Early spring and early waterfowl
The birch trees are producing sap earlier. (baseline post)
First mosquito (and bite) of year.
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
Have you ever heard of such a thing? In Anchorage?
Warm temperatures drive emergence of early willow buds, pollen and honey bee activity.
Persistent warm temperatures the last few weeks have melted much of the snow, including stockpiles the city tried to set aside.
Winter transformed from time of snow to time of ice.
Glide Crack in Turnagain Pass
Murres have had a tough year due likely to the Blob effect of warm water and (potentially) displacement of food resources. Many murres have been reported that are sick or starving.
Very warm conditions for this time of year in Southcentral Alaska
At lower elevations, there has been melting, hurricane force winds and rain, which have stripped away the snow and left the trails bare, wet, and icy.
Spruce trees growing fast.
I was flying on Monday and found a giant beached dead humpback whale up on the mudflats near Birchwood. I see belugas all the time but never a humpback.
Beaver activity declining in Campbell Lake area
Low water, warm temperatures and our seasonal waterfowl population are factors we think are contributing to the unprecedented algae and weed growth in the lake at the the Alaska Native Health Campus.
Hot weather for wood frogs.
About 30 people were evacuated from an Anchorage apartment building following flash flooding that stranded cars and shut down some Anchorage streets Saturday night.
Elodea, an aggressive invasive plant, was discovered this month in the lake used by hundreds of floatplanes, raising fears that it will be spread to multiple sites within flying reach.
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