Expedition to Russia

Fauna

Link to People & Family

Lake Baikal Fauna

Full Lake Baikal Trip Report

Lake Baikal Scenery, Landscapes & People

Siberian Brown Bear

Nerpa or Lake Baikal Seal

Long-tailed Siberian Souslik (Ground Squirrel) (Citellus undulatus)

Lake Baikal Herring Gulls

Gray Heron

Common Crane - lucky to see a breeding pair that were still in the Selenga Delta

Domestic Goats

Lake Baikal Seal

Daurian East Russian Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes daurica) Olkhon Island Lake Baikal Russia

Most likely Daurian Red Deer tracks along the shores of Lake Baikal

Domestic Horse

Domestic Horse

Arctic Char

Arctic Char

Arachnid Species

Ruteline Scarab

Chrysomelidae Leaf Beetle

Geotrupinae Scarab Beetle

Lepturine Cerambycid Beetle

Monochamus sutor - Lake Baikal, Russia

Callidium violaceum - Selenga Delta, Lake Baikal, Russia

Dipteran species - Lake Baikal

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Caddisflies along the "Shores of the Brown Bear", Lake Baikal

Lake Baikal Seal

Lake Baikal Seal

Lake Baikal Seal

Lake Baikal Seal

Teeth of the Nerpa - note the shape that aids in filter feeding

Long-tailed Siberian Souslik (Ground Squirrel) (Citellus undulatus)

Long-tailed Siberian Souslik (Ground Squirrel) (Citellus undulatus)

A big one ahead!

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Common Crane

Eurasian Curlew in the Selenga Delta

Eurasian Curlew

Gadwall

Barrow's Goldeneye

Domestic Sheep

Horned Grebe

Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)

Grey Heron

Grey Heron in rookery in Selenga Delta region.

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Daurian Jackdaw

Eastern Marsh Harrier (Circus spilonotus)

Northern Raven

Barn Swallow

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Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) Thailand, Russia

White Wagtail

Primorsky Krai Fauna

Full Primosky Krai Trip Report

Primorsky Krai Scenery, Landscapes & People

Siberian Tiger in Victor Ludin's private tiger reserve

Siberian Tiger Pug in Kedrovaya Pad - literally this animal was less than a few seconds ahead of us!

More pug marks - this went on for over 2 kms

And more...

Kedrovaya Pad park superintendent, Irina Maslova, showing us very fresh tiger sign

Seconds ahead of us...

More

Irina inspecting a very fresh resting spot for a Siberian Tiger which paced us a few meters ahead of our progression.

The ground was still warm from the tiger who laid in this bed seconds before our arrival! We noted the grass rebounding slowly as well indicating a very recent departure (seconds max) of the resting tiger!

Cokie found this VERY fresh pug of the critically endangered Amur Leopard. Fresh meaning this day! It was raining today so the good shape of the print indicated it was very recent and not yet eroded by the rain

Amur leopard den - inactive while we were there but ample sign of regular habituation

Amur Leopard den

Rear entry for Amur Leopard den

An old kill inside the den

Most likely a Sika Deer mandible in the Amur Leopard den

Dybowski's Sika Seer in Lazovsky Zapovyednik Reserve, Primorye

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Kamchatka Fauna

Full Kamchatka Trip Report

Kamchatka Scenery, Landscapes & People

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URSID - BEAR - BROWN BEAR - KAMCHATKA BROWN BEAR (4).jpg

BIRD - EAGLE - STELLERS SEA EAGLE - ON KAMCHATKA COAST RUSSIA (5).jpg

BIRD - GUILLEMOT - BLACK GUILLEMOT - KAMCHATKA COAST (7).jpg

Tufted Puffin

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URSID - BEAR - BROWN BEAR - KAMCHATKA BROWN BEAR (7).jpg

MUSTELLID - OTTER - ALASKA SEA OTTERS - RUSSIAN SUBSPECIES - OFF COAST OF KAMCHATKA (3).jpg

PINNIPED - SEA LION - STELLERS SEA LIONS INVESTIGATING ZODIAC OFF KAMCHATKA (19).jpg

BIRD - FULMAR - NORTHERN FULMAR - OFF SOUTHERN TIP OF KAMCHATKA.jpg

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PINNIPED - SEA LION - STELLERS SEA LIONS INVESTIGATING ZODIAC OFF KAMCHATKA (56).jpg

FISH - SALMONID - SALMON SPECIES IN KAMCHATKA - DUCK LAKES AREA (3).jpg

FISH - SALMONID - SALMON SPECIES IN KAMCHATKA - DUCK LAKES AREA (10).jpg

PINNIPED - SEAL - INSULAR HARBOR SEAL - ZHUPANOVA RIVER KAMCHATKA (15).jpg

URSID - BEAR - BROWN BEAR - KAMCHATKA BROWN BEAR (6).jpg

URSID - BEAR - BROWN BEAR - KAMCHATKA BROWN BEAR SIGN - INTERIOR OF KAMCHATKA (5).jpg

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BIRD - EAGLE - STELLERS SEA EAGLE - ON KAMCHATKA COAST RUSSIA (34).jpg

BIRD - GUILLEMOT - BLACK GUILLEMOT - KAMCHATKA COAST (6).jpg

BIRD - GULL - GLAUCOUS GULL - KAMCHATKA.jpg

BIRD - KITTIWAKE - BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE - OFF KAMCHATKA COAST (2).jpg

BIRD - MURRE - THICK AND THIN-BILLED MURRES OFF KAMCHATKA COAST (3).jpg

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Horned Puffin

Tufted Puffin

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BIRD - PUFFIN - TUFTED PUFFIN OFF COAST OF KAMCHATKA (8).jpg

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Sooty Shearwater

Sooty Shearwater

Leach's Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) Off coast of Kamchatka Russia - flew onboard our ship

Commander Islands Fauna

Full Commander Islands Trip Report

Commander Islands Scenery, Landscapes & People

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BIRD - TERN - COMMON TERN - KAMCHATKA INTERIOR - DUCK LAKES (6).jpg

CANID - FOX - ARCTIC FOX - COMMANDER ISLAND BLUE PHASE SUBSPECIES - COMMANDERS (22).jpg

FISH - ROCKFISH SPECIES A - COMMANDER ISLANDS RUSSIA.jpg

SYRENIDAE - SEA COW - STELLERS SEA COW SKELETON - COMMANDER ISLANDS.jpg

FISH - SALMON - CHINOOK SALMON RUN IN COMMANDERS (15).jpg

PINNIPED - SEAL - NORTHERN FUR SEAL - ROOKERY IN COMMANDER ISLANDS (21).jpg

Northern Fulmar

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MUSTELLID - OTTER - ALASKA SEA OTTER - RUSSIAN SUBSPECIES - COMMANDER ISLANDS (30).jpg

BIRD - MURRE - THICK AND THIN-BILLED MURRES MIXED WITH KITTIWAKES AND RED-FACED CORMORANTS IN BIRD BAZAARS IN COMMANDERS (21).jpg

PINNIPED - SEAL - INSULAR HARBOR SEAL - COMMANDER ISLANDS (31).jpg

BIRD - KITTIWAKE - RED-LEGGED - COMMANDERS (6).jpg

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BIRD - MURRES - THICK AND THIN-BILLED - COMMANDERS RUSSIA (5).jpg

CETACEAN - WHALE - HUMPBACK - PACIFIC SUBSPECIES - OFF COMMANDERS (17).jpg

BIRD - EAGLE - STELLERS SEA EAGLE - KAMCHATKA RUSSIA (18).jpg

MUSTELLID - OTTER - ALASKA SEA OTTER - RUSSIAN SUBSPECIES - COMMANDER ISLANDS (14).jpg

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PINNIPED - SEA LION - STELLERS SEA LION OR NORTHERN SEA LION - MIXED COLONY WITH NORTHERN FUR SEALS - COMMANDERS (4).jpg

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PINNIPED - SEAL - NORTHERN FUR SEAL - ROOKERY IN COMMANDER ISLANDS (7).jpg

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PINNIPED - SEAL - NORTHERN FUR SEAL - ROOKERY IN COMMANDER ISLANDS RUSSIA (58).jpg

BIRD - PUFFIN - TUFTED - COMMANDER ISLANDS (6).jpg

PINNIPED - SEAL - NORTHERN FUR SEAL - ROOKERY IN COMMANDER ISLANDS RUSSIA (101).jpg

BIRD - PUFFIN - HORNED - ROOKERY ON MEDNY ISLAND COMMANDERS.jpg

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BIRD - BUNTING - SNOW BUNTING IN SUMMER FEATHERS - COMMANDORSKY (5).jpg

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BIRD - FULMAR - NORTHERN - DARK MORPH IN COMMANDERS RUSSIA (7).jpg

BIRD - KITTIWAKE - RED-LEGGED - COMMANDERS (13).jpg

BIRD - KITTIWAKE - RED-LEGGED - COMMANDORSKY (4).jpg

PINNIPED - SEAL - NORTHERN FUR SEAL - ROOKERY IN COMMANDER ISLANDS (45).jpg

BIRD - MURRES - THICK AND THIN-BILLED - COMMANDERS RUSSIA (13).jpg

BIRD - PUFFIN - HORNED IN COMMANDERS (12).jpg

BIRD - PUFFIN - TUFTED IN COMMANDERS MEDNY ISLAND.jpg

BIRD - BUNTING - JAPANESE GRAY - COMMANDERS (2).jpg

BIRD - BUNTING - SNOW BUNTING - COMMANDERS (2).jpg

CANID - FOX - ARCTIC FOX - COMMANDER ISLAND BLUE PHASE SUBSPECIES - COMMANDERS (30).jpg

BIRD - BUNTING - SNOW BUNTING - COMMANDERS (13).jpg

BIRD - CORMORANT - RED-FACED - COMMANDERS (10).jpg

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BIRD - FINCH - ARCTIC ROSY FINCH COMMANDERS FORM - COMMANDER ISLANDS (3).jpg

BIRD - GUILLEMOT - BLACK GUILLEMOT - COMMANDERS (7).jpg

BIRD - GULL - GLAUCOUS - COMMANDERS SUBSPECIES (3).jpg

BIRD - ROSEFINCH - SCARLET ROSEFINCH - COMMANDERS.jpg

BIRD - WREN - NORTHERN WREN - TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES - COMMANDERS RUSSIA.jpg

BIRD - CORMORANT - RED-FACED - BIRD ISLAND OFF BERING ISLAND COMMANDERS (4).jpg

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BIRD - CORMORANT - RED-FACED - BIRD ISLAND OFF BERING ISLAND COMMANDERS (16).jpg

BIRD - FINCH - GRAY-CROWNED ROSY FINCH - COMMANDERS.jpg

BIRD - GULL - GLAUCOUS GULL - COMMANDER ISLAND SUBSPECIES.jpg

BIRD - KITTIWAKE - BLACK-LEGGED - ON COMMANDERS RUSSIA (8).jpg

BIRD - LAPLAND LONGSPUR - MEDNY ISLAND COMMANDERS (6).jpg

BIRD - MURRE - THICK AND THIN-BILLED MURRES MIXED WITH KITTIWAKES AND RED-FACED CORMORANTS IN BIRD BAZAARS IN COMMANDERS (3).jpg

BIRD - MURRE - THICK AND THIN-BILLED MURRES MIXED WITH KITTIWAKES AND RED-FACED CORMORANTS IN BIRD BAZAARS IN COMMANDERS (19).jpg

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BIRD - PUFFIN - HORNED - OFF OF COMMANDORSKY (7).jpg

BIRD - SHEARWATER - SOOTY SHEARWATER - COMMANDERS (4).jpg

PIPIT - RED-THROATED - COMMANDER ISLANDS (4).jpg

BIRD - AUKLET - LEAST AUKLET - OFF KAMCHATKA COAST (2).jpg

BIRD - DUCK - GOLDENEYE - COMMON GOLDENEYE FEMALE WITH BROOD - KAMCHATKA INTERIOR (3).jpg

BIRD - EAGLE - STELLERS SEA EAGLE - ON KAMCHATKA COASTLINE - RUSSIA (38).jpg

BIRD - EAGLE - STELLERS SEA EAGLE - ON KAMCHATKA COASTLINE - RUSSIA (43).jpg

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BIRD - EAGLE - STELLERS SEA EAGLE - ON KAMCHATKA COASTLINE - RUSSIA (52).jpg

BIRD - FALCON - PEREGRINE FALCON MOTHER PROTECTING NEWBORN - KAMCHATKA COAST (7).jpg

BIRD - FALCON - PEREGRINE FALCON MOTHER PROTECTING NEWBORN - KAMCHATKA COAST (8).jpg

BIRD - FALCON - PEREGRINE FALCON MOTHER PROTECTING NEWBORN - KAMCHATKA COAST (9).jpg

BIRD - FALCON - PEREGRINE FALCON MOTHER PROTECTING NEWBORN - KAMCHATKA COAST (21).jpg

BIRD - GULL - SLATY-BACKED GULLS ON ZHUPANOVA RIVER MOUTH - KAMCHATKA.jpg

BIRD - TERN - COMMON TERN - KAMCHATKA INTERIOR - DUCK LAKES (4).jpg

CANID - FOX - ARCTIC FOX - COMMANDER ISLAND BLUE PHASE SUBSPECIES - COMMANDERS (25).jpg

CANID - FOX - ARCTIC FOX - COMMANDER ISLAND BLUE PHASE SUBSPECIES - COMMANDERS (28).jpg

CANID - FOX - POLAR FOX TRACKS - COMMANDERS (2).jpg

INVERTS - INTERTIDAL - MOLLUSCA - GASTROPODS - TURBIN SNAIL SPECIES - COMMANDER ISLANDS RUSSIA (2).jpg

CANID - FOX - ARCTIC FOX - COMMANDER ISLAND BLUE PHASE SUBSPECIES - COMMANDERS (22).jpg

FISH - SALMON - CHINOOK SALMON RUN IN COMMANDERS (11).jpg

FISH - SALMON - CHINOOK SALMON RUN IN COMMANDERS (20).jpg

INVERTS - INTERTIDAL - CNIDARIA - AURELIA SPECIES SEA JELLY - COMMANDER ISLANDS (4).jpg

Kuril Island Fauna

Full Kuril Islands Trip Report

Kuril Islands Scenery, Landscapes & People

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PINNIPED - SEA LION - STELLERS SEA LION - KAMCHATKA COASTAL WATERS (39).jpg

CETACEAN - PORPOISE - DALLS PORPOISE - MEGAPOD NEAR KURILS ON WAY TO MONERON (13).jpg

URSID - BEAR - BROWN BEAR - KUNISHIR ISLAND HOKKAIDO BROWN BEAR - KURIL ISLANDS SUBSPECIES (11).jpg

PINNIPED - SEA LION - STELLERS SEA LIONS OFF MONERON ISLAND RUSSIA (16).jpg

CETACEAN - WHALE - ORCA - KURIL ISLAND POD (21).jpg

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CETACEAN - WHALE - ORCA - KURIL ISLAND POD (19).jpg

FISH - SCULPIN - DRAGON FISH SCULPIN - KURIL ISLANDS (6).jpg

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PINNIPED - SEA LION - STELLERS SEA LION - KAMCHATKA COASTAL WATERS (27).jpg

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PINNIPED - SEA LION - STELLERS SEA LIONS - KURIL ISLAND GROUPS (15).jpg

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PINNIPED - SEAL - LARGHA SEALS - PHOCA LARGA - MONERON ISLAND RUSSIA (6).jpg

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CETACEAN - DOLPHIN - PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED DOLPHIN - KURIL ISLANDS (13).jpg

CETACEAN - WHALE - SPERM WHALE - OFF COAST OF KURIL ISLANDS RUSSIA (13).jpg

FISH - ARCTIC CHAR - KURIL ISLANDS RUSSIA.jpg

FISH - SALMON - CHINOOK - KUNISHIR ISLAND RUN - KURIL ISLANDS.jpg

FISH - SALMON - CHINOOK SALMON IN KUNISHIR ISLAND KURILS (3).jpg

INVERTS - INTERTIDAL - ARTHROPODA - AMPHIPOD - BEACH AMPHIPOD - KURIL ISLANDS.jpg

INVERTS - LEP - PAPILIO CATERPILLAR.jpg

CETACEAN - WHALE - ORCA - KURIL ISLAND POD (4).jpg

PINNIPED - SEA LION - STELLERS SEA LION - KAMCHATKA COASTAL WATERS (8).jpg

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PINNIPED - SEA LION - STELLERS SEA LIONS OFF MONERON ISLAND RUSSIA (21).jpg

PINNIPED - SEAL - LARGHA SEALS - PHOCA LARGA - MONERON ISLAND RUSSIA (8).jpg

PINNIPED - SEAL - LARGHA SEALS - PHOCA LARGA - MONERON ISLAND RUSSIA (24).jpg

URSID - BEAR - BROWN BEAR - KUNISHIR ISLAND HOKKAIDO BROWN BEAR - KURIL ISLANDS SUBSPECIES (8).jpg

URSID - BEAR - BROWN BEAR - KUNISHIR ISLAND HOKKAIDO BROWN BEAR - KURIL ISLANDS SUBSPECIES (10).jpg

URSID - BEAR - BROWN BEAR - KUNISHIR ISLAND HOKKAIDO BROWN BEAR - KURIL ISLANDS SUBSPECIES (18).jpg

BIRD - ALBATROSS - BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS IN KURIL ISLANDS RUSSIA (4).jpg

BIRD - ALBATROSS - BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS IN KURIL ISLANDS RUSSIA (6).jpg

BIRD - ALBATROSS - LAYSON ALBATROSS - KURIL ISLANDS RUSSIA (9).jpg

BIRD - GUILLEMOT - SPECTACLED GUILLEMOT - MONERON ISLAND RUSSIA (41).jpg

BIRD - ALBATROSS - LAYSON ALBATROSS - KURIL ISLANDS RUSSIA (11).jpg

BIRD - AUKLET - CRESTED - KURIL ISLANDS RUSSIA (6).jpg

BIRD - CORMORANT - TEMMINCKS CORMORANT - SOUTHERN KURIL ISLANDS RUSSIA (28).jpg

BIRD - CORMORANT - TEMMINCKS CORMORANT - SOUTHERN KURIL ISLANDS RUSSIA (31).jpg

Northern Fulmar

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BIRD - DUCK - HARLEQUIN DUCK - KURIL ISLANDS RUSSIA.jpg

BIRD - EAGLE - WHITE-TAILED SEA EAGLE - KURIL ISLANDS RUSSIA (36).jpg

BIRD - EAGLE - WHITE-TAILED SEA EAGLE - KURIL ISLANDS RUSSIA (46).jpg

Northern Fulmar

Northern Fulmar

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BIRD - GUILLEMOT - SPECTACLED GUILLEMOT - MONERON ISLAND RUSSIA (26).jpg

BIRD - GULL - BLACK-TAILED GULL - SOUTHERN KURILS RUSSIA (6).jpg

BIRD - GULL - BLACK-TAILED GULL - SOUTHERN KURILS RUSSIA (14).jpg

BIRD - GULL - GLAUCOUS POSSIBLE WITH YOUNG IN SOUTHERN KURIL ISLANDS (5).jpg

BIRD - GULL - SLATY-BACKED GULLS WITH NORTHERN FULNMAR AND SOOTY SHEARWATERS IN KURIL ISLANDS (4).jpg

BIRD - GULL - SLATY-BACKED IN CENTRAL KURIL ISLANDS RUSSIA (2).jpg

BIRD - GULL - SLATY-BACKED ROOKERY WITH BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES - KURIL ISLANDS RUISSA (3).jpg

BIRD - SANDPIPER - TEREK SANDPIPER - KURIL ISLANDS RUSSIA (5).jpg

BIRD - SIBERIAN RUBYTHROAT - MONERONE ISLAND RUSSIA.jpg

BIRD - WAGTAIL - WHITE WAGTAIL - KURIL ISLANDS SUBSPECIES - RUSSIA (3).jpg

BIRD - WAGTAIL - WHITE WAGTAIL IN SOUTHERN KURIL ISLANDS - SUBSPECIES B (4).jpg

BIRD - WARBLER - ARCTIC WARBLER - NORTHERN KURIL ISLANDS RUSSIA (4).jpg

BIRD - MURRULET - ANCIENT MURRELET - KURIL ISLANDS RUSSIA (6).jpg

BIRD - MURRULET - ANCIENT MURRELET - KURIL ISLANDS RUSSIA (8).jpg

Fork-tailed Storm-petrel

Fork-tailed Storm-petrel

Prioksko-Terrasny Zapovyednik

Full Prioksko-Terrasny Zapovyednik Trip Report

Prioksko-Terrasny Zapovyednik Scenery, Landscapes & People

Trans Siberian Railway Route to Irkutsk and Vladivostok

Primosky Krai Route - Kedrovayapad & Lazovsky Zapovyedniks as well as Lake Khanka

Kuril Islands

Kamchatka

Overall Kamchatka, Commander Islands and Kuril Islands stops in 2008. Almost five weeks on live-aboard.

Lake Baikal stops - Ten days on our own Yaroslavyet Fishing Boat

Expedition to Russia overall view map

Overall Kamchatka, Commander Islands and Kuril Islands stops in 2008. Almost five weeks on live-aboard.