Spring has come about a month early. Is the mating season for our state bird, the Willow Ptarmigan, early as well?
More than 50 birds and a seal were found along the shoreline.
Robins are migratory birds, but may stay in one place if the temperature is warm and/or there is food available.
This was the warmest autumn on record for western Alaska. Local observer comments on how lack of sea ice is effecting fish and bird behavior.
"This is the earliest I have ever seen a hummingbird in this region."
A robin was sighted in southcentral Alaska; an early arrival.
Very early for a hummingbird, especially in a non-urban area without feeders.
This morning I heard and saw a robin in Fairbanks right near the fairgrounds. I have lived in Fairbanks for more than 30 years and have never seen a robin this early!
Swallow populations are fluctuating as the environment changes. In 2016, the Alaska Songbird Institute began studying changes in swallow populations and formed the Alaska Swallow Monitoring Network. This is an opportunity for participation for community members to participate in a structured monitoring program.
I rarely see trumpeter swans on the lake, and I don't ever remember seeing them so early.
I've only heard this animal in the spring/summer.
"Swallows usually show up in the spring time or when winter months are over in Alaska."
"Within a week we saw thousands of shearwaters along the beaches, and witnessed hundreds dead. They would sit on the tideline unable to walk, foraging on dead fish that had washed ashore and trying to feed on the fish in the nets of the set net sites as well."
No sea ice; hunters say it should not be like this today.
Murres along Cape Thompson are migrating earlier, allowing coastal community residents to collect eggs a few weeks earlier than normal.
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