Seward,
Alaska
Sunrise
9:57 am, sunset 3:49 pm for a total day length of 5 hours and 51 minutes.
Tomorrow will be 51 seconds shorter.
Rain
continues with variations on heavy to light but with temps stuck in the low
30s, the roads have been icy. Snow is a maybe
for the next several days, clouds seem certain, and rain is quite likely.
About
an hour before sunset, the birds were very busy gobbling up cold Mt Ash berries
to tide them over the long, chilly night. BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, PINE GROSBEAKS,
PINE SISKINS, and ROBINS mobbed the trees by AVTEC. Their
chirring, whistling, zzzzzing, and scolding filled the air. Suddenly,
it became quiet as most of the songbirds flashed away. A raptor? No, a couple
of RAVENS. The ravens took over the trees, smacking down the berries.
One
raven was especially clever. She perched on a sturdy branch and gently pulled on
the middle of a thin, wiggly branch laden with a cluster of berries at the end.
Carefully, she brought it closer and wedged the branch against another. Then she
was able to easily pluck off the berries. Whenever the branch got loose and
snapped back, the patient raven once again pulled it back and wedged it. How
did this bird figure out this technique? It was just amazing to watch.
Happy
Birding!
Carol
Griswold
Seward
Sporadic Bird Report Reporter
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