Animals of Glacier Bay National Park

We’re still out on the boat – how do you think we’re doing? Think we’ve found any corals? You’ll just have to wait until tomorrow to find out!

Stian has been kind enough to give me a few of his photos of some of the animals we saw in our first week in Glacier Bay National Park. The above shot is looking into the West Arm of Glacier Bay (check out the “map & timeline” tab to find out where that is).

 A stellars sealion. There are lots of colonies of sealions and seals in the park, how can you tell the difference? Sealions have ears and seals do not!

The largest marine mammal in the park, the humpback whale. These whales, like me, have come all the way from Hawaii to feed in the rich waters of the park, and pretty soon they’ll start their journey back to Hawaii to the Humpback Sanctuary inbetween Maui and Oahu. Who do you think will get home first, me or them?

Oyster catchers. There are over 200 species of birds within Glacier Bay National Park, making it a birders delight.

The symbol of America, the bald eagle. There is a healthy population of bald eagles here, in one day we counted over a dozen. I’ve only ever seen one or two before, so it is great to see them doing so well!

What animals do you think we’ll see while working up in the East and West arms?