First lupine blossom of the year (Lupinus arcticus).

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Lower elevation hillsides are green, ice is gone.

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True far north chickadee, (Poecile hudsonicus) less brightly colored than our other resident, the black-capped chickadee.

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(Setophaga coronata) ♀

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'Walk lightly in spring - Mother Earth is pregnant'

~ Kiowa proverb

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