Snowshoeing still good along Gunflint Trail. 15 - Wood ducks incubating eggs. First chipping sparrow. Flock of about 100 white pelicans near northwest side of Lake Waconia. Ice-out date for Mille Lacs Lake.
Weeping willows have an elegant yellow-green glow with their new leaves.
Yellow-rumped warblers moving through. Common loons are returning to many northern Minnesota lakes and are filling the spring air with their enchanting calls and yodel-like songs. 18 - The beautiful white flowers of the bloodroot dot many forest floors. About a dozen different woodland wildflowers are now in bloom. Male eastern cottonwood trees have long red and yellow catkins.