Date: 04/24/2004

Number: 1

Good news! We walked out of our house on Saturday, April 24th to the sound
of a Robin singing, our first of the year here at the head of Kachemak Bay
near Homer. Later in the day we saw a "wave" of about 8 robins searching
under a grove of trees where the snow has receded. From the looks of the
activity they were finding things to eat. We later searched there
ourselves, but didn't see anything that would appeal to a Robin, much less
to us. Either the birds got it all or our eyes aren't trained to see what
a Robin sees. At our elevation (about 900 feet above sea level) the snow
still covers about 80% of the ground, but at lower elevations it is
practically gone. The ice still hasn't gone out much, but there are a lot
of migrating water fowl coming in (Pintails, Green-winged Teal,
White-fronted Geese, Canada Geese, Swans and others) as well as the first
shorebirds (Greater Yellowlegs). Things will start moving very fast here
over the next couple of weeks. A very exciting time of the year!

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Homer, AK

Latitude: 59.8 Longitude: -151.3

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