Hepatica in black.

 Hepatica.  The first Woodland Wildflower to bloom in Forestville this year.  There were quite a few blooming on Monday, a week or two earlier than most years. 

 Great Horned Owl and two young.

 Sandhill Crane Whitewater Valley.

 Birds at the feeder after a 9 inch March snow.  All the usual winter birds +Fox Sparrow's, Tree Sparrow's, Red-winged Blackbird's, Grackel's, White-throated Sparrow, Mourning Doves.

 Bald Eagle pair.  Sometimes Bald Eagles will turn in flight and lock talons with each other.  They will then spiral downward for some time as a locked pair.  We have seen this behavior many times but today we were close enough to hear the sound of their talons as they locked.  No photo of the locked spiral, maybe someday.

 Male Redwing singing spring song.

 Goldeneye.

 Red-breasted Nuthatch lapping up the sweet sap of a Soft Maple.

 Sandhill Cranes on a 57 degree March day in the Mississippi backwaters.

 Hooded Merganser, ice fishermen that had to use a boat to get to the ice.  The backwaters are opening up.

 Wood Duck, Mallards Bald Eagle, Mississippi backwater.

 Ring-necked duck at Iron Mine ponds south of Spring Valley Mn.  First Migratory duck we have seen there this spring as most of the ponds are still iced in.

 Trumpeter Swans are paired up in the Whitewater Valley, but not vocalizing much yet.