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| A very early shade break |
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| Under the blistering sun |
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| We took a detour to explore rocks |
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| Cactus growing out of rock |
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| Closeup of above cactus |
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| Another cactus out of rock |
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| Hedgehog Cactus growing in rock |
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| Turkey Vulture overhead |
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| Rock of ages |
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| View across the Tularosa Basin to White Sands |
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| Sotol and Juniper |
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| Martian antennae |
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| Check out the tail on Mr. Lizard |
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| Swallowtail |
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| Sphinx Moth sampling Wheeler Thistle nectar |
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| Bomber and fighter jet escort (lower left) |
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| Looking over Fresnal Creek |
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| Heading back |
3 comments:
It was worth it for those butterfly photos.
Very nice images of the Sphinx Moths, Packrat. I know they're hard to photograph. We have very few lepidopterans here this summer; many people have commented to me to that effect, and I've certainly noticed it, too. Perhaps the severe winter killed off the overwintering immature stages and eggs, or maybe something more insidious is at work...don't know.
We just heard our first katydids on Thursday night, and the Joe Pye-weed and New York ironweed are blooming in our meadows--late summer is upon us.
Thanks, Scott. Yes, photographing Sphinx Moths is next to impossible--almost as difficult as taking pictures of nighthawks. At least the moths hover near flowers. Nighthawks are like "day bats."
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