{"id":47640,"date":"2017-07-10T04:35:16","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T10:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=47640"},"modified":"2026-04-16T10:03:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:03:03","slug":"montana-skies-so-good-to-see-them-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2017\/07\/10\/montana-skies-so-good-to-see-them-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Montana Skies – So Good To See Them Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"StormyStormy skies over Montana – Nikon D810, f7.1, 1250, ISO 320, Nikkor 18-200mm VR at 22mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m camping in Idaho but visited part of Beaverhead County, Montana yesterday under stormy skies, with lightning flashing and spritzes of rain. The worst part of the storm was north of where I was but I did see some dramatic skies. I’ve missed Montana.<\/p>\n

Because of the weather I didn’t take many bird photos yesterday but sometimes it isn’t about the photos, sometimes it is just being there, soaking up the views, enjoying the smells and hearing the sounds of nature.<\/p>\n

The weather is supposed to be a bit clearer today, I hope so and I also hope to spot some birds to put my lens on.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good. Nature makes it better.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my landscape and travel photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m camping in Idaho but visited part of Beaverhead County, Montana yesterday under stormy skies, with lightning flashing and spritzes of rain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":175064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1513,12],"tags":[4101,4069,519,4501,4018,2598,9390,4197,5434,4111],"class_list":["post-47640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beaverhead-county-montana","category-montana","tag-clouds","tag-mountains","tag-nature","tag-rain","tag-sky","tag-storm-clouds","tag-stormy","tag-stormy-sky","tag-valley","tag-weather"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/beaverhead-county-storm-mia-mcpherson-7130.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-coo","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2551,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2011\/06\/19\/red-rock-lakes-national-wildlife-refuge-rockin-weather\/","url_meta":{"origin":47640,"position":0},"title":"Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge – Rockin’ Weather","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 19, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"While at the refuge it rained, it hailed, there was thunder, lighting and at times even gale force winds but the biggest weather surprise after leaving the refuge was seeing snow falling lightly near Lima, MT... in June.","rel":"","context":"In "Beaverhead County"","block_context":{"text":"Beaverhead County","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/montana\/beaverhead-county-montana\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Stormy sky over the Lower Lake of Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Beaverhead County, Montana","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/red-rock-lakes-stormy-skies-mia-mcpherson-2432.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/red-rock-lakes-stormy-skies-mia-mcpherson-2432.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/red-rock-lakes-stormy-skies-mia-mcpherson-2432.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/red-rock-lakes-stormy-skies-mia-mcpherson-2432.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":75295,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/11\/12\/all-storms-come-to-an-end\/","url_meta":{"origin":47640,"position":1},"title":"All Storms Come To An End","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"November 12, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"There are times when I feel as if I am riding out a storm due to circumstances or events that are out of my control I remind myself that all storms come to an end.\u00a0","rel":"","context":"In "Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge"","block_context":{"text":"Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Rain storm over Red Rock Lakes NWR, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/red-rock-lakes-nwr-stormy-sky-mia-mcpherson-9425.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/red-rock-lakes-nwr-stormy-sky-mia-mcpherson-9425.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/red-rock-lakes-nwr-stormy-sky-mia-mcpherson-9425.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/red-rock-lakes-nwr-stormy-sky-mia-mcpherson-9425.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5268,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/06\/30\/clearing-storm-at-red-rock-lakes-national-wildlife-refuge\/","url_meta":{"origin":47640,"position":2},"title":"Clearing Storm at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 30, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"As many of my regular viewers know I love Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in Montana. 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