Tonight (Wednesday) I ran my frog & toad route in the Frontenac/Lake City area of Goodhue Co. I found northern leopard frogs and spring peepers in good numbers compared to previous years. Western chorus frog numbers were way down. The Whip-poor-wills have not yet returned to the valley where I have found them for the last five years. There were at least four Sora Rails calling at Frontenac Lake.
Elsewhere in the Metro I am finding Turkey Vultures, Barn Swallows, and Chipping Sparrows. I saw my first Lesser Yellowlegs of the season in a small pond in Medina at H. 55 and Willow. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN sweston2 at comcast.net
