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On the Trails: Winter to spring

...visit the seed feeders hanging over the pond; they cling with some difficulty to perches made for smaller birds. Mountain goats may stay at low elevations longer than usual, because the snow is too deep in their alpine haunts, and any newborn...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-05-03/trails-winter-spring
Outdoors
On the Trails: The ice tells ...

...present pollen, just the thing for a bumblebee queen to feed her new brood of larvae.We were overseen by several mountain goats, lying on ledges near the top of the ridge. The goats are still down at low elevations, both here and near Nugget...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-04-26/trails-ice-tells
Outdoors
On the Trails: Winter or spring?

...that seed production in the species is commonly limited by insufficient pollen deposition. In the same area, where mountain goats have been foraging and resting for months, I finally saw a nanny with a kid, moving up the ridge into the brush...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-04-19/trails-winter-or-spring
Outdoors
Ode to Juneau joy

...poem as modified by Beethoven. How fitting is this to Juneau? Whether it is a walk out to Nugget Falls to see the mountain goats, or having eagles soar overhead while skiing or amazing yet having orcas in the channel followed days later by a...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-04-21/ode-juneau-joy
Opinion
Chichagof Island's hidden gems and treasures

...of the 15 tidewater glaciers in the park. We are not disappointed. Whales are out, and we also see one very large mountain goat and numerous brown bear.On a similar adventure here, I was on the Grand Adventure, a 53-foot Grand Banks owned...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-04-01/chichagof-islands-hidden-gems-and-treas
Local
Photo: Goat guardian

A mountain goat stands guard over the Nugget Falls Trail on Tuesday.

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-03-06/photo-goat-guardian
Local
March-A Green and Muddy Month

...I also visited the Mendenhall Glacier on several occasions. One day several of us were treated to a group of five mountain goats feeding in close proximity to Nugget Falls. They lazily worked the slope, browsing on whatever looked edible, with...

http://juneauempire.com/blog-post/kerry-howard/2013-03-10/march%E2%80%94-green-a
Search under way for missing Coast Guardsman

...what it takes people on the ground days to do."Searchers used heat-sensing cameras but spotted only deer and mountain goats, Wielebski said."They're going to go up and do another search with the chopper, but right now they can't...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-12-26/search-under-way-missing-coast-guardsma
State
Three decades of documenting the wild side of Southeast

...and there - in the most perfect light - were two to three. In roughly 30 minutes I was out photographing wild mountain goats. Tell me where I'm going to do that in any other part of the world - and then also have this community.""We're...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-01-11/three-decades-documenting-wild-side-
Outdoors
Wolf pack sighted on Salmon Creek Reservoir

...Salmon Creek Reservoir is pretty remote." Scott said it's hard to know what the pack was feeding on - maybe a mountain goat, a deer or possibly a bear that was out too late. Either way, just seeing the pack is a treat, he said. "What...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2012-12-14/wolf-pack-sighted-salmon-creek-reser
Outdoors

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