Rare Edition of Half-Baked Alaska

 Mother Nature is watering the land so I'm stuck inside trying to avoid housework.   I decided to publish an edition of Half-Baked Alaska.   It's been many years, but some news of the day is just too good not to share.

Female mallard

1). A couple camping near Resurrection Bay in Seward were getting ready to eat some freshly caught and cooked halibut when a raven came too close.   As the husband turned his back to shoo the raven away, a bald eagle swooped down and took off with some nice cooked halibut.

Trumpeter swans with one cygnet.

2)  The Homer Police Department Dispatch received a report of theft.   A man exited a grocery store and began unloading his groceries from the cart.   He set a pack of ribs on the handlebar of the cart, and a bald eagle grabbed the package and took off.

       The reporting party said he had no hard feelings toward the eagle, and the eagle obviously enjoyed the dinner.

3)  A salmon hatchery in Southeastern Alaska has been experimenting with methods to keep brown bears from accessing public boardwalks near the hatchery.   In one effort, they shot a bear with a potato gun.

    The bear looked around to see what had hit it, saw the potato, and ate it.    Naughty, naughty,   Not supposed to feed the wild animals. 

Arctic tern.   These birds migrate all the way from Antarctica.

And, finally, a bit of KARMA from Alabama:

4). A man died of a heart attack while disposing of the body of his girlfriend,  whom he had strangled.   They were found side by side, and the man's pickup was still running.

That's it for this edition.

A hatchling red-necked grebe waits for food while safe on its parent's back.