As rain moves in the Stilts embrace.
Dowitchers forage.
The sun comes out again.
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Curious Meadowlark
This Western Meadowlark, which I assumed to be molting, was out in the open foraging last summer. Hunting for insects on open grasslands looking almost like a small new species of vulture with their feathers missing from their neck.
On a quiet morning
On a quiet morning.
The sun shines bright behind thin clouds as tracks tell a tale in the snow.
Flow in the snow
Hot water flowing through the snow on a frosty morning in Yellowstone NP. Photographed while xc-skiing skiing out to Biscuit Basin on a snowy winters day.
Goldeneyes at Golden Hour
Courtship season has begun for the Goldeneyes on our local pond. Photographed with the last bit of golden light reflecting off the ice, a male goldeneye tilts his head way way back in an attempt to attract the onlooking female while another male sizes up his competition.
Inching Along
Bringing a warm welcome to the start of another wintery month a Caterpillar inches along. We are inching are way though winter, and enjoying every moment of it, yet just like this caterpillar will emerge as a wonderful butterfly (or perhaps a moth) spring will be here in the blink of an eye. So get out and enjoy that snow before it’s melted and gone away.
Happy Friday, welcome to February and have a wonderful weekend.
The Odd Couple
One delicate demure and the other stout and raucous. A Black Necked Stilt and a Great Tailed Grackle sure seemed like and odd couple to be hanging out together however they were happily sharing space in this little roadside pond created by early spring rains one April afternoon a year or two ago.
Hello Pronghorn
Greeted by warming rays of the morning sunlight a Pronghorn begins its’ day.
Under the arctic sky
Ice floats free under the arctic sky in East Greenland on a summer afternoon.
August, 2013.
Into a Frog’s eyes
Taking a quick trip down memory lane back to a summer day and a little pond not far from home. The frogs were abundant the grass was long and temperature a bit warmer than on this winter day.
Just a moment in time spent seeing the world through a frogs eyes on a calm warm summer day.
nature has no boss 
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