Chimney Swifts have returned to Canby, as of this afternoon! I found a lone Upland Sandpiper at Mound Spring SNA this afternoon. There were 3 more over the border in SoDak, around the Nature Conservancy fens between Gary and Clear Lake.
Western and Eastern Kingbirds have also returned, along with Cliff and Bank Swallows. Purple Martins, House Wrens, and Chipping Sparrows are busy adorning their nests. Herons and Cormorants also have been flying back and forth with sticks between their beaks. There was still ONE COMMON REDPOLL at the feeders this morning. American Toads are trilling at dusk, Painted Turtles are basking, Willows and Box Elders are leafing out, and I spotted my first Spotted Salamander this morning. -- Jason M. Frank Founder and Vice President, Luddite Ornithologists League (LOL) jmfran...@gmail.com >From the Lovely Land of Lac qui Parle https://turnstonecreations.smugmug.com/ Sent from my invisible blue Homing Pigeon ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
