra Swans with babies
Eagle
Black Bear Cub (So very cute)

The different things that I had seen between the two places was for one at 12 mile there was rocks everywhere as there was at the Glacier as while. But there was no water there; to me it seemed as if all the wildflowers and trees were growing out of the rocks. Between both places there was the same wildflowers and trees, I didn’t see much deference there at all.

I would have to say that my all time favorite thing on this trip would have to be seeing the little baby cub. That was the very first time I have ever seen a bear it was so cute. But I guess we should have known that we might have seen a bear, because I did over hear you say that there were signs of bears. I just think that its crazy that there are bears just walking around like that and I got to see it for the first time ever. That’s so cool!