Increase in red voles and gray shrews, compared to the last three years.

Taking over my yard

Thunder Storms (?)

Unknown purple plant species.

Very early berries this year.

Identified as a male Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)

Iliamna Lake is not frozen, very unusual for midwinter conditions.

Common murre sightings; a concern for the predatory and scavenger bird numbers