Wet weather has brought much-needed relief to the ongoing effort to control the McHugh Creek fire in southeast Anchorage. Listen now
Tall Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium)
Weeks earlier than normal.
Raspberries (Rubus idaeus) are Ripe
Early hay crop harvest
Loads of Yellow Jackets (Vespidae)
When temperatures are warm enough, it's a time many Alaskans take their families out swimming. Sometimes the fun comes along with an annoying rash known as 'Swimmer's Itch.'
Early fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium) bloom
Unusual Butterfly(?)
In Southcentral Alaska
Yellow Fungus (Phragmidium) on Wild Rose and other Plants
Windows have been open during the record heat and the interior of the house is also full of pollen, a thin layer can be seen on the floor near windows. Everyone, even people like myself who rarely experience allergies, are feeling the effects, burning eyes, runny nose, and cough.
Early wasps
Spiking levels of birch pollen around much of the state are also being seen during an early spring in Anchorage this week, as doctors deal with an influx of allergy and asthma patients.
Early spring and early waterfowl
The birch trees are producing sap earlier. (baseline post)
First mosquito (and bite) of year.
Birch leaves bud early.
Previously, the dredging started around May and ran through October, but the past three winters it has started earlier and run longer.
A mysterious condition continues to inflict some Alaska birds
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