The geese are back!
Cars line the parking lot, and professional photographers haul out their gear, with lenses so big they look like they need their own tripod as if they are on safari in Africa. The spectacle they’ve some to see is the return of migratory Canadian geese to Fairbanks’ Creamer’s Field, a surefire sign of the end of winter.
A dairy farm (established in 1904) turned waterfowl sanctuary, Creamer’s Field is a sight to see in spring and fall when it’s just covered with various birds on their way in or out. Back when it was a dairy, the family would plow and fertilize the field in the fall, leaving vestiges of the summer harvest there, which drew the birds in. The local Kiwanis Club clears the snow and spreads grain each spring to welcome the birds back.
Just ten days to Happy Goose Day!
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