Autumn Birds

cactus wren

cactus wren on saguaro skeleton

mockingbird

black-throated sparrow on cholla cactus

curve-billed thrasher

house finch on creosote bush

phainopepla on desert hackberry bush

close-up phainopepla

October Skies

Colorful clouds at sunrise and sunset:

sunrise

sunset

western sky at sunrise

sunset reflected on car roof

sunset

sunset

Images of yesterday's eclipsed sun projected through foliage:

Butterflies

Here are some early autumn butterflies:

Empress Leilia on Desert Hackberry

Bordered Patch

Sleepy Orange on Arizona Foldwing

American Snout

Funereal Duskywing on Paperflower

Palmer's Metalmarks on Rambling Milkweed

Giant Swallowtail on Mexican Bird of Paradise

~ ~ ~ Have a good day! ~ ~ ~

Late Summer - Early Autumn

Hello! These pictures are from four different days in September.

Paperflower

Deer

Flower crab spider on Desert Marigold

Acacia seeds

Janusia

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake

Harris' antelope ground squirrel

E n j o y  T o d a y !