Invasion of Redpolls Sends Seeds Flying
![A common redpoll pauses on a winter day in Fairbanks. Photo by Ann Ruggles Invasion of Redpolls Sends Seeds Flying](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/common-redpoll-by-Anne-Ruggles-600x500-1.jpg)
Why, a friend asked, are there so many birch seeds on top of the snowpack in Fairbanks? A day later, the answer hit me in the head. As I walked through the forest, I looked up just in time to get peppered with frozen specks from above. Redpolls, finches that fit in the palm of […]