Plants, Birds, Sky

Hello! These pictures are from late February to early March.

verdin on cholla cactus

saguaros

Gambel's quail

desert mistletoe

cedar waxwing

black-throated sparrow

creosote, globe mallow, fairy duster, brittlebush

desert zinnia

Parry's penstemon

  E n j o y   y o u r   d a y !  

Nature Walks

A walk around the school late December:

hummingbird, vermillion flycatchers,
Gila woodpecker, house finch, starling,
 mockingbird, cactus wren

A walk to the creek late December:

golden leaves on cottonwood trees, Cooper's hawk and nest,
 cardinal, desert mistletoe, blooming brittlebush

Early December at the dam:

Early January at the dam:

ferns, mosses and lichens growing on the canyon wall

E n j o y  y o u r  d a y !

Plants, Birds and More Birds

Desert plants

jumping cholla

saguaros

fishhook barrel cactus

staghorn cholla

brittlebush

Desert birds

mockingbird

ladder-backed woodpecker

curve-billed thrasher

cactus wrens

Backyard birds

Cooper's hawk

immature Cooper's hawk

Gila woodpecker

mourning dove

verdin with nesting material

These pictures are from December. When I got up early this morning there was a little bit of snow on the ground!

  H a p p y  N e w  Y e a r !  

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 !