More Caribou (September 3rd)

 

Another group of Caribou was on the ridge near Eagle Summit!

After driving back from Circle, we stayed at Eagle Summit Wayside for another night.

Just before making supper, we found another group of caribou and went up to the summit again.   This time, we found much more caribou on the ridges around us.

CircleからEagle Summitに戻って、もう一泊車中泊しました。

夕食前にもう一度頂上まで歩いてきたのですが、前日よりもたくさんのカリブーの群れを観察できました。

 

 

The tiny dots in the center are caribou.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 こっちに気付いて、警戒しながら

すすんでいきます。

 

They noticed us.

 

And they kept moving on.

 

 

 

 

We spotted another herd on the flat top of farther mountain.

 

Can you see the tiny dots? 

遠くの方にも群れを発見。

 

They were getting closer to the edge by the highway.

Can you see the whitish dots?

They are all caribou.

 

They were going down towards the highway. 

ハイウェイの方に下りてきたかと思うと…

 

They were crossing the highway! 

大群でまとまって横断し始めました。

 

Lots of them!

2，3度、このために車が来ないタイミングを見計らっていました。

 

They were going into fall colors on the other side of highway.

 

They were blending with fall colors and disappearing.

I can still see bunch of dots in the center.  Can you? 

真ん中らへんに黒い点々があるのが、全部、カリブーです。

紅葉したツンドラに混じってどんどん見えなくなっていきました。

 

Campanula lasiocarpa (Mountain Harebell or Alaska Harebell).

Only a few of them were still blooming. 

咲き残っていたのはイワギキョウ。

 

There are some caribou shown on this picture still.

 

The view from the trail near Eagle Summit Wayside.

 

A group of caribou showed up by the wayside 

while we were cooking supper! 

夕食を準備中に、駐車場のすぐ近くに

また別の群れがやってきました。

 

Some of them got pretty big antlers!