Seward,
Alaska
Sunrise
7:15 am, sunset 8:36 pm for a total day length of 13 hours and 47 minutes.
Tomorrow will be 5 minutes and 24 seconds shorter.
Phenomenal
summer weather continues; one gorgeous, warm, sunny day after another! The high
today was 68º! Tuesday and Wednesday are forecast to reach 71 and 72º, Thursday
slightly cooler at 65º then rain for the next foreseeable future.
I
questioned my hearing at 3 pm on September 5 when I stepped outside, rushing
off somewhere, then stopped stock still and listened. Very faint, and far away,
I thought I heard SANDHILL CRANES. I searched the sky in vain, anxious to catch
a glimpse of these glorious birds winging their way south. Too soon the bugling
faded, and I thoughtfully resumed my chores. Was it Cranes? They seemed late; I thought I had missed
the grand fall migration.
The
next day, I received a redeeming report of 158 Cranes flying over Mt Marathon,
flying east. I counted the speck dots on the provided photo to get the count.
Yay! I was not nuts!
This
evening around 7:30, I happened to be sitting in my car, scribbling some very
important notes with the window open. Cranes? Hmmm, scribble, scribble, scribble. Closer
and louder now, sifting into my conscious. Cranes??? I threw down the notebook, grabbed my camera and
burst out of the car.
There,
flying high overhead were CRANES! A giant bow of bugling birds undulated across
the sky, with streamers of smaller Vs following closely behind the main front.
They flew directly east, heading for majestic Mt Alice, mountain shadows
already creeping up her flanks. They were not stopping, O no!
I watched until I
could no longer see or hear them, invisibly stroking over the mountains and
possibly Prince William Sound, perhaps landing in Cordova to refuel. What a
joyous sight and sound! Bon voyage!
Happy
Birding!
Carol
Griswold
Seward
Sporadic Bird Report Reporter
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