A sandhill crane carries out a courtship dance on Thursday, May 11, 2023 near Lyn Ary Park in West Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
Weeks and months prior to the landscape greens up for the summertime, birds begin to go back to Alaska in awesome numbers. Nearly 5 billion birds move to Alaska from all over the world, according the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
A good location to identify numerous remains in Anchorage, the state’s greatest city. This month, the call of sandhill cranes might be heard in the range towards the Cook Inlet mudflats, even when the loud birds ran out sight far out of sight. An area of Westchester Lagoon works as a popular location to view waterfowl, a few of which remain all summertime. Others that are simply staying on their journey to breeding premises somewhere else. And a few of the most well-traveled animals call Potter Marsh home for the summertime. Arctic terns take a trip from the Antarctic to the Arctic areas, and back once again, each year.
Anchorage Daily News professional photographers caught simply a few of Alaska’s numerous migratory birds this spring. Here are a few of our preferred images.
Arctic Terns connect above Potter Marsh on Wednesday, May 10, 2023 in Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
White-crowned Sparrow flies near Ship Creek in downtown Anchorage on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. (Bill Roth / ADN)
Two bufflehead ducks fly as snow tips over Westchester Lagoon on May 3, 2023. (Marc Lester / ADN)
Snow geese stay on the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge throughout their migration on May 4, 2023. (Marc Lester / ADN)
A red-necked grebe swims in Westchester Lagoon in Anchorage on Friday, May 19, 2023. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
A set of sandhill cranes carry out a courtship dance in front of another crane on Thursday, May 11, 2023 near Lyn Ary Park in West Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
A leucitic Canada goose, left, might be identified along the mudflats near the Tony Knowles Coastal path at Fish Creek on May 2, 2023. Leucism is a hereditary anomaly that triggers decreased coloring. (Marc Lester / ADN)
An Arctic tern skims the water looking for fish at Westchester Lagoon in Anchorage on Friday, May 19, 2023. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
A sandhill crane flies as a group of ducks can be found in at the base of the Homer Spit in Homer on Saturday, April 29, 2023. The Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival begins on May 3 and goes through May 7. (Bob Hallinen Photo)
A snow bunting sets down on a shipping trailer in Northwest Alaska on May 12, 2023. (Marc Lester / ADN)
Gulls shower in Anchorage’s Westchester Lagoon on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
An Arctic tern flies over Westchester Lagoon in Anchorage on May 17, 2023. (Marc Lester / ADN)
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