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What bird song looks like at dawn

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View larger. | Photo by John Ashley. Visit his website: JohnAshleyFineArt.com

John Ashley took this photo of a song bird at dawn on April 28, 2015. He wrote:

This is what bird song looks like at dawn. A male Western meadowlark sings a steamy little number just after the sun rises over the Mission Mountains at the Ninepipes Natl. Wildlife Refuge in northwestern Montana. White lines are back-lit spider webs.

Beautiful, John, thank you!

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