After the Rains….

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We had just a bit of a downpour her this evening…

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We received just a bit over 2/10ths of an inch of rain in under an hour.

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Gunnar was letting me know it was safe to go out now…IMG_3604

The birds even came out…
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The sun lit up the trees…IMG_3615 IMG_3616 IMG_3627

and the lilacs too!IMG_3630 IMG_3632

The raspberries…

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more trees…
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and chives…IMG_3642

and grasses…IMG_3646

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Dandelions and Daisies too…

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The sun kept dipping down lower…IMG_3693 IMG_3716 IMG_3719 IMG_37181

Good night, all.

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Absolutely Typical…

For a Montana spring day…

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No worries though, it was all gone by early afternoon.  Lambs were snuggling up, napping and just enjoying the sun…IMG_2974 IMG_2986 IMG_2992 IMG_3069

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Lazuli Bunting

Cool Facts via All About Birds

  • Each male Lazuli Bunting two years of age and older sings only one song, composed of a series of different syllables, and unique to that individual. Yearling males generally arrive on the breeding grounds without a song of their own. Shortly after arriving, a young male develops its own song, which can be a novel rearrangement of syllables, combinations of song fragments of several males, or a copy of the song of one particular older male.

  • Song copying by young male Lazuli Buntings can produce song neighborhoods, in which songs of neighboring males are similar.

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