Chet Meyers writes: Last night, after returning from a great trip to SW MN with Craig Mandel, I noticed there was still skim ice on Lake Calhoun. This afternoon, both Calhoun and Harriet were 95% ice free. Few birds present, but that should change over night. Birds seen: Common loon, pied-billed and horned grebe, red-breasted mergansers, ever-present mallards and ring-billed gulls. It will be fun to see what shows up as migrants move north. Chet Meyers, Hennepin County
