Mike Drew: Blackbirds singing in the rain yyc
So I grabbed my cameras and, still damp from being out in the yard, headed out of the city.
Fresh aspen leaves in light rain in the foothills southwest of Calgary, Ab., on Saturday, May 6, 2023.It was kind of like those first, gentle snowfalls that we get in late autumn, you know, the ones where the big flakes just sift down and make the world seem so calm and peaceful. That was what this rainfall made me think of.Article contentRain falls on a redwing blackbird southwest of Calgary, Ab., on Saturday, May 6, 2023.The females, they weren’t quite so manic.
The rain had become patchy now but the light was still lovely so I backtracked past the beaver ponds I’d been at earlier and then headed back to town with the foolish thought that I might finish up the yard work. Don’t know how I even let that thought enter my head. Elk, still wet from overnight rain, in the foothills southwest of Calgary, Ab., on Monday, May 8, 2023.By now the sun was above the horizon and pushing its light between the lingering layers of cloud, silhouetting the trees on the horizon against a brightening sky. In places it shone through strongly enough to light up the rain that was still falling further west and a bright rainbow followed me as I rolled through the hills.
The frogs were adding to the chorus today, too. I’d hardly heard any during the rainy afternoon but now, bright and early with the sun trying to shine, they were hard at it.
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