Spring 101

Posted at 10:36 AM on April 14, 2011 by Bob Collins (7 Comments)
Filed under: Weather

That's a loon on Lake Calhoun this morning, taken by MPR producer Jayne Solinger. It's a very lonely loon, but a loon nonetheless. Its arrival, of course, is another sign that spring has taken hold in flyover country.

In other news, several inches of snow are expected this weekend.

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Comments (7)

Bob - I miss spring, and even the risk of unseasonal snow.

Perhaps the grass is always greener/the snow always whiter with distance.

(sorry about the misplaced comment. pushed the wrong button :-(

Posted by Jim Shapiro | April 14, 2011 11:12 AM

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To quote your own promo on MPR:

"We're snowblind this morning when we should be celebrating spring"

Posted by Paul (@princejvstin) | April 14, 2011 12:02 PM

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Cool. I didn't know that Lake Calhoun had loons. I thought loons just lived in northern MN. But then, I don't know much.

Posted by Jamie | April 14, 2011 12:50 PM

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Dear Jamie -

Here's something that's kinda cool too:

"The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance."
-Benjamin Franklin
:-)

Posted by Jim Shapiro | April 14, 2011 3:20 PM

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Don't they just migrate through here and spend most of the summer farther north? Time to check out Larry's loon cam...

Posted by Bonnie | April 14, 2011 4:28 PM

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St. Paul Loon sighting: I saw one on Lake Como while out running last night.

Some may say there are plenty of loons around the state capitol as well.

Posted by Josh | April 15, 2011 8:06 AM

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great shots!! very creative.

Posted by Joane Tarrance | August 16, 2011 7:41 AM

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