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A Mojave Desert Tortoise is on the move! Wandering through the Utah desert in the morning light. Your Sunday morning Prairie Zen. Enjoy! www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #prairiezen #tortoise #utah #desert

The thumping of their feet, the clicking of their tail feathers, & their coos & clucks, sounds of the Dakota prairie. Plus a bunch of other birds greeting the morning. Your Friday Prairie Zen. Vol up & enjoy! www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #prairiezen #grouse #northdakota #prairie

Yeah, I know it’s only Wednesday but thought you could use a little dancing Sharp-tailed grouse to help get through the week. Besides the stomping & dancing, listen to all the different sounds these little freaks make! A Wednesday Prairie Zen! Vol up & enjoy! #prairiezen #grouse #northdakota

Sunrise on the lek. An early morning fog & dew laden prairie grass, doesn’t seem to slow the boys from doing their ritual dancing. An extra Sunday Prairie Zen for you. Volume up & enjoy! www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #prairiezen #photography #nature #grouse #northdakota #prairie

Sunday morning. Let’s go wandering through the Utah desert with a Mojave Desert Tortoise at morning light. Your Sunday morning Prairie/Desert Zen. Enjoy! www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #prairiezen #photography #nature #tortoise #desert #Utah #wandering #desertsolitaire

It is still Spring on the Dakota prairie & they’re still dancing. The sights & sounds of Sharp-tailed Grouse defending their small space of prairie & trying to impress a mate. Your Friday Prairie Zen. Volume up & enjoy! www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #prairiezen #grouse #northdakota #prairie

Just you, a Marbled Godwit, & the spring winds on the Dakota prairie. Your Sunday morning Prairie Zen. Enjoy! www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #prairiezen #shorebirds #prairie #northdakota #wandering

Another Wanderer, wandering through the desert. A younger, Mojave Desert Tortoise ambles along through the desert as it will, every day for its 80 years. Your Friday Desert Zen. Enjoy! www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #prairiezen #tortoise #desertsolitaire #desert #Utah #wandering

Wandering… Looking for Ed & Hayduke. Desert Solitaire. Your Sunday morning Prairie Zen. Enjoy! www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #prairiezen #desertsolitaire #desert #Utah #wandering

A little late… Channeling my inner Ed & Hayduke & my own Desert Solitaire. Wandering the Red Rocks & high desert of SW Utah. Your Friday Prairie Zen. Enjoy! www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #prairiezen #desertsolitaire #desert #Utah #wandering

American White Pelicans. The grace of a group flying while others rest, swim, & feed in an Iowa prairie wetland. Plus a couple of noisy Canada Geese & 1 freak! Your Sunday morning Prairie Zen. Volume up & enjoy! www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #prairiezen #pelicans #iowa #wetlands

Friday afternoon. A pair of Wood Ducks out for a romantic swim cross paths with 2 hooligans. All is good until the male catches one of the hooligans checking out his female. Putting the’Smack Down’ is your Friday Prairie Zen. Volume up & enjoy! www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #prairiezen #ducks #iowa

Spend your Sunday morning watching a pair of wood ducks swimming below a nest box where inside lies their eggs. Listen to other birds sing to the morning sun while one woodpecker is already busily working. Your Sunday morning Prairie Zen. Volume up & enjoy! www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #prairiezen

Four male turkeys doing their display out on the Iowa prairie to try & win some interest from a not so impressed female. Springtime with turkeys, your Friday afternoon Prairie Zen. Enjoy! www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #prairiezen #turkeys #iowa #spring

A Spring early morning along the Platte River in Nebraska during the awesome & amazing Sandhill Crane migration. Your Sunday morning Prairie Zen. Volume up & enjoy! www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #prairiezen #migration #cranes #nebraska #birds #spring #nature #cranepalooza

Three male turkeys literally “strut their stuff” on an Iowa prairie hillside hoping to win the approval of a lone female. Your Friday Prairie Zen. Enjoy! www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #prairiezen #turkeys #iowa #spring

These small, shallow, temporary wetlands are very important for waterfowl as they are the first to thaw & provide important habitat for migrating birds. Like these Tundra Swans, geese, ducks, & shorebirds. Your Sunday morning Prairie Zen. Vol up & enjoy! #prairiezen #wetlands #waterfowl #northdakota

The incredible sight & sounds of organized chaos. 100’s of Sandhill Cranes catching & riding thermals upward to catch the upper winds that will carry them on their journey north. Your Friday Prairie Zen. Volume up & enjoy! www.prairiewanderlust.etsy.com #prairiezen #migration #cranes #nebraska