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Spring 2019: Still Winter up high
April 17, 2019
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The Highlands Mountains, a few tens of miles south of Butte, Montana, are Butte's own mountains. In mid-April they are still fully holding onto winter, but spring has come to the foothills. Mostly Butte folks view their iconic form directly south of the city, but other views, such as this one from near Pipestone, Montana, give a different feel.
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Spring 2019: band of brothers
April 14, 2019
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Last Thursday morning I got up early and traveled over Homestake Pass to Pipestone, Montana, to see what I could see. There were herons, meadowlarks, whitetail deer, and bluebirds. The bluebirds were too quick for me, but I did get photos of the herons, meadowlarks, and this pack of whitetail deer. I don't know if they are all brothers, but their '...
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Spring 2019: Camus Prairie mega-ripples
April 11, 2019
Mary and I traveled west from the Big Bend of the Flathead River towards Hot Springs, Montana, on the Little Bitterroot Road. Along the way we saw hundreds (?) of Mountain Bluebirds and what seemed like a myriad of bluebird houses adorning fence posts and power poles. We turned north into the lower end of the Little Bitterroot Valley and drove for...
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Spring 2019: National Bison Range wildlife
April 10, 2019
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Mary and I toured the National Bison Range (Dixon, Montana) in early April hoping that bison would be conveniently near the road--possibly with early calves. The 'Prairie View' road was open and we drove all the way to the turnaround point before spotting some bison. They were working apparently greener pastures about a quarter mile away. Sadly, we...
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Test Z Run: the first images are in
April 07, 2019
The end of our week tends to be a little less scheduled than our Mondays-Wednesdays. So, despite somewhat cloudy and dreary weather forecasts, Mary and I took off to see how the new camera might perform. We headed towards Missoula and a couple of scenic sites on my photographic bucket list: The Big Bend of the Flathead River south and west of Round...
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