Summer Snapshots

Hello! These pictures are from July and August. The first two are from short nature walks in the desert and the rest are from the neighborhood and backyard.

chain fruit cholla flower with ant

Harris' antelope ground squirrel

sunrise

Cooper's hawk

A bobcat came into our yard, took a long seven-minute drink of water from the toad's dish and left.

bobcat

The toad has been living in our backyard for a few years but we only see it during monsoon seasons.

Sonoran desert toad

dragonfly

zucchini blossom

nasturtium, cucumber and tomato

roadrunner with lizard

sunset

baby verdin

baby cardinal

I saw a colorful tanager in my yard several times this summer.

western tanager with mourning doves

Have a good day!

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 !  

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:

Around the House

Here are some of the animals, plants and skies that I have seen this month at home.

This showy flower is growing from a bulb I planted in a pot on the patio over a year ago.

A pair of cardinals visit the bird feeder often. A few years ago cardinals were raising young in our backyard but I haven't found any nests recently.

Speedy, our pet turtle, patrols the yard for insects.

 

Have a good week!