Island Byways

What's so special about our night skies this week? Find out on this week's edition of Island Byways. Life on Alaska's Kodiak Island. 

Rainy, rainy days. What do sunspots have to do with the aurora? All this and more on this week's edition of Island Byways. A little podcast about life on Kodiak Island. 

Nighttime returns to Kodiak just in time for some exceptional late summer stargazing. And music, music, music! Catch one of two concerts this weekend. Or, what the heck, catch them both! Life on Alaska's Emerald Isle. 

Spyhopping, tail-slapping whales, kids and pink salmon, and kids and dog training. A little slice of life on Alaska's Kodiak Island. 

Bats! The Little Brown Bat to be exact. Learn a little about our indigenous bat and hear how you can learn more by participating in some citizen science. Life on Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska. 

The Emerald Isle is showing off its true colors and how about that Dolly? (It's a trout.) Life on Alaska's Kodiak Island!

Summertime - minus tides, anemones, hermit crabs, and sea stars! Fun times on Alaska's Emerald Isle. 

Monkey flowers and a special treat after sunset - noctilucent clouds. Life on...and above...Alaska's Kodiak Island. 

There's a music-filled holiday weekend ahead for island residents. Life on Alaska's Emerald Isle. 

Alaska’s Emerald Isle demonstrates how it earns that moniker. And baby ravens.

Purple everywhere can see - the wildflowers are kicking into gear. Plus birds and boats…life on r Alaska’s Kodiak Island.

It's Crab Festival time in Kodiak - food, music, fun, fish, and crab! Plus, a nesting Arctic and Aleutian Tern colony, shorebirds, and more. Life on Alaska's Kodiak Island.

Spring and summer weather and whales, glorious whales! Life on Alaska's Kodiak Island. 

The advance of the dandelion, spring bird migrations, and David Sedaris in Kodiak? All this and more...life on an island in the North Pacific. 

Kodiak moves into the twilight zone for the next few months. Wait...what? Life on Alaska's Kodiak Island. 

Blustery winds and eagles in flight and the gradual appearance of spring. Life on an island in the Gulf of Alaska

The gray whales have arrived! Signs of Spring continue on Alaska’s Kodiak Island.

Eagles and ravens are busy getting ready for nesting season in Alaska. Life on Kodiak Island in the north Pacific. 

No April Fools' jokes here! Spring migrations are underway - islanders are still awaiting the gray whales which will pass by on their way west and north to their summer feeding grounds. Life is good on Alaska's Kodiak Island. 

Springtime brings squally weather to the island. Life on Alaska’s Kodiak Island.

Typical storms and snow accompany the Spring Equinox. And what is an equilux, anyway? Life on Alaska's Kodiak Island. 

Life is grand on the island - especially if you are a duck! Lots of rain and lots of birds showing up in local waters and along the shoreline. Life on Alaska's Kodiak Island. 

Blustery days and things not always being what they seem on Alaska's Emerald Isle - Kodiak Island. 

Celebrating the extended daylight into the evening hours, counting birds for the Great Backyard Bird Count and more...Life on Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska. 

Fluffy snow, forest trails, ice, and birding. Life on Alaska’s Kodiak Island.