On our fieldwork this morning, Research Associate Becca and I came across a few interesting sights. One was this substance leaking out of some late-blooming buds at the tip of an ocotillo. We didn't know what it was, nor did we touch it because it had the appearance of something very sticky, like clear syrup. Becca couldn't have reached it anyway; she's pretty short.
A little while later we saw a Red-Tailed Hawk hunting nearby. It swooped down close to the ground and made a stab at something (probably a rodent) next to a yucca, but came up empty. Becca, who feels the need to run after anything that moves, took off for a closer look. All I had with me was my point-and-shoot Canon PowerShot S40, so the photos I took of the magnificent raptor came out poorly.
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