"The first male Rufuous Hummingbird arrived (or at least was first noticed!) at my feeders @ 1:15 PM yesterday, 3/30/98 ... it stayed throughout the afternoon. Based on my records, this is the earliest arrival date for a male Rufous Hummingbird at my house at Auke Bay, Alaska (58 degrees N.) ... the previous early date was in 1992 when the species arrived on 3/31 ... the past 5 years, the species first arrived between 9 - 15 April!!! Since I have 10 years of arrival dates (the first three not exactly known, but definitely post-3/31), this is the earliest arrival date for the last decade! Hence, can we conclude that the northern-most breeding avian nectarivore in the world is being affected by El Nino 98???? !!!! Or is this just random chaos!! Rufous Hummingbird arrival times at Auke Bay, Alaska: 3/31/92 4/09/93 4/12/94 4/14/95 4/15/96 4/11/97" --GVanVlie@envircon.state.ak.us Canada Geese arrived in Anchorage on 23 March, at least a week early. A first winter sighting of the endangered Short-tailed Albatross for the North Pacific occurred on 17 February off Kodiak Island. --David Duffy <afdcd1@uaa.alaska.edu).