Have nothing much to report. It's been pretty frigid for the most part, since mid-December. We have seen only a few birds the entire month. This past week we had one redpoll and one pine siskin. Scouts. Have had a couple of flyovers of a small flock of redpolls, but they haven't stopped at the feeders. The local Forestry person says it might be because of the abundant crop of spruce cones last fall, and even now there are many spruce cone seeds on top of the snow and glazed icy surfaces. Yesterday we saw a couple of spruce grouses, and attributed that to our sprinkling of gravel on the icy paths. Although, we do have spruce grouses in here year-round, even if we don't see them all the time.
Yesterday, driving across the Kenai River flats, even though the river is mostly frozen over solidly, there was a flock of about 8 brilliant white gulls flying overhead.
We are looking forward to more birds, hopefully soon.
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