Ordering a bottle of molasses and the shopping process is a bit more intense than I expected

Many may things have changed in this part of Minnesota since I last lived here in the 90's. One thing has not changed, though: gliders.

I did not find the birds I was looking for today, but I did find a pair of trumpeter swans, and a bunch of geese ogling the trumpeters.

And some scary bycatch! A gigantic cranefly larva.

Darters from today's collection trip: Common logperch (Percina caprodes), fantail darter (Etheostoma flabellare), banded darter (Etheostoma zonale).

This Indostomus/toothpick fish has been getting ever less toothpick-shaped over the winter and the pair are finally spawning this week. The eggs seem infertile, even though their water is already pretty soft.

Yellow-breasted sapsucker doing what it does best

These are getting to be an everyday sight, which means I'm surprised every day.

Clownfish eggs (Amphiprion frenatus) day seven. In the original video I can see little beating hearts; not sure if that will show up via mastodon.

I think the clownfish eggs still aren't quite ready to hatch, but they sure are ready to look back at the camera.