Lawns nice and green. Blue-gray gnatcatcher chasing insects. Killdeer parents seen with three tiny young. 9 - Choke cherry started blooming. First eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly.
Wood ticks out.
Gray tree frogs calling. Crabapple collection at University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is at overall bloom peak and very showy. 10 - First indigo buntings. First migrating monarch butterflies spotted in Blue Earth and at St. Peter. American goldfinches seen feeding on dandelion seedheads.