tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post5667632178192574152..comments2024-03-23T08:51:09.577-08:00Comments on Progressive Alaska: The Stranded Trumpeter Swans of Neklason LakePhilip Mungerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601488767955084836noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-74519736271589268922012-10-26T18:49:53.194-08:002012-10-26T18:49:53.194-08:00The swans left WednesdayThe swans left WednesdayPhilip Mungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14601488767955084836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-70291033624918383732012-10-24T23:31:04.809-08:002012-10-24T23:31:04.809-08:00if they stay long enough for the ice to thicken fo...if they stay long enough for the ice to thicken for you to stand on it, get a skiff, chainsaw and pole. Push yourself onto the ice, cut a 100x10foot opening in the ice. Shove the ice blocks under the ice. the birds will take off, circle the lake and land on the water. been there, done that.Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-6236550319961614512012-10-24T20:30:01.601-08:002012-10-24T20:30:01.601-08:00Yeah, they should have left a month ago. Swans an...Yeah, they should have left a month ago. Swans and geese migrating through the Mendenhall refuge peaked about 3 weeks ago, and are long gone.<br /><br />Maybe they had it too good on the lake?<br /><br />HarpboyAKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-71046175263314001242012-10-24T20:20:30.873-08:002012-10-24T20:20:30.873-08:00Same thing here at Beluga lake. Family of swans we...Same thing here at Beluga lake. Family of swans were here till the end. With only one small hole in the lake still ice free i see no ducks or the swans only gulls. To me the cygnets looked too small to leave,but leave they must have or i dare not think the other outcome. AKjah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com