Lawns drying and showing areas of tan-brown. In Elm Creek Park Reserve a female wood duck is seen with seven half-grown young. The harvest of sweet corn in Southern Minnesota for processing has started. 2 - Stiff goldenrod now blooming in prairie areas. Gray squirrels are collecting white oak acorns.
House wrens continue to sing.
First fresh sweet corn from a garden in Grygla area. Statewide, the harvest of oats is 58 percent complete, compared to 16 percent for the 5-year average. Gladiolus flowers are very showy in jardens. At Itasca State Park, the surface temperature of Lake Itasca is 74o F, common loons call, and wild rice blooms in shallow water areas. 4 - Monarch butterfly laying eggs on swamp milkweed.