Hazy summer weekend.   Sandhill Cranes and ravens both very vocal this week.  Also heard loons  and wood ducks and spotted mallards nesting in the flooded roadside ditches.

Ravens

Hearing more and more ravens north of the cities.  Saw one perched by the concrete plant by Stacy, MN.

Wild Rose, Carlos Avery

Prairie Ninebark in the front yard

The local bees and butterflies seem to love it.

Sandhill Crane Track in Carlos Avery

Dry Spell on the Sunrise River's Pretty Well Over

Prairie Smoke Exploding into Bloom out front.