Winter storm grounds birds along the shores of Iliamna Lake.
Mid-January robin sighting in Chuathbaluk.
Residents note significant changes in the Christiansen Lake ecosystem since 2019. This includes fewer nesting birds, fish, and mammals around the lake, while the leech population has increased along with the occurrence of algal blooms.
At Cold Bay, snow was reported on five days during the month, the most for any May since 2013.
Blue-footed booby nesting on San Jeronimo Island.
"Our roads are slippery when there would be snow to where the children were out with their sled. Planes never cancelled as much as this year to where the flights were backed up to 3 or 4 days. Lately, we've been seeing grasses regrowing after it warms up out there."
"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."
Warm temperatures are rapidly melting snow and creating ice, which creates difficult conditions for dog mushers. Migratory birds are arriving early, and a mosquito emerged months early. Small owls dead around the Goldstream Valley that looked unusually thin.
Swans have arrived early in Southeast Alaska this year, with most lakes still frozen and no green grass anywhere. Most lakes are frozen; the swan is sticking to a small patch of water surrounded by ice.
Laysan albatross chickens died from causes related to abnormal Santa Ana winds
Unusually rainy year for Lower Kalskag this year.
Early spring and early waterfowl
October flew by leaving us with a couple of light snowfalls. November came around with something slightly more impressive, but it wasn't the same. Mid December decided to make up for all of the snowfalls that we missed all at once, it seems like.
Early breakup brings early arrivals.
The past couple years have been warmer than normal contributing to where the river is still flowing ice and with some of the plants still green.
Flowers blooming near the mouth of the Klamath River
Weather had been pouring rain and 45-degree temps for several days leading up to the sighting.
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