Many seasonal berries are late this season due to the cool spring. Summer flowers are turning roadsides into a beautiful carpet of color. Wildflowers are blooming along road right of ways, creating a late spring splash of color everywhere. Deer are frequently on roadsides now. Drivers should be alert to deer crossing roads, especially during the early morning hours and in the evening at dusk.
Pan fishing is good, with anglers still catching fish in shallow areas of lakes.
Stream levels are a bit higher than usual due to recent precipitation. Careful observers can spot the small deer in the woods. Be careful to keep your distance from young deer, the mother isn't far away. Early-nesting song birds are beginning to leave the nest, and some adults are setting up second nests. Dragonflies can be seen along lake shores and stream beds.