Spring Migration

Waterfowl are beginning to show up again on their annual flights north. A small patch of open water in Anchorage called Spenard Crossing is one of the better spots to observe early arrivals. Today a pair of trumpeter swans, several common goldeneyes, one Barrow’s goldeneye, a bufflehead, and a pair of common mergansers worked the open leads between snow-covered banks of ice still covering much of the impound. Three gulls were also sitting atop light poles along the roadway. Geese and terns will be here soon as well.

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