Seward,
Alaska Sporadic Bird Report
On
my way to Anchorage to catch the plane to the Yakutat Aleutian Tern Festival, I
stopped at Mile 81 to look for the GREAT EGRET. I pulled into the parking lot
just before 11:30 am to find several other vehicles and birders all set up with
rain gear and scopes. I grabbed my raincoat, camera and binoculars and hustled
over to see an amazing sight.
The
GREAT EGRET was flying in! It landed in the green wetlands right in front to
everyone's delight and stood like a white ghost, peering this way and that. In
a few minutes it was off again, a white anomaly against the snowy mountains. We
watched as it flapped its angel wings, gained altitude and flew in an enormous
arc first south then back over Turnagain Arm to the west and north. Finally,
the mysterious bird speck blended with the misty clouds and disappeared. We all
waited to see if it would come back, without success. Who knows where it went,
why it flew to Alaska, or where it might show up again. Just another magical
moment for birders!
Happy
Birding!
Carol
Griswold
Seward
Sporadic Bird Report Reporter
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