Seward, Alaska
Sunrise 8:33 am, sunset 5:53 pm for a total day length of 9 hours and 20 minutes. Tomorrow will be 5 minutes and 23 seconds longer.
After three spring-like sunny days with booming surf and t-shirted beach goers playing frisbee, the clouds snuck in overnight bearing light rain, temps from 24-36, and a north wind. More cold rain is in the forecast until Friday.
The TRUMPETER SWAN family with two cygnets returned to the north end of the Lagoon. The youngsters were more concerned than their complacent parents, even when the snowblower rumbled past on the boardwalk. Two other adult Trumpeter Swans cautiously walked on the ice at the south end and then eased into the water by the culvert.
At the tidelands, a very wary Trumpeter Swan, about a quarter mile out on the flats, took off when it saw me. I added #51 to my list when a RAVEN flew overhead, chased (or followed by) a MERLIN. It happened too fast for me to both check with my binocs and take a photo. Beautiful raptor!
Happy Birding!
Carol Griswold
Seward Sporadic Bird Report Reporter
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