Iris missouriensis

The Earth Laughs In Flowers

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-16T08:25:00-05:00July 12th, 2015|Categories: Beaverhead County, Centennial Valley, Montana, Wildflowers|Tags: blue flag iris, Emerson, iris, Iris missouriensis, Rocky Mountain Iris, western blue flag, wildflower, wildflowers|

During the wildflower season is it easy to see why Emerson said that the earth laughs in flowers.

Field of Wildflowers and a Sandhill Crane in the Centennial Valley

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-16T08:50:24-05:00June 15th, 2015|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Sandhill Cranes, Wildflowers|Tags: adult, Antigone canadensis, crane, cranes, Iris missouriensis, male, meadow, Sandhill Crane, valley, western blue flag, wet meadow, wildflowers|

I always think of Sandhill Cranes whenever my thoughts drift to the Centennial Valley of Montana where I always hear their calls, see them in the fields or in flight over the marshes.