Cute Collared Pikas Working in the Alaskan Alpine

Spent an afternoon filming in the Alaskan alpine with the collared pika. The pika spend their days gathering food for winter. They cache mounds of alpine vegetation under rocks so they have something to eat durning the long alaskan winters.

Black Bears Hunting Pink Salmon in Alaska

Living in Alaska provides countless wildlife viewing and filming possibilities, Michael has located a salmon stream were black bears regularly hunt and eat pink “humpy” salmon.

There are some many salmon returning to spawn every summer in Alaska, which means they become a favorite menu item for brown and black bears. Some of the best bear and salmon interactions require a bush plane excursion but there are a few accessible rivers and streams on the road system this video is from one of those locations. WWF-Canada.ca has some great salmon facts. Here’s a list of 5:

Salmon love both salt water and freshwater

Salmon have a really strong sense of smell

Salmon have huge cultural significance

Salmon change color

Salmon are considered keystone species

Watch the Alaskan Pink Salmon return to spawn