Spring in Minnesota is always interesting. You have just about any kind of weather imaginable, from blizzards to thunderstorms. But winter eventually releases its grip, and every day between April and May gives us a sense of anticipation, wonder, and expectations. Leaves eventually begin to sprout and the forests become green. The spring migration is full steam ahead. Ruffed Grouse start their courtship displaying. All of this is a welcome change coming out of what was a long, cold, and windy winter.
American White Pelicans hanging out on a river
Redpoll on a snowy day in April
Deer on a foggy road
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Goldfinch
Ruffed Grouse drumming display
Red-breasted Merganser
Wild Turkeys on a roadside
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker building a nest
Lapland Longspur
Cape May Warbler finding a worm
Snowshoe Hare
Ruffed Grouse on a drumming log
Cape May Warbler female
Purple Finch
Chipping Sparrow and new leaves
