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April, 2007]  The first ten days of May of 2007 brought 5-8
inches of rain to most of the southern Llano Estacado. May is
often the rainiest month of the year (averaging around 2
inches).  With a cool and wet spring, bird migration was delayed
a week or two. With the April snowstorm, the mesquite had frozen
back, so the blooming of the mesquite was also delayed, which
also was a factor in slowing bird migration.  The rains
lengthened the normal spring wildflower bloom, which often
begins to fade after the first week of May as temperatures rise.
A number of wildflower species only grow during the wettest of
years and were noted elsewhere in the region. On any given day a
person could find over 100 species of wildflowers in bloom
within 10 miles of Midland.   Phot