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Fish & Wildlife Habitat
The creek in the middle
of the community leads into marshy wetlands and
tidal salt/fresh brackish environment that ideally
harbors Mallards, Shovel Nose, Canvas Backs and
Pintails, Common Merganser, Bufflehead, and sea
gulls, trout and humpys and an occasional land otter
or two. Also small shore birds such as snipes. There
was a sighting of a couple of swans in 2004 in the
wetlands. Ptarmigan are in the area but are scarce.
The ducks nest in the ponds and wetlands within the
community. Eagles are everywhere sitting on poles
and squawking on the beaches. Ravens are a constant
presence as are magpies. Great horned owls are also
here but not seen or heard that often, only in the
late fall. King fishers are present year around.
All through the fall Indian Creek has hundreds of
humpy’s that return for spawning. The small creeks
and streams along Airport Road also have fish in
them that return to spawn. There are numerous packs
of sea otters within Anchorage Bay. Seals are not
that common but are seen occasionally in the Bay.
Whales return usually in the spring.
An ordinary sight within in the community is to see
bears roaming around in the spring, summer and fall.
So much so they have started to damage people's
property. They have become a problem at the
dumpsite.
Foxes are a common sight all year long. There are
numerous birds, the most common winter birds are
chickadees and redpolls. During the summer we have
Golden Crown Sparrows and Rosy Finches and numerous
other sparrows.
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