A woollybear caterpillar, warmed by the sunshine, was able to move about. Bikers and runners seen in T-shirts. A few raccoons came out of their winter sleeping dens. 30 - European starlings feed on crabapple fruit. A few red-tailed hawks and American kestrels seen in Brooklyn Park.
Opossums visit some feeding stations in the evening.
31 - Ice on Lake Waconia is mostly 6 to 10 inches thick, and crappies and walleyes bite best around dusk. About 30 common goldeneyes, along with 2 black ducks and many mallards and Canada geese, seen in open water below Coon Rapids Dam. Waterskier out on Mississippi River in Twin Cities.