Patterns created by a succulent can be very interesting especially if there is color also. It helps that cacti and succulents are my favorite group of plants. {SE Arizona}
There are some people who think the desert is ugly and barren. They just never stop to look, for there is great beauty and diversity in the desert. [SE Arizona]
I missed a very good chance to get a great, clear photo of this Gila Monster as he lay on the edge of the road. Despite his sluggish movement, I still had to recover from the shock of what I was seeing to get this shot. He was the first ever “wild” Gila Monster that I have ever seen. [SE Arizona]
Andra said “Look! There’s a Mexican Sister butterfly!” I photographed it for her but found out later that is is the closely related and similarly patterned “California Sister”. But now I know what the “Mexican Sister” looks like, might see one of those in the future. [Garden Canyon on Fort Huachuca, SE Arizona}
This page is not for birds but I could not resist posting this cute little Bewick’s Wren that we saw in Green Valley, AZ. [SE Arizona]
Sitting and waiting for hummingbirds at Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary was made more enjoyable by this little pocket gopher who insisted on feasting on the array of native flowering plants that had been carefully tended in order to attract the birds. Probably a Botta’s Pocket Gopher based on the locale. [SE Arizona]
What lurks in the deep dark waters? . . . . Oh, it’s just a Red-eared Slider. [Uvalde, Texas]
On a beach in the Lone Star State, what else would you expect? [Texas]
The common Diamondback Watersnake Nerodia rhombifer. [Uvalde, Texas]
The Peter’s Rock Agama lizard, an invasive species from Africa, has escaped captivity in southern Florida and appears to be multiplying. Its range has been expanding, with observation reports from as far south as Big Pine Key. They eat insects but the problem is some of their favorite insects happen to be several endangered species of Florida butterflies. [Homestead, Florida]
Birding in South Florida can get slow at times and if it does you can turn your attention to other wildlife, and you truly might see anything. [South Florida]
A commonly seen Skink around our backyard in Alabama
[Huntsville, Alabama]
Okay, get out your butterfly identification books and name this one. [World Butterfly Center, McAllen, Texas]
[Brownsville, Texas]
[Brownsville, Texas]
[World Butterfly Center, McAllen, Texas]
[Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park, McAllen, Texas]
[Brownsville, Texas]
Water Moccasin about to cross the road at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge near Decatur, Alabama. That sucker was huge.
Chipmunk youngsters in our back yard.
[Moab, Utah]
