OUTDOORS
Capital City Weekly
My penchant for exploring Southeast Alaska's wild places had me tracing a low-tide shoreline one cloudy summer afternoon, studying the rocks and beached marine life. Unoccupied crab shells dotted the wet sand, mingling with the strewn kelp. At last I looked up, scanning the horizon for a moment. What was that? Something was swimming parallel to shore out in the bay. An otter? Seal? Whale?
Wild Observations: Do deer eat seaweed?
Photo By Carla Petersen / Photo By Carla Petersen
Caught in the act: A Sitka black-tailed deer nibbles seaweed along a Prince of Wales shoreline last year.
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