A sign winter has left is the arrival of geese and ducks.
A snow goose stops in to rest & eat
Everyone knows that geese and ducks migrate south in the fall, and fly north in the spring. Of course, when you LIVE in the north, seeing, and hearing, the migration can be pretty dramatic!
I saw a flock of geese in mid-town last week. It seems like they have arrived a tad early. They were flying around in circles looking for some open water to land in. Brr, I hope they have some thick down in their under-bellies when they located open water! There is still some snow around town!
One of my favorite spots to walk is along Cook Inlet. For me it’s a great way to get away from everything and clear my head. Two things I noticed this week on my “walk-about” was how wet and sticky the mud is, and that I see and hear the geese returning!
If I’m not mistaken, we’ll see swans and sand hill cranes before long! I love it!
I guess I should mention, even though the return of geese is a sign that winter is gone, geese are not all that welcome.
Geese are a nusance. Once in town, they are in every pond, road side and public landscaping. The goose poop in ponds and lakes can be well, down right disgusting!
Airports all around the State have to watch for them. There have been numerous collisions between airplanes and geese, and more than one have resulted in airplane crashes.
Airports have gone to great lengths to get rid of geese. They shoot cannon’s to scare them, some area’s have brought in pigs that will find
Mallards that arrived in town before the snow left!
the bird nests and eat the eggs. It’s a difficult situation to live with nature so close and deal with the risk to people and aircraft.
