I spent too much time indoors this weekend watching the hockey tournament but I spent Sunday outside and was rewarded by the sight of a redwing blackbird and a bluebird. I also got a good look at a peregrine falcon which was pretty cool. Man do I love spring!!

I did the "local" lakes tour in my home region today (South Central MN)Many of the lakes are opening, and the ducks and other water birds are returning. Today I saw Redheads, bluebills, ring necks, and mallards on local lakes. My favorite sighting though was a pair of Trumpeter Swans on a thawing pond, near my home. A lot of the swans that we see migrating north in the spring are Tundra Swans, they are smaller, and have a yellow marking near thier bill. These are the ones I see most often. So seeing the Trumpeters was a real treat.

I saw a Killdeer today....spring is definitely here.

The marshes by my house are now filled with calls of the red winged blackbird and this morning there were several robins singing in the neighborhood. What a difference the warm winds had.

I heard a loon in Stillwater, MN this morning.