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| Hiking along the western flank in the mountain's shadow |
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| A Loggerhead Shrike and Hummingbird in the same Ocotillo |
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| As you can see they're separated by a few feet |
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| Mustards and Daisies |
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| Devil's Claw flowers |
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| Same flowers, different perspective |
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| Dayflower |
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| Dayflowers (Commelina) |
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| Two-foot Barrel Cactus in bloom |
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| Bee in flower |
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| Collecting pollen |
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| Drunk on the stuff |
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| Side view of Barrel Cactus flowers |
3 comments:
I like the photo of the shrike and the hummingbird in the same ocotillo, peacefully co-existing.
Lots of comments today. The lighting in the first image makes it looks like it snowed in the desert. Neat trick with the perspective on the two birds--it's a good thing you "came clean," though. :) The Devil's Claw flowers are very orchid-like; they're incredible. And, finally, as for the dayflowers: they're blooming here prolifically, too, but I consider them a weed. The plants are rangy and sprawling, and they produce this little blue flower that's only attractive when viewed up close. They're outta my garden when they pop up.
In other news, last Friday, Kali slipped down two steps and broke a bone in her right foot. It's just a small break, but it's enough to have her in a splint (and probably a cast next week). This means that she can't drive, so I have to take her to work (1.25 hours round trip in the morning) and pick her up (1.25 hours in the evening). This is going to get very old very fast--it already is, and it's only the second work day. Needless to say, neither of us is in a particularly good mood right now.
So sorry to hear about Kali's broken bone, Scott, and, of course, sorry to learn how it's inconvenienced you both. A 2 1/2-hour commute certainly takes a big chunk out of your workday. Commiserations to you both.
I totally screwed up that first image in the post; I was monkeying around with aperture settings, and when I saw the results before posting I tried to clean up the image with PhotoShop. I just kept making it worse, so I gave up. But the actually uploading and posting of it is what gave it that strange bluish cast. I considered deleting it, but it was the only one I had of Tortugas's shadow. Go figure, huh?
Hope Kali heals quickly.
:)
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