Spring Peeper Trail

Yesterday morning I went on an early morning guided hike along spring peeper trail in Chanhassen. After we walked down the grassy path toward the boardwalk over the pond the guide explained that we were hearing boreal chorus frogs. There are no spring peepers in this wetland. Someday, if they hear a spring peeper, they will know that they have established a top notch wetland. As soon as we stepped on the board walk I saw one sora rail go right and one sore rail go left. That was cool. We also found a broken egg along side the path. A common yellow throat perched in a shrub next to the wetland and sang. Two sand hill cranes hid in the distance.

Two trumpeter swans swam toward the group of master naturalists. I think they were asking to be uploaded to INaturalist.