Yesterday, Tuesday, I got up at 4:30am (hopefully) for the last time this summer. I do have to admit that getting out that early in the morning can be quite beautiful. As a tribute to early mornings, here are some of the beautiful sites I saw in the wee hours. The last few days of counts were getting very hot, and very sticky in the waders, but fortunately I didn't have to wear them the last day because so much of the water has dried up in the last couple of weeks. Some of Eric's supposed best duck hunting holes are dry right now.
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| Dewy foxtail barley. |
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| Western Prairie Fringed Orchid |
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| Foxtail barley |
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| Cows silhouetted at sunrise. |
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| Where is the snipe? He's there somewhere! |
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| Some kind of caterpillar munching on cattails. |
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| Common nighthawk nest. No nest really, just bare ground and eggs. |
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| Sunrise over the prairies. |
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| Sunrise in pasture three with lots of dew. |
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| One of my wooded plots. |
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| Red moon setting in the west... |
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| Red sun rising in the east. |
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| Upland sandpiper! Wish I'd had my DSLR! |
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| Monarch caterpillar munching on milkweed. |
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| Some kind of primrose I believe. |
Today, Independence Day, I took the day off. My first day off in TEN days. We went to the parade in McLeod, which was just a hoot, there were more tractors in it than anything else. And they threw out piles of candy to all the onlookers (not just children!). We then walked around the museum exhibits, found out a little more about the Brown Family (the Brown brothers owned the ranch I stay on), and saw an old homestead house. It's been a fun day. And soon, it'll be time to eat the apple pie I made this morning!
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