| Strange cloud over the mountains |
| Same rattler 100 yards west of where he was before? |
| Wils |
| Mockingbird |
| Cactus bee on Cane Cholla flower |
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| Bicolored Fanmustard |
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| Prickly Pear flower with dove egg? |
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| Same flower as above |
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| Cane Cholla flower trio |
| Strange cloud over the mountains |
| Same rattler 100 yards west of where he was before? |
| Wils |
| Mockingbird |
| Cactus bee on Cane Cholla flower |
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| Bicolored Fanmustard |
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| Prickly Pear flower with dove egg? |
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| Same flower as above |
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| Cane Cholla flower trio |
| 1st 4: Prickly Pear flowers, last 2 with a cactus bee |
| This & next 3: Walkingstick Cholla flowers |
| Willow on-lead leading the way |
| Soaptree Yucca putting up new flower stalk |
| Desert Marigold |
| Willow |
| This & next: same young rattler, exact same spot as yesterday |
| This & next 3: prickly pear cactus blossoms |
| White Tackstem with range ratany |
| Cactus Wren on ocotillo |
| Tortugas and the Organ Mountains |
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| Desert Marigold |
| Artsy Ash-throated Flycatcher |
| This & next: Willow on break |
| This & next: young, very small Western Diamondback |
| This & next: Walkingstick Cactus (Cylindropuntia spinosior) |
| Walkingstick Cactus flower bud |
| Last 2: Tree Cholla (Cylindropuntia imbricata) |
| Little puff clouds |
| Distant hikers bushwhacking through the desert |
| Probably a flower by afternoon |
| Threadleaf Groundsel and range ratany |
| Willow, relaxation mode |
| Pretty prickly pear |
| This & next: prickly pear flowering |
| Desert Marigolds |
| Checkered White? |
| Mockingbird |
| Artsy mockingbird |
| Black-chinned Hummingbird |
Strange cloud over the mountains Our regular hike was made a bit interesting this morning by the discovery of a young Western Diamondback ra...