The first geese arrived here in Fairbanks on April 29, the earliest arrival since 1976. They will plow the snow off the field at the old Creamers Dairy in town today, which is now a wildlife refuge, and dump tons of grain for the arriving birds, which makes for quite the viewing for folks here and marks for us the unofficial arrival of spring. Within a few days now there will be more geese, sandhill cranes and ducks arriving and blanketing the field.
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