Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Spring? Dare I Hope?

Photos from around here today

More Mountain Bluebirds - honestly, I have never seen so many of them as we have this year.  I expect most will be on their way north soon.  However, many will stay in this area to breed.   




Snowpack break-up on Long Creek



A lean and perky Richardson's Ground Squirrel  (Spermophilus richardsonii) having a  nibble of dead grass - it was a long, cold, hibernating time this past five or so months.


A winter casualty


The Souris River at Taylorton Bridge



6 comments:

  1. Spring! I hope your right. It looks like you still have winter there also, but the bluebirds and the gopher are encouraging

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  2. Hi Harvey, yes, we still have a lot of snow; however, as you say, there are a few signs that Winter may have given up the grip. Maybe I shouldn't have said that....

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  3. I love these pics! Looking forward to spring!

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  4. Love those mountain bluebirds. More remindfull of our indigo buntings than our bluebirds.

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  5. TB, very true about the similarity to Indigo Buntings. We don't get the Indigos very often up here, but occasionally. Pretty things. We more likely get Lazuli Buntings - which, incidently, look somewhat like your Eastern Bluebirds (of which we also have a few).

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