Canada geese make first drop into Fairbanks this year

Canada Goose on the Colville River Delta. (Photo by Ryan Askren, USGS.)Canada Geese have touched down at the Creamers Field Refuge in Fairbanks. Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist Mark Ross says the first of iconic birds synonymous with spring in the interior, was spotted at the refuge Tuesday April 4th, continuing a trend toward earlier arrivals.
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”’76 to ’96 the average date of arrival for that 20 years was April 15,” Ross said. “From ’97