Spring

[DARK30]

No nightcrawlers yet but...

[Dotch]

Yup, saw our 1st robins today right before lunch. Cute chippy!

[EBass]

A pair of geese are standing on the ice waiting.. When they show up Spring is right around the corner. Has anyone heard any Redwing Black Birds? I haven't yet. The Cardinals are going nuts lately.

[MootScoot]

I'm definitely ready for spring! I've noticed the Phoebe's are back, hearing more of them every morning...

[Dotch]

No red-wings but there were killdeers this a.m.

[Dotch]

1st red-wing this a.m.

[Sturg]

1st Blue Heron today.

[finnbay]

Just drove through Kearney, Nebraska yesterday. There are hundreds of thousands of migratory's staging. I've never had the opportunity to see anything like that!

[MN Shutterbug]

Just drove through Kearney, Nebraska yesterday. There are hundreds of thousands of migratory's staging. I've never had the opportunity to see anything like that!

Sandhills?

[finnbay]

Tens of thousands, Mike. We were on a ski trip to Colorado and I wasn't driving so just took a little video out the car window. Field after field filled with cranes.

Snow geese and blues. Red heads, canvasbacks and a few honkers. A lot of them were far enough away I couldn't ID them all.

[MN Shutterbug]

That would be cool to see. Can you upload to youtube and post the link?

[finnbay]

I'm sure I can. I haven't had time to do any editing yet - hopefully in a couple of days and then I'll post it.

[MN Shutterbug]

I'm sure I can. I haven't had time to do any editing yet - hopefully in a couple of days and then I'll post it.

Haven't had time? I thought you were retired?

Would appreciate it.

[Dave S]

saw my first blue bird of the year this afternoon by the County Park on Lake Washington near Mankato.

[eyeguy 54]

like!

[MN Shutterbug]

Saw my first Meadowlark of the year. It will probably also be the last because they're quite scarce these days. I also saw quite few of these harriers out hunting today. I love watching them.

[Dotch]

Great shot Mike! Those "marsh hawks" as the old folks called them frequent the grasslands at the ranch. The meadowlarks are here too, more than I've seen in several years. I love their song and have since I was a kid.

[MN Shutterbug]

Thanks, Mark. I was out and about this morning and did come across a few more, which was real nice to see. I heard them before I saw them, and that was with closed windows. Their song is refreshing.

[DARK30]

This weather is downright weird..but I'll take it.

[DARK30]

Well, the crawlers are out now....so are the swans and the bees