Goodbye Nome, Hello Denali

6/12/2009 – abbreviated version.
We said a fond farewell to Nome and flew back to Anchorage.
There we picked up our two vans and drove to Hatchet Pass where the road was closed but saw some beautiful beaver dams and moose. We then tried the Petersville Road out of Trapper Creek but it was not very birdy. We arrived at Denali Perch resort about 11 pm and checked into our cabins. Mauricio and Bill Frey graciously gave their cabin to Tim so he didn’t have to walk so far to the facilities.

6/13/2009 – The group enjoyed a great breakfast at Denali Perch. We drove into Denali National Park and first birded the Riley Creek Campground, which was fairly quiet until Jennifer found a very cooperative flock of white-winged crossbills