28 July 2016

お花畑とキタオットセイの島

Watching birds is an excellent way to get close to the natural world and start learning about it.  But if you only watch birds when going to beautiful places, that's very one-sided and sad.  Flowers and mammals of the St. Paul Island were amazing, too!
セントポール島はお花畑でもある。最終氷期にはベーリング地峡として、今のアラスカ、ロシアと地続きだったと考えられており、島ではあるにもかかわらず、植物や虫の種数が多いという。実際、ガイドさんに教えてもらった英名から、学名や和名を調べてみると、ウルップソウ、タカネシオガマ、イワギキョウなど日本の高山や北海道で見られる種も多くあり、その辺り一帯が繋がっていたことが実感できる。



I painted this spending an hour of the long evening.  I call it evening because it was bright, but it was actually around 22 o'clock!  It's amazing to be able to do it.
I can bear less sun in winter to have long daylight in summer.  I can always make stories during the dark months, I suppose!   




Whitish Gentian(トウヤクリンドウ)
We walked a little bit toward the seabird cliff from the South West Point. Form there to the North Point, you can not go by car but on foot. It must be a brilliant experience to walk on the cliff for seven hours, forgetting the scope and big camera for once.  But the guide told us that she never get to do it with any customers.



キタオットセイ(Northern Furseal)
島ではキタオットセイの保護にとても気を使って、近づかない、驚かせないを徹底しているようだった。



キタオットセイのコロニーをハイドから。



They sit in such an attractive posture to draw! 



ゼニガタアザラシ
A Harbor Seal popping up from the sea.  The guide spotted the Steller Sea Lion to us, too.

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