Yesterday morning I walked along the wash. A few things are coming to life with the recent rains. I found green things growing in areas where the water runs off or pools. Praying for more rain to come 🙏 Have a blessed Sunday! In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks….
Category: Desert
Gambel’s Quail
These guys are a bit tough to photograph. They are amazingly quick on their feet! This male quail posed beautifully for me this morning. I love that he is in his natural environment perched on a branch.
Tread carefully…
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake! Want to hear what he sounds like? Click here (not my recording) Interesting Facts: The rattle of the rattlesnake is made up of a protein called keratin (the same protein that your hair and fingernails are made of). A new segment is added each time a rattlesnake sheds, but they can shed…
Arizona Cotton Rat
This cute little critter is found around grassy water areas. What’s not to love? 🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀 “A rat is neither good nor evil. It does what a rat has to do.”— Jo Nesbo
Desert Friends
Hello, Clark’s Spiny Lizard! Hello, Common Chuckwalla! And finally, the sweet little Verdin framed in a world of enchantment 💚 When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with other stars all singing and shining together as one, the whole universe appears as…
peace of life today 