Tom Ganner, Don Chase and Jedediah Blum-Evits have noticed black-billed magpies along Haines Highway at 10 Mile and 22 Mile. Are they moving back into town for the winter or just hanging out? Magpie migrations are poorly understood in the Chilkat Valley, but they have been moving up north of the Alaska Range for the first time.
Carol Duis saw otters at a Lutak beach and wondered if they were river or sea otters. River otters in…