Found a beautiful section of the Sunrise trail off a small dirt road near Stacy.

Wood Ducks scoping out potential nests in Circle Pines, MN. Cooler. Fewer chorus frogs, but Spring Peepers still heard sporadically.

A photo of what I believe to be a flock of coots in Carlos Avery. Unusually (and I emphasize the un part of usually) warm. Temps in the 60's.

Heard the first spring peepers and sandhill cranes yesterday. Peepers strident this evening as the first storm hits. Unusually warm&humid.

Maple flowers.
Like Medusa, except with a birdhouse.

Photos from the Maplewood Nature Center

Saw three flocks of geese on the way to work, and a large number mulling about on Lamprey Lake off 35.

Heard the following in the pat few days:

• Canadian Geese
• Sandhill Cranes
• Pileated Woodpecker
• Red-winged Blackbird