Seward, Alaska
Sunrise 8:43 am, sunset 4:42 pm for a total day length of 7 hours and 59 minutes. Tomorrow will be 4 minutes and 56 seconds shorter.
Clear, cold, and windy conditions continued today with a low of 23 at 8 am and a high of 28 at 2 pm. Creeks and ponds were mostly frozen. The north wind, gusting to 24 mph, blew away the loose snow on the ground then reached to the mountain tops to shoot snow streamers to the moon.
Yesterday, I rejoiced to find that the KILLDEER survived the recent winter storms as well as at least two SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPERS. No Cackling Geese seen since Tuesday; maybe they finally did blow south.
The juvenile male ANNA’S hummingbird also survived the winter storms and another long, cold, windy winter night, appearing at my heated feeder at 9:33 this morning and again in the twilight around 4:30 pm.
I checked but did not find the Killdeer or Sharp-tailed Sandpipers today. Instead of one SNOW BUNTING, a flock of about 20 rose up from the beach rye grass and as quickly vanished into the grasses.
One called and rose above me, its pure white body and bold black wing tips flashing against the brilliant blue sky. He was close and o so beautiful but the wind wrestled with my camera, leaving me with only the fleeting memory.
Salud to these tough feathered survivors!
Happy Birding!
Carol Griswold
Seward Sporadic Bird Report Reporter
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