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| Perkins County sunset over Brushy country school |
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| Macro of the stamen of a wild geranium at Sica Hollow State Park |
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| Newly laid Monarch Butterfly egg on Milkweed plant in rural Deuel County |
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| Eastern Red Columbine |
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| Violet Wood Sorrel in bloom |
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| Downy Paintbrush beginning to bloom at Badlands National Park |
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| An old country school with Bear Butte bathed in morning clouds |
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| Clouds on Bear Butte |
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| Raccoon family |
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| Yellow Warbler |
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| Prairie smoke with shooting stars in the background |
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| Great horned owl fledgling |
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| Double rainbow after an early April thunderstorm |
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| Sharp lighting at sunset beyond Willow Creek Lutheran near Dell Rapids, SD |
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| Sharp-tail grouse at Ft. Pierre National Grasslands |
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| Pasqueflower at the Cave Hills in Harding County, SD |
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| Pasqueflower in rural Deuel County, SD |
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| Bloodroot at Union Grove State Park |
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| Trout Lily at Union Grove State Park |
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| Bee on Bloodroot blossom |
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| Yellow-rumped warbler at Palisades State Park |
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| Wild turkey in rural Minnehaha County, SD |
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| Ruby-crowned Kinglet at Terrace Park in Sioux Falls |
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| Plum blossoms in the evening light at Big Sioux Recreation Area |
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| Sunset beyond a old country school |
The first part of March was quite difficult to get out of doors and into the great wide open for photography. The weather was fine, but I was swamped with work at the day job. A couple images shown here are composites of time lapses I created for said day job. The traffic light photos of downtown Sioux Falls were created from around 20 to 25 minutes of multiple long exposure traffic shots. These images were all pulled together into time lapses used to support Midco Sports Network's basketball tournament coverage. Later in the month I found the first blooming pasqueflowers (for me) of the young spring season. Then at the very end of the month I took a trip to the Fort Pierre area to sit in a blind in order to watch the Greater Prairie-chickens dance and boom for their hens on a lek in rural Stanley County. All in all, it was pretty photogenic month as far as Marches go. Click on an image for a larger file to view and thanks for checking in!
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| About 20 minutes of traffic on 6th Street in downtown Sioux Falls |
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| Traffic composite looking north over Minnesota Avenue in Sioux Falls |
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| Spring equinox sunset in rural Lincoln County |
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| Frost melt reflects the sunlight and trees above a newly blooming snow trillium wildflower in Newton Hills State Park |
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| Snail shell found in the leaf litter of Newton Hills State park |
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| First pasqueflower of the year in rural Hanson County, SD |
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| A bouquet of South Dakota's state flower |
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| Sunset in rural SE SoDak |
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| Greater Prairie-chicken dancing to impress a hen |
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| Greater Prairie-chicken at Fort Pierre National Grasslands |
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| Pronghorn in the morning light |
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| February sunset on fresh snowfall |
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| Deep winter stars cape above an outbuilding in rural Turner County, SD |
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| The old Brothersfield Evangelical United Brethren church under the winter stars |
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| Early winter shadows |
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| Late light on a winter's day |
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| Benton Lutheran's silhouetted steeple at sunset |
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| Prairie windmill at sunset |
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| Nearing sunset after a fresh snowfall earlier in the day |
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| Winter poetry written with the evening light |
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| Fog rising in the Big Sioux River Valley after the sun went down |
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| Late winter fog in the evening |
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| A watercolor winter scene over the Big Sioux River Valley |
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| Early January sunrise of the Falls of the Big Sioux A relatively mild January brought a couple opportunities to get out into the world with camera in hand. This winter has brought more owl activity than any in recent memory. Particularly an abundance of short-eared owls in many locations. A particular group near Brookings has been the highlight of many birding enthusiasts since after Christmas. The evening I made it up there brought beautiful golden light to watch three hunt over a hayfield near the Big Sioux southwest of town. Later in the month, I heard there were no less than four snowy owls in the Redfield area, so I took a Sunday afternoon drive to investigate. I was able to see and photograph three individuals including a very white male shown as the last photo in this post. As January's go, this one was a good one. Click on an image for a larger file to view and thanks for checking in.
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| Frosty morning |
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| Red barn on a frosty morning |
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| Midway Lutheran (rural Moody County) |
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| Lake Madison Lutheran |
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| Winter scene after fog and frost |
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| Great horned owl |
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| Purple Finch |
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| Red fox locked |
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| Short-eared owl on the prowl |
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| Snowy owl |
