Spring continues to spring here with daffodils and crocuses blooming in yards, rhubarb beginning to show itself, and a few sightings of bears roaming about after the winter sleep. April has become a little rainy which is disappointing after all those weeks of sunshine but the rain is also very much needed as the lake that powers our hydroelectric plant is extremely low as is the town's reservoir. There is some new snow falling high in the mountains as well adding at least a little more to the snowpack which is important to provide a constant steady flow of water throughout the summer. April showers bring May flowers I guess but I'm still pulling for the Sun to come back!
Wrangell's annual Birdfest is approaching at the end of the month and with it the usual photography contest. Unless I get some better photos between now and then, here are my entries this year.
The first two are a type of sandpiper called Dunlins which are a migratory shorebird that is a common traveler here in the spring. The next two are of a Western Sandpiper which is probably the most common migratory shorebird on the Stikine River delta. These guys are small but numerous and travel in flocks of hundreds and thousands that are mesmerizing to watch as they dodge and wheel through the sky.
The last photo is obviously of a Bald Eagle which was perched in a tree above the body of a dead sea lion lodged by the river current against some logs.
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