Bobolinks, yellow-headed blackbirds, warbling vireos all vocal. Belle Plaine to Waconia, much of field corn is up about 1 foot tall. Nodding thistle begins blooming. Northern catalpa trees have begun blooming. White-breasted nuthatches and downy woodpeckers come to feeding stations with their fledglings.
Cedar waxwings eating ripe serviceberry fruit.
Gardeners are picking strawberries, pulling rhubarb and radishes, and cutting leaf lettuce and spinach. 13 - Canada thistle begins blooming. Eastern cottonwood trees continue spitting seeds on their cotton carriers. Yellow water lilies blooming. 14 - Marshlands look mostly green now that cattail leaves are up about full height.