Bighorn Sheep

We saw two bighorn sheep at the canyon. The smaller one is wearing a GPS collar, the sheep are likely part of a reintroduction effort.

Nature Walk

Have a wonderful day!

February Snapshots

Hello! The first seven pictures are from a nature walk to the creek.

misty morning

canyon towhee

cactus wren

goldfinch on a mesquite tree

The rest of the images are from our backyard.

aloe, cardinal, Cooper's hawk in the rain, echeveria

Sam still likes to visit our yard. The birds don't seem to be bothered by him.

I keep experimenting with growing vegetables.

collard greens

warbler, verdin, hummingbird, vireo

We hung up a new thistle seed sock and the finches found it immediately.

house finches and goldfinches

  Have a nice day! 

Winter Walk

New Year's morning:

black-throated sparrow, cactus wren, western bluebirds,
house finch, phainopepla, mockingbird

  H a v e   a   g r e a t   d a y !  

November Creek

These pictures are from a walk to the creek last week when the weather was still unseasonably warm. It has cooled off since then and feels more like autumn now.

saguaro cactus skeleton

reflection of sky and trees

house finches, curve-billed thrasher
phainopeplas female and male

house finch on saguaro

ravens

texan crescent, painted lady
checkered white, southern dogface

paperflower

E n j o y  t o d a y !

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 !