Tuesday, May 31, 2016

North of the Valley

 blooming ironwood
 Owl fly
Striped-tailed scorpion, Hoffmannius spinigerus

the sun falls on Lake Pleasant



 Leopard frog
 Black-necked garter snake
Red-spotted toad

Monday, May 30, 2016

Natural paradise in the city

 Blooming Palo Verde 
 Desert cottontail enjoying the shade
 American Avocet
 Mallard mother and babies
red-eared slider digging a nest

A perfect evening




 cholla blooms
White-winged dove on the nest

 Desert tarantula
 Solpugid
 Desert amblypygi (Paraphrynus sp)

Bailey's pocket mouse