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| Sand Hill Crane family |
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| Western Spotted Coral Root Orchid |
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| Wisters Coral Root Orchid |
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| Rainbow over Renner, SD |
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| Hitching a ride |
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| Sunflower field in bloom |
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| Sunflowers |
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| Bottle gentian wildflowers |
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| Lesser fringed gentian wildflower |
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| Monarch butterfly |
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| Great Plains Ladies Tresses Orchid |
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| Hummingbird migration |
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| Frosted tree branch in front of a red barn |
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| Red, white and blue along the Big Sioux River near Baltic, SD |
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| Frost on weeds with Sioux Valley Baptist country church in the background |
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| Bald Eagles along the Big Sioux River near Trent, SD |
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| The beginning of a heavy snow event at the Sioux Falls Outdoor Campus |
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| American Tree Sparrow in tall grass |
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| Snowfall at Terrace Park in Sioux Falls |
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| White-tailed deer near Oldham, SD |
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| Lake Whitewood Church (eastern Kingsbury County) on a frosted morning |
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| Trinity Lutheran in rural Kingsbury County |
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| American Goldfinch at the Dells of the Big Sioux near Dell Rapids, SD |
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| A red barn after a foggy morning east of Dell Rapids, SD |
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| Late afternoon at Palisades State Park |
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| Golden-crowned Kinglet |
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| Nashville Warbler |
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| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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| Autumn farm along the Big Sioux River near Baltic, SD |
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| Backlit leaves at Palisades State Park |
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| Leaf detail at Palisades State Park |
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| Autumn afternoon at Palisades State Park |
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| Sunset over Zion Lutheran church and cemetery south of Hartford, SD |
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| Macro of Autumn leaf - Family Park - West Sioux Falls |
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| Sunset reflection at the fishing pond at Family Park |
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| Sunset reflection at the fishing pond at Family Park |
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| Snapper turtle close-up |
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| Frog's reading lamp - more commonly known as One-flowered Pyrola |
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| Broad-lipped Twayblade Orchid |
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| Western Prairie Fringed Orchid with crab spider |
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| Black Swallowtail butterfly |
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| White-tailed fawn |
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| Regal Fritillary on blazing star flower |
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| Bumblebee on blazing star |
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| Bobolink on blazing star |
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| Monarch Butterfly on blazing star |
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| Butterfly butt |
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| Northern lights over headlights |
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| Rain shower over Badlands National Park |
Spring came late to South Dakota in 2022 so May was quite the month. From finding first flowers on the plains and in the draws to massive wind and rain storms across the wide open sky... The great outdoors seemed a little wilder than other years. As they say, bad weather makes for great photographs, and I can't argue with that. Here are a dozen favorite photos from May. Some showing the smaller details of spring on the prairie and others showing the vast views that can take one's breath away. Click on an image for a larger file to view and thanks for checking in!
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| First cherry blossoms of spring |
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| Bumblebee on plum brush |
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| Carolina anemone |
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| Canada Warbler |
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| Sunlight lighting a rain shaft receding over Badlands National Park |
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| Double rainbow over an abandoned home |
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| Kinnikinnick or red bearberry blossoms |
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| Spotted mission bells also called chocolate lilies |
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| Prairiesmoke in light rain |
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| Bighorn sheep ewe |
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| Derecho cloud with dust |
