Seward, Alaska
Sunrise 8:53 am, sunrise 4:33 pm for a total day length of 7 hours and 39 minutes. Tomorrow will be 4 minutes and 45 seconds shorter.
Partly cloudy and cold with a low of 20 and a high of 27, north wind 4-6 mph with gusts to 15.
17 First of Season ROCK SANDPIPERS materialized this morning at the tidelands, feeding at the edge of the ebbing tide. Rock Sandpipers generally overwinter in Resurrection Bay in small numbers up to around 40; may their numbers soon increase.
The boat harbor bustled with activity today: two COMMON LOONS, a juvenile and adult RED-NECKED GREBE, nine HORNED GREBES, a large raft of COMMON MERGANSERS, COMMON GOLDENEYES and BARROW’S GOLDENEYES, a few PELAGIC CORMORANTS, BELTED KINGFISHER, SHORT-BILLED and GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS, and BALD EAGLES.
The Mt Ash berries in the 500-block of First again attracted ROBINS, BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, and a VARIED THRUSH. The birds flew back and forth from the shelter of the dense spruce forest in the backyards, or perched high in a cottonwood across the street.
Best of all, the ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD survived another 16-hour cold winter night!
Happy Birding!
Carol Griswold
Seward Sporadic Bird Report Reporter
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