An American White Pelican enjoying a wonderful spring sunset high in the Rocky Mountains. The grass is just greening up around the edges of the lake but the Pelicans have arrived on their way to the boreal forests where many breed. A sure sign summer is on it’s way.
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Pasque morning
This is the time of year for the magnificent Pasqueflowers to bloom and brighten the hillsides, forests and meadows near town.
These flowers are part of the genus Pulsitilla family which contains numerous species spread across the globe and are the state flower of South Dakota. We noticed two distinct species while on a recent walk with both growing along the sunny hillsides and one growing just about everywhere in both sun and shade.
Hope we can get back out before they are done blooming and wishing you all a Pasque morning.
Snow Goose
Just a few shots of what we found to a be a fine looking Snow Goose resting in some grasses not yet greening up just a few weeks ago.
By now those fields must be green and the goose departed for land far away.
Happy Friday and wishing you a fine weekend.
Chukar
The Chukar , pronounced choo-karr. is a game bird introduced to North America and New Zealand from Eurasia. The Chukar typically inhabits high, dry and rocky terrain in Western North America. We have occasionally gotten a glance and sometimes a quick photo of them while out and about in the great basin region of the United States but our encounters were always short and to the point. That all changed a week ago.
While sipping our morning coffee this lone Chukar wandered into our yard. Probably an escapee from a bird dog training session or from a hunting ranch. This day we had a chance to observe and photograph this bird up close and for several hours as it hung around most of the day and into the early evening.
It was fun to get a good look at this Chukar however by days end they had wandered off into the sunset.
Breathing
Tides and clouds rolling in and out. Breathing.
A good day.
Mallards quacked and warblers warbled. A good day all in all.
Happy Couple
A happy Lesser Scaup couple cruises the water and provides aa nice splash of color to what was a cool and overcast early spring day.
On the banks of the green
On the banks of the Green River looking back at time.
The fresh green of spring heralds another year has passed while the rocks have a greater story to tell.
New
Join me in welcoming a new baby Killdeer to this wonderful world of ours.
Hiding in the tall grass we spotted just a hint of movement as we went by and low and behold we found this guy along with his siblings zipping to and fro exploring their new surrounding. He posed for a quick portrait and them hustled back to the clan. All was good in the grass along the ditch.
When one plus one is one.
You know what we mean.
Happy Friday to all and wishing you a wonderful weekend.
nature has no boss 
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