Some pics from todays ride(bug-birds-lizards)

[hardyjim]

I have not seen many Imbricata flowers-very pretty!

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I was fortunate to arrive in time to watch this open...the anther(s) were popping up one at a time-I thought there was a bee in there at first..

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Do you see him?

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This guy was truly spectacular! Little rainbow warrior was giving me the business at first -saying,stay away.

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Very kind of them both to pose for me...once I got them to relax...(wink)

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These guys took off right as I approached and you could smell/see why.

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Milky backdrop hiding the mountains in the distance.

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Didnt even notice he was on the dumper....sorry guy.

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Saguaro surfing

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I got 3 of these(broken tops) back in the game....(happy)

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Love this little Cholla forest

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Thx for looking!


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[DesertZone]

Thanks for planting the cactus.

Love the pics, and love the earless lizard.

[lucky1]

Attaboy, Jim, for planting those 3 cactus tops.
An Area 51 helicopter watching you?

Couldn't tell...is/was that a rattler?
Great shots of those guys...good eye, they blend so well with the rocks.

Nice to see the desert blooming more and more after recent rain.

Love the quartz in those rocks!
Great pics again, thanks.

Barb

[hardyjim]

Glad you guys enjoy them as much as I do posting them.

Amazing what you can see if you sit a while instead of riding by-
so,I stop a lot!

[igor.glukhovtsev]

Holly Smoke, Jim! Those cacti are amazing! And lizards! And everything around there! Please keep posting! By the way... Are you retired? Or what's so long vocation... Take care!

[DesertZone]

Couldn't tell...is/was that a rattler?

Barb

Yes it was, and what they did was illegal. All reptiles in AZ are protected and can only be taken with a hunting license. I don't think you can just kill them and let them lay.

[lucky1]

what they did was illegal

How sad and disgusting.