Tag: Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge
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Light
I woke up at 4 this morning, realizing it would be cold and dark for hours. I stayed awake in my warm bed feeling despair over the darkness and hatred bubbling up in pockets of my country. I should be doing something to encourage love and compassion and healing and peace, but I feel powerless.…
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Denali, Susitna River, and Fairbanks
While it is warming up fast, much of interior Alaska’s infrastructure is closed for another month or more. The George Parks Highway is open pavement, but most rest areas and overlooks to the side of the road haven’t been cleared. Many people before us had trudged thru the snow to this viewpoint of the Alaska…
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Sandhill Crane Festival
I spent much of the day at the Sandhill Crane Festival in Fairbanks (while C was working). First I spent several fascinating hours at the Alaska Songbird Institute’s (ASI) bird banding station during a busy morning of banding around 60 wild birds. The birds are caught in mist nets, then gently banded, measured and released.…
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Hot Springs also Sun Halos
Chena Hot Spring is an easy evening trip from Fairbanks. C had a training in Fairbanks this past week. Evenings we alternated running errands and having fun. Chena Hot Springs was enjoyable & worth the $20 each. One afternoon while C was still working I enjoyed a walk and seeing a sun halo at Creamer’s…
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Dancing Cranes, Migration
Spring migration at Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge has been amazing. I am not really a birder, but love watching them when it is this convenient & dramatic. The above video shows 2 sandhill cranes dancing (courtship? territorial?). Below there are a couple cranes along with other species. Every visit I have watched Trumpeter Swans,…
Me & C 