McIntyre Creek and the Yukon River at Whitehorse

            A morning shot at sunrise in late October, just before the snow arrived, this is a view of the Yukon River looking north from the mouth of McIntyre Creek, close to downtown Whitehorse. The dense vegetation along the creek is a fantastic area for bird photography in the spring and summer months. In late March and early April, several hundred Trumpeter Swans rest and feed at the creek mouth. A  massive new residential subdivision is being constructed all around this area, as the Yukon economy continues to boom, and unfortunately, thousands of people move here. It is not clear how this will impact the birds, but I am hoping they will adapt.

If you can believe it, this beautiful and ecologically sensitive area was the site of the original city garbage dump-- they even dumped garbage down the hill into the river and creek mouth, which once supported a run of Chinook (King) Salmon. The site has now been mostly cleaned up.  Can you see the small group of Trumpeter Swans in the background resting on the Yukon River during their fall migration?

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Taken in: Canada / Yukon Territory (show map)

Taken on: October 21, 2010

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Camera: Nikon D60, f/16.0, 26mm (=39mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D60
Lens:	18-200mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/16.0
Focal Length:	26mm (35mm equivalent: 39mm)
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-2 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS5 (12.0x20100115 [20100115.m.998 2010/01/15:02:00:00 cutoff; m branch]) Windows
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