American goldfinches feed on nodding thistle seedheads. Garden phlox begins flowering. Peak of harvest for second alfalfa crop in many parts of southern Minnesota. Tree swallow pairs busy feeding young nestlings. 12 - First Canada goose flying after June molt.
Deer flies are bothersome.
First locally grown sweet corn available. Purple loosestrife blooming now in wetlands. Cicadas still buzzing until one-half hour after sunset. 14 - Blue vervain has begun blooming in wetlands. The yellow-green fruit in clusters on European mountain ash trees is showing first tinges of orange.