1,000 plus American coots in two big rafts near northwest shore of Lake Waconia. Statewide, an estimated 5 percent of the acreage for oats and 3 percent of the spring wheat acreage have been seeded. Leopard frogs have joined in the chorus with wood and swamp cricket frogs. Migrating fox sparrows singing. First golden-crowned kinglets.
Many American robins are nest building.
Eastern bluebirds starting to build nests. Lawn mowing begins in Fairmont and St. Peter. 14 - First rhubarb pulled for sauce. Barn swallows return. Boxelder trees begin blooming.