A Small Natural Grave

May 25, 2009

This Northern Flicker egg dropped at our feet while we goofing around on the Stillwater River this Memorial Day. It seemed a fitting natural elegiac moment for a day given to remembering the dead.

Memorial Day 2009: Northern Flicker egg on the banks of the Stillwater River, Nye, MontanaNorthern Flicker egg on the banks of the Stillwater River, Nye, Montana.
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The yolk was so outrageously tangerine bright, so perfectly formed.
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