Seward, Alaska
A mysterious, cloud-shrouded morning evolved into a stunning, blue sky afternoon, one to remember in the coming dark winter days. I enjoyed a spectacular hike to the Glacier Overlook at Exit Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park.
Cottonwoods in the surrounding valley glowed golden-yellow, at their prime fall colors. Impressive blue seracs like giant teeth arced out of the heavily crevassed and pocked glacier, flowing down from the Harding Icefield. The dirty medial moraine reminded me of the 1980 “On the Road to Tok” postcard book by Tom Sadowski and Jimmie Froehlich; no park rangers lugging Hoover vacuums were seen
A GOLDEN EAGLE soared into view as I scanned the adjacent mountainside, its bulging secondaries and a head length shorter than the tail showing the best field marks for a speck. So exciting to see before it sailed behind the ridge!
The raging creek’s roar diminished in the distance. A bustling little BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE briefly called. The cottonwoods rustled as a breeze twirled their golden leaves to the earth. A fanfare and farewell to summer!
Carol Griswold
Seward Sporadic Bird Report Reporter
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