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Tag: nature photography
Western Spring Beauties:Claytonia lanceolata
This week the fields near home are full of the Western Spring Beauties. A beautiful wildflower when viewed up close but it can appear unassuming from a distance.
Native to much of the western United States Western Spring Beauty is a short flower only growing 2-3 inches tall in our area and it begins to bloom right about the time the last patch snow has melted from the ground.
“As the name suggests, Western springbeauty blooms in the spring, barely waiting for the snow to melt. This perennial grows from a deeply buried, spherical, underground stem; when cooked, the stem tastes like a potato.” 1
A beautiful flower and one we always look forward to seeing each spring.
Reference:
1. Wildflower.org The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.
Fuzzball
This little fuzzball is just learning to fly and hence spent a bit of time on the ground this day.
Early Spring
Early spring reflecting into calm water.
May
A new month begins with grass greening up and a fine looking Snowy Egret foraging away.
Wishing you all a great May and a wonderful weekend as well.
First dance
The first wildflowers are just poking up in our area yet just as fast as they start to bloom they have found partners for that lovely dance called pollination. Above a Biscuit Root flower only a couple inches wide and tall and just fully in bloom finds dance partners both big and small.
Above a fly asks a Sagebrush Buttercup for a quick spin around the dance floor.
Yes, let the dance begin.
Like a submarine
One of our favorite little ducks is the Pied-billed Grebe.
Wonderfully described as “Part bird, part submarine, the Pied-billed Grebe is common across much of North America.”1
If you’ve ever spent time watching these guys I bet you’ve marveled at the ability of the Pied-billed to just sink out of sight like a diving submarine.
According to All About Birds:
This little grebe was quietly swimming along on a beautiful sunny morning in water reflecting the brilliant blue skies above.
References:
Avocet
Blue legs and sunshine on an early spring day. An American Avocet foraging in the shallow waters with cattails still brown from the summer before.
Monday Mourning
With snow still lingering in scattered spots and the landscape just deciding it’s O.K. to turn green butterflies are starting to spring up and brighten the day. One of the first is the beautiful Mourning Cloak which can always be found hanging out up at butterfly hill.
Wilsons Snipe
Spring grass and a beautiful bird. Who could ask for more.
nature has no boss 
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