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Sunday, April 2, 2023

Bring on the Heat

1st 2:  Swainson's Hawk
A tad chilly when we started off this morning (48F), but that soon changed as the sun heated up the desert floor.

Dr. K, Willow, Frio and I did our usual hike spotting only a man and woman running down LDR in the distance.  We saw many birds, the most notable of which was a Swainson's Hawk sitting atop a blooming yucca on the ridgeline west of the Organ Mountains.

After our trek we took a drive around various neighborhoods while listening to Sunday Morning with Matt Jones and Myron Medcalf.

After we'd been home for a bit I took Frio out in the Jeep in order to get gas:  $46 for two-thirds of a tank.


Yucca in bloom

Swainson's Hawk

Willow, Dr. K, Frio

Yucca with four flower stalks

Chorus line of blooming yuccas and a distant hawk

This & next:  Willow and Frio


Yucca flower

Claret Cup Cactus

White Tackstem

 

1 comment:

Dr. K said...

Really beautiful photo of the Yucca flower.

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