House sparrows take dust baths. Tartarian honeysuckle has shiny bright red fruit. 9 - In Waconia area, first field corn is tasseling. Monarch butterfly laying eggs on common milkweed. 10 - Surface temperature of Lake Waconia is 76 degrees F. Monarch butterflies are nectaring on purple coneflowers.
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.