Seward,
Alaska Sporadic Bird Report
Sunrise
9:55 am, sunset 4:13 pm, length of day 6 hours, 17 minutes; tomorrow will be 3 minutes and 3
seconds longer.
First
full moon of 2012 tonight, if the thickening clouds permit viewing.
Weather:
Partly cloudy today, temps in the mid 20s, blowing snow, roiling bay. More clouds and a chance of snow in the forecast.
Today
was a great day for a hike to Tonsina Point through the calm, quiet, snowy woods. The high tide surfed up
the beach, making it temporarily
inaccessible. A DIPPER paddled busily about the middle of Tonsina
Creek, acting for all the
world like a tiny diving duck. Several real sea ducks, BUFFLEHEAD, dove at the creek's mouth and
in the incoming surf.
COMMON
REDPOLLS flocked around the alders, quickly gleaned seeds and moved on.
Deep
in the Enchanted Forest, festooned with green mosses and lichens, a female AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER methodically worked her way around a thick tree
branch, clearing snow and flicking bark all in one move. I
haven't seen this species in a long time; they aren't common here. Her photo is small as I only had my point-and shoot.
Happy
Birding!
Carol
Griswold
Seward
Sporadic Bird Report Reporter
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