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Male fighting with another male

Shells and old shotgun shell

Interesting detail on stem

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Wow, a whole “bouquet” of these , in all different sizes!

Captured by phoebe. Observation for the bird is https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202596116.

They are collecting from many plants right now, whereas earlier it was mostly creosote petals around the hill.

They have a little potpourri factory. 😂

Seeing on desert verbena

Dick was fluffing up after taking a bath in the pond

Sunrise Point Park, Yuma, AZ
On brittlebush

Flew out of the ditch, right into I-10 traffic

“John Deere and Jane Deer”

Fawns

Watched these hummingbirds pursue the shrike for about ten minutes

Was previously attacked by a Cooper’s hawk, but escaped unharmed.

Shaking off from a bath

Pair bonding with what appeared to be tree buds.

Male with crested mutation

Starling being chased away by the northern mockingbird

Kestrel with lizard

You can see a number of the periodoles that have splashed out of the “nest” during rain and come to rest on the wood edging above.

The Red-shouldered Hawk was also logged separately.

Tracks in riverbank

on Frullania on Thuja

Obvious choice for the Dish poster-bird!

On Smilax

Golden Gate Road, Saguaro National Park, West district. Image scanned from 35mm Kodacolor negative.

Wind Wolves
For the fly

The softshell turtle did live!