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| Rained on from the start (check out the trail marker) |
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| Adult (left) and adolescent Cactus Wrens |
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| Curve-billed Thrasher |
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| In Tortugas's high foothills |
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| Dark clouds over the Organ Mountains |
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| Yellow Chinchweed flowers blooming again |
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| Huge mounds of Strawberry Pitaya Cactus |
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| Rock "hueco" (Spanish for "hollow") provides water for wildlife |
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| Looping around Tortugas Mountain |
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| The trail behind the mountain |
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| Lots of moisture in the air |
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| Clouds rolling in over the Organs |
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| Far west of the Tortoise |
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| Incoming hawk |
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| Coooper's Hawk |
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| A very wet arroyo |
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| Shades of yellow |
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| Tortugas's flank and the Organ Mountains |
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| An arroyo of yellow Chinchweed flowers |
3 comments:
Packrat: Aren't those temporary water holes also called "tinajas" (or something along that line). The word translates to "tank," I believe.
You and Becca are braver than Kali and/or me. With the sky looking like it did in your images, I wouldn't have ventured out onto the mountain. Becca would just have to do her business in the yard.
Yes, they're also called "tinajas," Scott, which means "small pool in a rocky hollow," though the word also translates as "large clay pot or jar."
If you really want to be confused there's a beautiful state park/historic site east of El Paso called Hueco Tanks.
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/state-parks/hueco-tanks
Beautiful markings on the underside of that hawk.
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