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Wildlife

Whales, bears, alligators, wolves and the great migrations

America's wildlife spectacles are continental in scale: humpbacks bubble-net feeding in Alaska, half a million cranes over Nebraska, brown bears at an Alaskan waterfall, and the only wild flock of whooping cranes on earth. Time the season right; the animals keep the calendar.

Brown bears at Brooks Falls, Katmai
Brooks Falls, KatmaiAlaska · Brown bears catching salmon at the falls.
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Lamar Valley, YellowstoneWyoming · The best wild wolf watching in the world, plus grizzlies and bison.
An alligator in Everglades National Park
Everglades alligatorsFlorida · Alligators on the Anhinga Trail and Shark Valley tram road.
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Juneau and the Inside PassageAlaska · Humpbacks bubble-net feeding, May to September.
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Monterey BayCalifornia · Year-round whales, from gray whales to blues.
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Stellwagen Bank, Cape CodMassachusetts · Humpbacks and dolphins, April to October.
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Maui humpbacksHawaii · Humpback whales calve in the Auau Channel, December to April.
Sandhill cranes on the Platte River, Nebraska
Platte River cranesNebraska · Half a million sandhill cranes each March.
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Bosque del ApacheNew Mexico · Snow geese and sandhill cranes, November to February.
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Cape MayNew Jersey · One of North America's great bird-migration funnels.
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Aransas National Wildlife RefugeTexas · The winter home of the last wild flock of whooping cranes.
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Crystal River manateesFlorida · Swim with manatees in the winter springs.
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Maine's North WoodsMaine · Moose safaris around Greenville and Millinocket.
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Bison of the badlandsNorth Dakota · Bison herds roaming Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

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