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 Humans have changed the landscape of the earth ever since they settled down in one place and began cutting down trees.  With modern technol...

The Mountain Ash tree in front of our house is part of the Anchorage Bohemian Waxwing community's pantry and yesterday many dropped by t...

One more post from last Sunday's outing.  [The other two were Always Looks Different:  Turnagain Arm and McHugh Creek ]  We stoppe...

We hadn't seen the waxwings all winter and our tree and beneath it were full of berries.  They came Sunday.  They're such beautiful...

I went out yet one more day to shovel snow off the driveway.  It feels like I'm doing this every day.  The sun was nice and the air...

This tree in front of our house has always kept its leaves longer - sometimes through the winter - than the other trees.  It's the sec...

Update: Last year they came January 27. You can see the Bohemian Waxwing Video here. The ADN reported that the Audubon Annual birdcount t...

The waxwings live through winter harvesting mountain ash berries and similar fruit stored on trees around Anchorage. Swarms of up to 100 or...