In both 2016 and in 2015, I saw Sandhill Cranes on March 19th. Thomas S. Roberts, in The Birds of Minnesota (1932), gives the earliest date as March 22, 1889 in Wright County and the average fourteen migration arrival dates as March 30th. So, despite the record warm weather, I was very surprised to hear and then see several migrating Sandhill Cranes today, February 21st.
Cranes fly overhead, calling
Each other; so here, I stop my
Worrying, just letting
My mind roam back over thoughts
Of happier days.
– Tu Fu, from 'A Summer Night'
Heard one earlier in the day. And then heard two more in the afternoon and managed a long-distance photo of one.
Black Scavenger Fly
St Olaf Natural Lands
Northfield, Minnesota
Marsh Fly
St Olaf Natural Lands
Northfield, Minnesota
Wolf Spider
St Olaf Natural Lands
Northfield, Minnesota
Delphacid Planthoppers
St Olaf Natural Lands
Northfield, Minnesota
Gall Midge
our front yard
Northfield, Minnesota
very small Beetle
our front yard
Northfield, Minnesota
Ground Beetle
our front yard
Northfield, Minnesota
Olethreutine Moth
our front yard
Northfield, Minnesota
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